Looks like blight to me. The plants are a resonable size so there might be something useful underneath.

John

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Unfortuantely there was nothing underneath after I had cleared the Yukky gooo away even dug down on one and nout to be seen....sigh.

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just a few pics from another post on here of the (hopefully) budding and bulging beds in the seasons to come.

Hey,

Ive managed to upload some shots of the beds that we are trying out (homemade) before they turned to slimy goo.

Do you think its to exposed for the like of spuds n sprouts.

Hey, Ive just arrived and gone staright to the poor spuds. The lovely lush green foliage is now slimmy black wilted yuk, does this mean Jack Frost was about. Shall set to and pull them up tomorrow as I cant see that they will revive from this. Nothing else seems to have been touched unless you count...

Hey

Does anyone know anything about these?

Ello Ive just ha a go at putting some make-shift homes out for our little friends over the winter. There were a number of cardboard cups at work that had been used but hadn't found a recycle bin, so Ive brought them home stuffed them with various garden litter stuck them in odd places and corners an...

Thanks Elaine,

Being in Staffs I didnt know about the frost. Hope we can bounce ideas round for being in that part of the world.

Ive got all sort of plans for the patch so to speak lol

Will let you all know what happens the weekend.

Thanks guys.

Will also try and get some photos and load them up so you can get an idea as well.

Hey Not sure if this is the right section to post in but I need some help. Ive had a text from the other half who says our spuds are dying off in the raised beds. He hasn't been very helpful with whats happening, all I know is that the high winds the other week snapped some of the tops off and now t...

Your not gloomy. The tatties have been in about a month and are growing fast. We decided to try them in the raised bed and bank them with soil/compost, while building up wooden supports round them ( imagine stacked draws and itll be a rough idea of what it looks like ) then at some point soon will c...

oooo I like the sound of sprouting things ......thanks everyone for your ideas, think I may have to dig some old pots out of my parents shed and see what happens over the winter months in a sheltered corner of the yard.

I could have a word lol

Hey Seen as I'm missing all the growing fun up Lincs I have been wondering about starting things off on my windowsills ( the ones the moggies dont use that it ), so does any one have any ideas about what to start with? I have done the cress and now look at pea shoots but is there anything you wise p...