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- Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:22 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Newbie Spanish plot photos.
- Replies: 16
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Re: Newbie Spanish plot photos.
You are a bit farther south than us our place is near ginestar not far from the river ebro
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:11 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Newbie Spanish plot photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5616
Re: Newbie Spanish plot photos.
We're abouts in Spain are you
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:10 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Planting out Swedes
- Replies: 13
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Re: Planting out Swedes
I normally plant my turnips when the first potatoes are dug up ,I like golden ball or snow ball but also plant Swedes as well
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:55 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
- Replies: 241
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Re: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
Same here it looks wet but when I check the pond their is no increase in water level
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:17 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Moths - lack of
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18514
Re: Moths - lack of
It's a strange year, we normally have cabbage whites coming over in flocks anything up to 50 to 60 at a time this near I've seen around ten up to now ,we are surrounded by wild fields but the new plots on the end of our allotment means the grass and weeds have been controlled but not the rest of the...
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:20 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Yellow Tomatoes leaves
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2477
Re: Yellow Tomatoes leaves
It may be scorched if you have put water over the leaves when watering the plants the way the weather has been could scorch them but as pa snip says you usually take the bottom ones off
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:52 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Tomato leaf curling
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5227
Re: Tomato leaf curling
The Epsom salts seems to be working I put a hand full around the curley one and one that had just started to curl both looking better today
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:01 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
- Replies: 241
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Re: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
Probably more I interested in speeding motorists
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:58 am
- Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
- Topic: garlic
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6570
Re: garlic
Jeff64 welcome ,if you are new to gardening this is the forum for you ,all the advice you will need is waiting for you to ask the question , I hope you will stay and enjoy if it's only for the humour on here
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 1:01 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Stopping Tomatoes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5019
Re: Stopping Tomatoes
Outside toms are supposed to be stopped after the fourth truss inside the pollytunnel I leave till the end is insight normally around the ninth truss but if it's a warm Autumn I will leave them I usually grow into November but I never plant early most people are eating tomatoes when mine are on the ...
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:54 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Sign of age
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8595
Re: Sign off age
I'm disabled with arthritis in my knees and feet , I've tried the cortisone injections it lasted one week in my right knee did nothing to the other, I was prescribed anti inflammatory pills these worked but when I had a heart attack they were immediately stopped seems they can cause heart problems n...
- Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:23 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
- Replies: 241
- Views: 62040
Re: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
Been out early I thought I would go and water the plot ,not a sole down there only the resident pheasant running up and down our path it's a pity our dog is blind
- Sat Jun 17, 2017 6:25 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
- Replies: 241
- Views: 62040
Re: Early Summer bits and bobs - 2017
I'm glad it was successful pa snip , I managed to get to the plot at the hottest part of the day managed to pick around five pounds of strawberries it's the best we have ever had picked about three pound on Thursday still loads yet to ripen , the asparagus has just about finished it's been a good ye...
- Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:38 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Growing Potatoes
- Replies: 1
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Re: Growing Potatoes
I've never mastered the art of growing late potatoes , I did have a kit from one of the seed companies five one set bags and five Charlotte sets I emptied the last one last week I got eleven nice spuds not great but I've had worse
- Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:31 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Tomato leaf curling
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5227
Re: Tomato leaf curling
Anyone think a dose of Epsom salts will help I think I'll try it on my one this morning