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Growing fox glove from seed for a
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beautiful cottage garden. Welcome to
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gardening with Ben. And today we are
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going to be potting up our fox gloves.
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Now in one of my previous videos I've
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shown you how to grow them from seed as
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fox gloves are bianial flowers which
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means they don't flower this year but
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they'll flower next year. And we usually
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start these off around October time. So,
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if you're wanting to grow some fox
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gloves from seed, now is the perfect
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time to be getting them started. Now, we
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planted ours a couple of weeks back and
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they are coming on absolutely fantastic.
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Now, I started these off in a seed tray,
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just sprinkled some seeds in, hoped for
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the best, and kept them in my poly
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tunnel where it's a bit warmer and a lot
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of them have germinated and now they're
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getting too big for the seed tray. So,
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we need to pot them up into individual
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pots to keep them growing. And then
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we'll plant them out come next year. And
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we're going to plant these in our new
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area that we have designed this year,
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which is partly shaded, but it'll look
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nice in the woodland area that we are
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hoping to create for next year. So,
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let's have a look at what they're
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growing like, and let's see what we're
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So, these are my fox gloves. As you can
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see, there's a lot of wheat in there in
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that compost as well. But we have got
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some growing. And yeah, we need to get
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these out cuz they're struggling for cuz
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they're getting too big now. So, we need
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to get them out into individual pots,
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get them in some compost,
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get them watered, and get them potted
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up. So, hopefully we'll get quite a few
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fox gloves plants from them. And the fox
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gloves, bees absolutely love them. So,
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if you're wanting to attract the
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pollinators to your garden, fox gloves
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are a great addition to them, and
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they'll add beautiful color with massive
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trumpets on them for the bees to go in
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and get the pollen from. So, yeah, let's
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get these out of the seed tray into some
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pots and get them looking healthier. So,
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we have got all our fox gloves planted.
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So, let's have a look and see what
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they're looking like. So, as you can
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see, we've got lots of plants from that
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seed tray. I don't think I planted any
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of the weeds. Hopefully not.
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But yeah, we've got loads of fox glove
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plants. And the thing is with fox gloves
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as well is that they're expensive to buy
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when you buy them from the garden
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centers or the shops as they are great
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plants to have in the garden. That's why
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they're usually quite expensive, but
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they're so easy to grow from seed. So,
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make sure you do get a packet of fox
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glove seeds, sew them in a seed tray,
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and then once they're big enough, pot
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them on like I've done, keep them in
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your greenhouse or in your shed, keep
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them warm, and then plant them out next
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year. So, we need to give these a good
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water, put them in position, and keep
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them growing throughout the winter
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period. Obviously, it'll get cold in the
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poly tunnel, but hopefully they'll be
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all right and they'll stay alive. And
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then we'll plant them out next year in
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our new cottage garden area, which
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fingers crossed will have lots of color
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and hopefully attract lots and lots of
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bees and wildlife next year. So, I'm
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looking forward to seeing these in full
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So, I hope you've enjoyed that video of
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us potting up our fox gloves. We'll be
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putting these somewhere nice and warm in
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here and dry and keeping them well
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watered throughout the winter period,
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keeping them alive and keeping them
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growing. And then next year, we'll be
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planting them out in our new area. So,
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make sure you do drop us a follow to
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stay up to date with all our videos and
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to see us potting them out next year
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down on the plot. Until next time,
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everyone, remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening. My bed
