Ah Johnboy, I would never call you a miserable old sod.... "grumpy" was the word... All of us old fogeys become grumpy..... And with very good reason! You gave the Skirret a good run for it's money then.... Ah well... They just weren't meant to become the latest super food, were they? The ...

Hello Johnboy..... It's been many years.... I trust you had an excellent holiday in France. I never did get the Skirret roots to grow properly..... They sat there in the soil for months and sent up a few measly shoots which then died during the following winter.... Don't suppose you had any better l...

Sounds as though you have done really well there Sarah despite the initial infestation.... The deluge brought mixed blessings, obviously! I have never been able to grow Brassicas here as we are plagued by flea beetle then pollen beetle then cabbage stem weevils with mealy bugs for afters. Sadly, apa...

I didn't use the nicotine Sarah because I remembered the Tobacco Mosaic Virus problem as Alan pointed out. What I did use... And it worked incredibly well... Was non-homogenized full cream milk mixed half and half with water. I sprayed it a total of four times, thoroughly wetting on and under the le...

Would you like me to send you some of my suckers GL?

They should be safe in a sealed bag inside a jiffy.....

Let me know.

Mo

Thank you for that link Nature's Babe..... It has come very useful information. I think I will go with my gut instinct and remove most of the suckers..... The neighbour's hungry sheep in the field at the bottom of the garden seem to like them so they won't go to waste. I will probably hang on for a ...

Hi..... I wonder if anyone can give me some advice please. My Globe Artichoke plants are getting very congested...... They are a couple of years old and the original plants now have 6 or 7 other plants around the original stem. I've managed to remove a couple of the best suckers from each plant and ...

Thank you Alan.... I hope he is having a brilliant time....... Maybe I will catch up with him when he returns...... I've sort of missed his grumpiness! And thank you also for that link which is full to bursting with great information..... I do remember now the connection between tobacco and the mosa...

Ah but Tony, JB has always been a law unto himself! Agreed PP, People in some countries have very innovative ways of using basic products to produce cheap and effective cures, remedies, pesticides, etc....... Luckily they report their findings on the Internet..... In Africa (and elsewhere I understa...

This year for the first time ever I have an infestation of Whitefly in my greenhouse.... Having spent the week spraying with every homebrew that I know of (except milk as I haven't found any non-homogenised yet) I think the time has come to resort to the Nicotine option. I discovered yesterday that,...