Episode 109: Slugs - are they all bad? Holiday gardening with children and tips on courgettes and pruning wisteria

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In this edition we have a focus on slugs - how to identify different species and how they can actually help your garden. We also have news on family events across all four RHS Gardens as well as the latest in our continuing series of Wisley Plant Encounters. The RHS advisory experts answer this month’s listeners' questions covering topics such as summer pruning of wisteria, growing courgettes and tips for making your soil more workable.

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:06.4	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.
0:13.2	Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.
0:17.4	Race you, let's go.
0:19.5	Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you, let's go. Catch Springs, finest scenes while you can,
0:22.1	at an RHS garden near you.
0:24.0	Book tickets online for discounts,
0:26.0	plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:43.3	Hello and welcome back to the Royal Horticultural Society's gardening podcast. As the summer holidays get into full swing, the gardens here at Wisley and Surrey are teaming with visitors enjoying the fine weather, stunning plants and exciting events and activities.
0:55.0	More details of those later in the podcast.
0:58.2	I'm Guy Barta. I'm chief horticulturist here at the RHS
1:01.6	and I give gardening advice and expertise to anyone who'll listen around the RHS and beyond.
1:07.7	If you've listened before, you'll already know that these podcasts are made by people
1:12.2	who love plants, for people who love plants. If you're a new listener, welcome. You'll find that each
1:18.3	episode is packed with features and discussions about a wide range of horticultural topics and
1:23.2	practical seasonal advice. So whether you're a veteran garden or new to the world of plants, you'll find something of interest.
1:30.3	Coming up today, most people consider them the arch-villains of the gardening world.
1:35.3	But could some slugs actually be good for your garden? Expert entomologist reveal the truth about this much loathed pest.
1:43.3	Botanist James Armitage continues his
1:46.0	exploration of the more weird and wonderful specimens in Wisley's plant collections, plus summer
1:51.7	fun. We bring you foolproof ways to entertain the family at RHS garden events across the UK.
1:58.0	But first, question time. RHS members can put their gardening questions to our
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