Piglet,
Great this isn't it - always someone to point you in the right direction.
Thanks very much, placing an order
Regards
Clifford

Can anyone help. A couple of years ago (or so it feels) there was an offer in KG for a gadet that looked like an old fashioned mincer - you put tomatoes in the top, minced, and pulp went one way, skins the other. It was red Does anyone know what I am on about? Was it any good and where can you get t...

I cannot recall the varieties and since the RHS has taken out the collection of rhubarb plants at Harlow Carr, I don't have a visual check. There is a nagging thought in my head that there are a few cultivars that produce thin stems, but their names escape me. So - are the crowns from the same parent?

My experience has been that you need a fiberous, coarse peat / coir to make a plug at the base. JI compost seems to wash out, so I put the coir at the bottom and JI on top. If the compost is falling off, I would suggst that you are trying to move them too soon - the roots have nove developed enough ...

thegardenerthatfishes
tahnks - you are welcome. Hope you have some luck in tracking them down. you will be growing parsnips in them. Looking back at April 2000 KG sowed parnips in roottrainers in May to plug the gaps left by erratic germinating parsnips.

Clifford

The De Milpa I know is a Tomatillo - Physalis ixocarpa 'Purple de Milpa'

Also known as Husk Tomato 'Purple de Milpa'

I have seen these grown as bush style rather than cordons. Height around 5ft

Not something I have experience of, admittedly.

Clifford

To thegardenerthatfishes
Looking on the roottrainer site they list two suppliers in Ireland in Kilkenny & Dublin
Here is the link
http://www.rootrainers.co.uk/directory/gardencentresandoverseasstockists/ireland
Clifford

To thegardenerthatfishes
Generally I get mine via mail order, rarely see them in garden centres, in may part of Yorkshire.
Have you tried their website?
http://www.rootrainers.co.uk/home
Clifford

Made these several years ago - from the Perfect Pickle book that accompanied the 1980's BBC program of the same name. The final pickle liquid is dark, spicy, sweet yet with a vinegary bite. Offered one on a cocktail stick to my sister. - shut your eyes and try this - Ever trusting of her big brother...

re :Imidacloprid This is the active ingredient in Pravado Ultimate bug killer and is approved for use on Tomatoes, Peppers and Aubergines. Not all insecticides containing Imidacloprid have the approval but if you want to use a broad spectrum insecticide - for amatuer use this is available Clifford

Seed sold in the UK and in EU member states are supposed to conform to standard regulations. This basically means that the seed has been checked to see that it will germinate to a specified percentage. Much of the seed sold in the UK isn't from plants grown in the UK but from the other side of the w...

Whent up the greenhouse this morning only to find two trays of broad beans lining on their sides. Mouse been in and cut the tops off and eaten the seeds. I got my allotment officially today, so had started them off in greenhouse to buy time. Lost Bunyards exhibition and Express. Clifford Bawtry, Don...