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- Thu May 25, 2017 2:49 pm
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: early Peas
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16207
Re: early Peas
Cash is from Marshalls.
- Wed May 24, 2017 6:16 pm
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: early Peas
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16207
Re: early Peas
The variety is Cash. Not too worried as we haven't got many and am away from Monday until 9th June. Hoping they will be nice and ready then, along with a few Broad Beans.
- Wed May 24, 2017 5:45 pm
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: early Peas
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16207
early Peas
Mine are just flowering. How long before I can pick them given average or above average temperatures?
- Wed May 24, 2017 5:28 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Organics yet again.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8544
Re: Organics yet again.
Yes - I know formerly organic farmers who have given up because of the rules and regulations. And not to mention the organic farmers who add magnesium and cobalt to feedstock who always seem a bit embarrassed when this is raised. It also reminds me of the time that the nasturtiums were sown next nex...
- Wed May 24, 2017 5:07 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Parsnip SAP
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6375
Re: Parsnip SAP
Here in South Wales Pembrey country park has big notices about not touching wild parsnips. Maybe they are worse than the cultivated ones which I have never had any problems with.
- Wed May 24, 2017 5:05 pm
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: Definition of quick growing
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11236
Re: Definition of quick growing
I remember picking my father's spring onions way back in the 50's. They certainly seemed to grow fast enough then. Maybe the sandy soil helped and it had previously been a market garden. But my efforts have never been successful.
- Wed May 24, 2017 3:52 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Sweetcorn problems
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11721
Re: Sweetcorn problems
Hi Everyone, As I am not growing much I have bought plants, including sweetcorn. Runner Beans, Courgettes, Squash and Toms fine and growing well. The sweetcorn looked good on arrival and I planted them on. Only 8 out of the 16 have survived and the ones that didn't developed this brown rot at the ba...
- Sun May 21, 2017 9:56 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Planting out Swedes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5305
Re: Planting out Swedes
I have just planted out the remaining 9 Swedes. Seem to be ok as are the 6 I planted out a week ago. Yes - slugs are a problem and last year they did as Pawty said and hollowed out a few. This year I have given them plenty of room and intend to protect them! Slugs still sluggish here and hope they s...
- Sat May 13, 2017 11:30 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Planting out Swedes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5305
Re: Planting out Swedes
Well I decided that I had room to plant out 6 of the 15 pots so we shall see how they survive. One interesting thing here, and I am sure I will regret saying this, is the absence of slugs, snails and bean weevils. I have had my peas and broad beans out for a month now and they usually suffer badly. ...
- Fri May 12, 2017 2:02 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Planting out Swedes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5305
Re: Planting out Swedes
Thanks. When sowing in pots I always like to make sure that there is a good root system before planting out. But with a root veg I am not sure at what point it constitutes a good enough system before it starts to perhaps interfere with the root development. Guess I'll have to experiment and find out...
- Fri May 12, 2017 12:18 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Planting out Swedes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5305
Planting out Swedes
Hi Everyone, Long time since I posted! With just the 2 of us no point in growing lots of veg so just concentrating on getting a few things done well. And one of those this year is sowing Swedes in pots in the greenhouse. Question is, when should I plant them out? They are currently sitting in a seed...
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:52 pm
- Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
- Topic: blueberries
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9328
Re: blueberries
I have 3 Blueberries which were first planted 10 years ago - doesn't time fly! One of them is really thriving and laden with berries, as it has for the past few years. Another is doing reasonably well and the third is little more than a couple of sticks and branches. Trouble is I can't remember what...
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:09 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Pruning Cordon Apples
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8153
Pruning Cordon Apples
My cordons have always been a bit untidy - I'm an untidy gardener - so they haven't really been shaped very well. Although the advice for summer pruning is for late July/August the length and number of shoots are such that I am wondering if a prune now would be in order, possibly with another in Aug...
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:06 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Poor Germination
- Replies: 35
- Views: 13311
Re: Poor Germination
Hi Everyone - long time no see as they say for various reasons one of which was not doing much gardening. Re germination, Parsnips and Carrots fine, but my pre-germinated Peas died on me and the new packet of Hurst Greenshaft sown in roottrainers have failed completely.
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 11:40 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Green Manure
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3864
Re: Green Manure
Ok - Town and Country have now become Wynnstay and didn't have any green manures! So looks like it has to be online.