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- Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:24 pm
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: White Beetrrot
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4379
White Beetrrot
I've started to harvest my Detroit beetroot and a few of them are white instead of red. Any idea why?
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:48 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Potatoes in pots
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2156
Potatoes in pots
I want to try growing potatoes in pots, but I'm a bit confused. The recommendation is to put 3 seed potatoes in each pot or growing bag, but that means the distance between tubers is much less than if they were in open ground. Why is this? It seems to me that each bag should only have one tuber insi...
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:42 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Growing young tomatoes from seed
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4910
Re: Growing young tomatoes from seed
We start our tomatoes and peppers in small pots by a south facing window. We put a sheet of foil behind the pots to reflect the light so that the seedlings don't stretch towards the window. It has always worked for us.
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:36 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Fertiliser use
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4084
Re: Fertiliser use
I use FBB a lot, and rake it into the soil a couple of weeks before planting.
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:07 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: A question about peas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2032
Re: A question about peas
Thanks for that, oldherbaceous. Perhaps I'll be famous! The peas are certainly nice, if small like petits pois.
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:28 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: A question about peas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2032
A question about peas
I grow 'Alderman' every year and have saved seed for the last 2 or 3 years. The last seed that I bought contained a few peas of a different variety and seed saving has perpetuated the intruder. It grows as tall as 'Alderman', but the pods are much shorter, blunt ended and slightly paler. The peas ar...
- Mon May 04, 2009 3:31 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Cauliflowers & Swedes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2715
Re: Cauliflowers & Swedes
Thanks for the help, guys. I'll make sure that I feed them well and trample the ground before planting out. Will this also prevent Swedes looking like carrots?
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:31 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Cauliflowers & Swedes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2715
Cauliflowers & Swedes
I need help. Brassicas generally do well on my plot, but I can't grow cauli or swede. My cauli form small, loose heads (if at all) and swedes don't swell - they look like purple carrots sticking out of the ground. What am I doing wrong?