Episode 2: Slugs, Potatoes and Strawberries - behind the scenes at RHS Garden, Wisley.

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2013

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The scientists and expert gardeners at Wisley discuss how to grow the perfect potatoes, delicious strawberries that will fruit in small gardens all summer long, and how slugs can actually be good for your garden! RHS Wisley’s curator reveals unmissable flowers to see on a visit to the garden this March. Plus, easy wildflowers to encourage more birds, bees and butterflies into your plot. Seasonal gardening questions are answered by RHS garden advisors Tony Dickerson, Leigh Hunt and Rebecca Meally with plant disease expert Geoffrey Denton.

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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.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to the second edition of the new gardening podcast from the Rural Horticultural Society.
0:48.0	Each fortnight, we're going to bring you a mixture of features and discussions exploring every aspect of gardening.
0:53.4	We'll discuss plant care and pest control, garden design, growing your own fruit and vegetables. RHS experts will answer
0:55.4	the gardening queries you've sent into us and will also help you choosing the right plants for the
0:59.8	right place, whether you live in a town flat, semi-detached or on a country estate. Our gardening team
1:05.7	will also give you invaluable seasonal advice on the jobs to tackle in your garden and expert
1:09.9	guidance on how to do them. Plus we'll update you on the R to tackle in your garden and expert gardens on how to do them plus we'll
1:12.5	update you on the rhs events activities and special offers around the country whatever your age
1:17.7	and ability if you're interested in gardening this podcast is for you coming up in today's podcast
1:24.2	slugs can they be a gardener's friend? RHS experts spring to their defence.
1:29.6	Is your soil suitable to grow vegetables? We explain how you can check it. And we meet
1:34.7	Wisley creator Colin Crosby to explore the unseen side of a world-class RHS garden in spring.
1:41.1	But first, let's find out what tasks the Wisley gardeners are tackling right now.
1:48.5	Jan Lamborn here from the fruit team at Wisley. I've recently brought in about half a dozen
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