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- Sun Dec 31, 2017 9:17 am
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: Summer raspberries help needed please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6373
Re: Summer raspberries help needed please
Thanks Westi - I'll try it that way and see if they start doing what they should be doing!
- Fri Dec 29, 2017 7:39 pm
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: Summer raspberries help needed please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6373
Re: Summer raspberries help needed please
Hi Pa Snip - thanks for your reply - to be honest, probably fruiting on both, ie unpruned from previous year, and also on growth from current year. I think I've just got them in such a mess I don't really know what they're doing!
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:00 pm
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: Summer raspberries help needed please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6373
Summer raspberries help needed please
Hi all, I've not been here for a while, but I'm wondering whether anyone here can help. Every year, my summer raspberries, that have been in now for about 8 or 9 years at the allotment, have fruited later and later. I then end up pruning them later and later, and this year I'm only just pruning them...
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:54 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Have you ever killed an asparagus plant?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2661
Re: Have you ever killed an asparagus plant?
Yep - I somehow managed to kill off 11 of my 12 that I bought and planted about 3 or 4 years ago - and I have no idea how, except that if I remember correctly it may have been a very harsh winter that year.
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:16 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Pa snip Information on Plot Cost size etc.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3716
Re: Pa snip Information on Plot Cost size etc.
Hi Pa Snip
My allotment is approx 1/3 plot, probably 3 poles;
It's council owned;
I pay less than £50 per year.
AdetheSpade
My allotment is approx 1/3 plot, probably 3 poles;
It's council owned;
I pay less than £50 per year.
AdetheSpade
- Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:22 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Bramley bugs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2861
Re: Bramley bugs
I do find the grease bands (put around the trunk and also around any support as well, around September/October I think) plus the codling moth traps in Spring works really well. In fact this year, I forgot to replace the pheromone lure with the second one (the kit comes with 2 lures, the first to be ...
- Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:21 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: In celebration of tomatoes!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5399
Re: In celebration of tomatoes!
I made Alan's tomato and carrot soup today - delicious! Thanks Alan, I'm going to keep that recipe - I'm sure it'll be used time and time again.
- Sun Apr 05, 2015 9:32 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: What are you trying thats new
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5216
Re: What are you trying thats new
I'm having a go at Cape Gooseberries this year for the first time - has anyone else ever tried them?
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:48 pm
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Soil matters.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11769
Re: Soil matters.
Well I'm definitely in the camp of 'no dig', and this is my third year . I'm pleased to say it really does work for me, and unless this changes I'll be continuing with this method. My soil is beautifully friable, not compacted at all, and my yields are just as good as before when I used to dig. Ever...
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:39 pm
- Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
- Topic: peas
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11791
Re: peas
Dear Robo, I did wonder whether you were a Robinson - (that's my name too, and my stepson is known as Wobo (but he doesn't do gardening!)).
Anyway, glad you've found what sounds like a lovely one to try - I'll remember that one myself I think should I ever find myself without any saved seed.
Anyway, glad you've found what sounds like a lovely one to try - I'll remember that one myself I think should I ever find myself without any saved seed.
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:41 am
- Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
- Topic: peas
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11791
Re: peas
Hi Robo, I've grown Duke of Albany for a few years now - someone gave me some seed and I've kept some back every year - they are a tall heritage variety, and I find them delicious, and manage to freeze quite a few each year too. Not sure where you might be able to get any, but I'd be happy to post y...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:45 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Interesting read for dark nights
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2299
Re: Interesting read for dark nights
Thank you Primrose for this recommendation - it does look an interesting read, and I've just reserved it at my local library - I'm really looking forward to reading it.
- Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Allium leaf minor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3709
Re: Allium leaf minor
We've had Allium leaf miner for a few years now - but the good news is that hopefully your leeks and possibly garlic will be OK. I've not grown onions now for probably 3 years, but I'm still growing leeks and garlic, and they seem unaffected.
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:30 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Allium Leaf Miner
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7424
Re: Allium Leaf Miner
Yes, we have had it here for several years now - they are such a pain aren't they. In the past few years (since we started having the problem) I've grown an early variety and not bothered to cover them, but harvesting them all by the beginning of October, and that's worked well and they've been fine...
- Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:32 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Apples riddled with brown marks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3344
Re: Apples riddled with brown marks
Oh, and looking back in my log, I must have picked them at the very end of September, so possibly still a little early. I'll try and be more patient next year!