. 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...

. 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...

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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!

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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!

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. 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...

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...

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Ps What is savona? Have googled the name and come up with a town in Italy!

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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!

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. 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...

. 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...

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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.

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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...