Midwest Radio Gardening Show

This weeks programme included a blight warning and advice on how to put measures in place to help prevent the spread of blight on potatoes and other susceptible plants. Other topics included how to pinch out tomatoe plants to maximize yield, suggestions for edible flowers and Paraic gave a step by step guideline on how to start off a new shrub bed from soil preparation to plant selection. Listeners questions featured queries on tree ferns, conifers, witch hazel, lavender, strawberries and broad beans.