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by Geoff
Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:44 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Brilliant summer
Replies: 88
Views: 17369

Re: Brilliant summer

It'll come to you - I call it pressing replay!
by Geoff
Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:36 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Best Garden and Allotment Competition whoo hoo winner
Replies: 13
Views: 3921

Re: Best Garden and Allotment Competition whoo hoo winner

I am not an expert on changing the size as I use Photoshop and it is easy in that, you want 640 x whatever to make them easy to view. To add one to a post just go down to Filename click Browse and find the file on your PC click Open click Add the file click Place inline (opposite Attachments) You ca...
by Geoff
Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:54 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Best Garden and Allotment Competition whoo hoo winner
Replies: 13
Views: 3921

Re: Best Garden and Allotment Competition whoo hoo winner

well done - how about a photo spread?
by Geoff
Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:40 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Runner Beans not setting
Replies: 18
Views: 6223

Re: Runner Beans not setting

They'd need brollies today and the immediate future here!
by Geoff
Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:00 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Captain Horatio Pugwash
Replies: 7
Views: 2953

Re: Captain Horatio Pugwash

They were fine little stories (on a par with Noggin the Nog, the creator of those didn't die too long ago either) but who invented these characters that were never in the stories but everybody remembers? Extract from BBC website : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8167027.stm 'Smutty innuendo...
by Geoff
Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:23 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Runner Beans not setting
Replies: 18
Views: 6223

Re: Runner Beans not setting

I'm a born sceptic - accepted wisdom rarely washes with me - I have to prove or observe it for myself.
by Geoff
Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:21 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Broom Cuttings
Replies: 5
Views: 11554

Re: Broom Cuttings

I'm not in tropical Devon - not much of any day gets to 72 and night time is nearer 52 so even in my shed the heat is often on.
by Geoff
Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:19 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: My cucumbers
Replies: 3
Views: 1754

Re: My cucumbers

Sounds like Melothrie to me (info from Real Seeds) We are pleased to be able to offer another unusual cucumber relative that is quite easy to grow, especially up some netting in a polytunnel. The plants are quite compact so you don't use much more than a couple of feet of tunnel space, and you'll ge...
by Geoff
Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:01 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Runner Beans not setting
Replies: 18
Views: 6223

Re: Runner Beans not setting

Interesting observation. It has often been said that white and variegated flowered beans set better than the normal ones, is this the reason? Perhaps we could compile a list; what variety are you growing, are the bees visiting them normally or taking them from behind? To follow up Alan's post, is an...
by Geoff
Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:36 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Runner Beans not setting
Replies: 18
Views: 6223

Re: Runner Beans not setting

Thanks. If you right click the picture you can select "Save Image As" - I nick a lot of pictures off the Internet that way. Alternatively, if you pm me your email address I'll send you the original off the camera which should print better than this one as I reduced the file size for the fo...
by Geoff
Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:22 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Runner Beans not setting
Replies: 18
Views: 6223

Runner Beans not setting

There have often been discussions here about problems with Runner Beans not setting reliably and I have always said I have never had this problem. I've always put it down to good trench preparation plus a high insect population with my parallel rows of Sweet Peas, Broad Beans and Runner Beans. Well ...
by Geoff
Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:06 pm
Forum: Growing places
Topic: Levelling Ground
Replies: 6
Views: 4519

Re: Levelling Ground

Bit similar to my couch grass solution I suppose.
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by Geoff
Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:07 pm
Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
Topic: Murphys liquid copper fungicide
Replies: 1
Views: 2399

Re: Murphys liquid copper fungicide

It looks like nobody's got an old bottle. I think it is the same stuff as Bordeaux mixture which is a powder that you mix at 35 grams in 1½ litres so if you can read the bit of the label that tells you the active content you might be able to work it out.
by Geoff
Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:00 pm
Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
Topic: Anybody spraying against tomato blight?
Replies: 36
Views: 11431

Re: Anybody spraying against tomato blight?

I decided to spray this morning as it might be fine for 24 hours and I found an odd dodgy leaf on Charlotte.
by Geoff
Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:06 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Keep Aminopyralid banned.
Replies: 78
Views: 19841

Re: Keep Aminopyralid banned.

It's only up to 40 - where are you all?