Hi Jenny Yes, this is the first year I have ever seen it inside. The plastic greenhouse in question is a few years old now and for the last couple of weeks I have had the door rolled up perminately so it is possible the spores blew into the house and it can get very humid in there. Frustrating to sa...

I grew it but tend to use it in the Autumn/winter along with dried Barlotta Beans in the classic Tuscan Bean Soup. Never nice with the ribs removed and steamed or stir fried as well. Not tried the ministrone but sounds very nice. In a few weeks time I may be able to add more as about to head to Umbr...

Been updating my Blog with recent developments on the plot, on the down side Blight, but it has not been all bad by any means:

http://sandersj89allotment.blogspot.com/

Just hope I can get the spuds out of the ground in tact and that I get enough toms to give us our annual supply of dried, sauced, frozen, souped, etc.

Jerry

I have just updated my Blog with some pitures of the dreaded pest:

http://sandersj89allotment.blogspot.com/

Still not all bad news!

Jerry

This might help a little:

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9074829

Jerry

Not too late for a sowing of something like Autumn King, last weekends sowing is just about up. Toying with another row maybe.......

Jerry

Are you sure there is not root there? I am eating Early Nantes sown later than yours and they are a decent carrot.

Pull back the earth around the carrot tops and have a look see.

Jerry

Picked up my two new hens this moring, they are Speckledy's. They seem very calm and quite and the old hens are not taking much notice of them yet. In a temporary run for a week or 10 days next door to the old hens so they get used to each other. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/sandersj89/Allo...

Jerry, i'm sure fascination was selected from a batch of the Redskin dahlias. Lizzie do i get a hug for getting the dahlia wrong. Kind regards Old Herbaceous. Theres no fool like an old fool. It is very hard to stop the swing of an axe once it has started! Nice dahlia though! Jerry

[quote="oldherbaceous"]Dear Jenny, i think that dahlia is Fascination, if it is it grows to about two feet high with lovely dark foliage. Now thats putting my neck on the line. Gosh i love dahlias. Kind regards Old Herbaceous. quote] Now where is that axe? Nearly right, it is infact Redski...

Went to the plot this evening with a bit of dread as Blight has arrived, it has hit some of the toms very hard and also some of the spuds. Stripped lots of foliage from the toms and cut away the tops of one spud, Ratte. Looks like I will be doing the same with the second Earlies and mains soon. But ...

Eeek, the thread there is not getting a very good responce.....

Jerry

I have heard that spraying with a 10% solution of milk every other week controls mildew very well on cucurbit family.

Might be worth a try.

Jerry

I would wait, they do seem to spread a little over the season. One little trick I use, not sure if there is any scientific basis for it, is if there leaves in the center of the plant are starting to twist in on themselves then I think they will start to form a curd. Same seems to go for certain cabb...

Well blight has arrived in West Sussex. Despite spraying the warm damp/rain over Sunday morning, Monday night has been ideal for blight to spread. Going to the plot last night to re spray after the wet there are signs of blight of Ratte spuds, quite bad so the haulms will be cut down as soon as I ca...