P.J Thats the one, thank you. I really am thick at times good job I did`nt spray them. Perhaps if I put my glasses on I would have done better.

Hi PJ, Thank you for your reply. The wigglies were black and grey (I think) like a very fast catapiller, and I found them in uncurled flowers. Bearing in mind that the plants are last years self sets that I am growing for seed. Look forward to your reply.
Good Gourd.

This year I set parsnip seeds from someone elses plants from the year before. I was so pleased nearly 100% germination.So I let some of last years parsnips grow on hopefully and produce seeds. Looked the other day and an awfull wiggly black wormy thing came out of most of them. Please what are they ...

Does anyone grow Rocket, apart from last year when when the weather played havoc with everything and they were too big they are scrumy.

I was horrified yesterday when a lady ( I did not know )joined in a conversation that I was having with a friend about allotments. we were just saying that some of the allots were not being cultivated. she comes out with `Well yes its the old ones I expect, they should give up their plots to the you...

We had a lovely crop of Broad Beans about a foot high been in since Oct/ Nov looked today and random plants have flowers dying at the bottom and somw the base of the stems have turned brown and are dying fast. Sounds silly but all the stems have like a silvery tracing over them and I can`t remember ...

I should say NOT growing cauliflower in my case. I have had the same problems as have been posted, I wondered if it was some sort of acid or something when I handled them. Far fetched?

Thank you for your reply John, I feel better already, I never gave it a thought, in my day horse muck was horse muck. The way some go on your nearly afraid to walk on the allotment in case you transfer some thing or other. I know you have to be carefull but if it gets to intense then it takes all th...

We have just built a raised bed and to fill it we used stable manure with straw and shavings top soil and grow bag compost on the top. Just finished it all and a mate of ours said you have`nt used wood shavings have you because you`ll get wire worms. HELP any advice on what to do apart from take the...