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- Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:24 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Improving the germination rate of French beans
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17680
Re: Improving the germination rate of French beans
. Hi, At the moment I have four pots with three plants in each between four and six inches high,growing in the greenhouse! I am trying for an early crop, half green and half yellow podded plants! I have done this for quite a few years now! I find that the yellow podded are less likely to rot than th...
- Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:19 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: What is the best compost to buy for 2012?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 28432
Re: What is the best compost to buy for 2012?
. All a matter of taste! I used to use Westlands, until they started bulking it out with raw wood shavings, then I discovered Wickes, 80% peat , four 75 litre bags for £12! Only problem Wickes nearest store was 15 miles away, but now they have opened one on the main road a mile away, but the price n...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:08 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: allotment price
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6976
Re: allotment price
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Mine went up from £18 to £25 two years ago, they belong to the regional land owner!
Blooms of Worcester have plots to let, basic £5 PER WEEK, with greenhouse and water butt £10 PER WEEK!
And some have been taken!
You would have to grow and harvest some veggies to make that cost worthwhile!
Mine went up from £18 to £25 two years ago, they belong to the regional land owner!
Blooms of Worcester have plots to let, basic £5 PER WEEK, with greenhouse and water butt £10 PER WEEK!
And some have been taken!
You would have to grow and harvest some veggies to make that cost worthwhile!
- Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:03 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Onion Sets
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3092
Re: Onion Sets
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Thanks for all you answers, will give them a miss from your replies!
Reguarding size, me I want to grow them the size of footballs (some hope) my wife wants them the size of tennis ball or smaller!
Cheers!
Thanks for all you answers, will give them a miss from your replies!
Reguarding size, me I want to grow them the size of footballs (some hope) my wife wants them the size of tennis ball or smaller!
Cheers!
- Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:43 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Onion Sets
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3092
Onion Sets
. Does anyone grow heat treated onion sets in place off or with ordinary sets and how do they compare? The only reason they appear to be superior according to the catalogues,is that they are less likely to bolt, and usually I don't find this a great problem, except with the red varieties! Having onl...
- Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:44 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Crop Rotation
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14949
Re: Crop Rotation
Stephen, I used to struggle with brassicas, but now they are doing really well in my no dig beds. Hello NB! When I started gardening, it was my grandad whom I asked for advice! When planting cabbages etc he used to always say, what size of shoes do you wear, well put your size 9's on there. Brassic...
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:58 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: White Fly
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8684
Re: White Fly
alan refail wrote:Lurganspade wrote:.
Ps What is savona? Have googled the name and come up with a town in Italy!
Cheers!
Add the magic word "spray" to your search and you'll find http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/Harr ... PC-141.htm
Hope this helps.
Thanks, will give it a go!
Cheers!
- Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:30 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: White Fly
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8684
Re: White Fly
. I have had a horrendous white fly problem this season in the greenhouse! Everything covered especially the tomatoes, the undersides of the leaves were completly covered, and spraying did no good! In the end I had to strip all the leaves off the plants! Used Pravada, homemade garlic spray, washingu...
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:13 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Peat, Compost, the Somerset Levels & the RSPB
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7319
Re: The peat debate - a plea for clarity/honesty
. The last crowd I would expect an honest answer from are either the RSPB or RSPCA. The rspb deny that raptors or magpies HAVE any impact on the song bird population! Next doors and my garden play host to lots of birds of all shapes and sizes, unfortunately it get visited (passed over) quite regular...
- Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:27 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Tomatoes - How Late?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1903
Re: Tomatoes - How Late?
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About June time take side shoot cuttings, they root very easily, grow on quicker than seed sown ones and give a very good crop into November here for me in Gloucester.
Cheers
About June time take side shoot cuttings, they root very easily, grow on quicker than seed sown ones and give a very good crop into November here for me in Gloucester.
Cheers
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:02 am
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Lack of bees
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12583
Re: Lack of bees
There has been very few bees and other flying insects the past two seasons, as it has been cold wet and not at all sunny here! It may have been tipping it down the last couple of days, but we have had some smashing sunny and very warm days and weeks. Lots of bumble and other sorts of bees, hover fli...
- Thu May 28, 2009 11:10 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Dwarf Beans Safari LATE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4958
Re: Dwarf Beans Safari LATE
I grow quite a lot of both dwarf and climbing French beans over the season, both very early and late. The dwarf ones I sown in succession. I find with first couple of early sowings, germination is terrible, the seeds go into mush! It does not matter how dry the compost is, most seeds rot. Whereas so...
- Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:32 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Tips for growing leeks
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9282
Re: Tips for growing leeks
One of the reasons we all garden is to enjoy ourselves. I love sowing seeds, singulary or in batches, indoors or out, in pots or in the ground. Then waiting impatiently for them to germinate, then pricking out, growing on and finally harvesting them! I had two full days off work this week,which I sp...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:17 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: slugs, potatoes and a load of manure
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8327
Desiree
Hello Charles. just came across your post re Desiree. I used to grow them along with other varieties. I always had some with slug and blight damage every year, when I did not have any/much in the other varieties. Nothing wrong with their taste, just the annoyance of much more spoilt ones than other ...
- Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:29 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: underground slugs on spuds
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4404
Re: underground slugs on spuds
I think a great deal depends on the varieties you choose! Two years ago (before the big blight) I tried one long row of Maris Piper, for roasting, as well as my normal, Dunluce (earlies) and Sante (maincrop.) They were all grown in the same area, the Dunluce was slug damage free, Sante had some dama...