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by Colin Miles
Thu May 25, 2017 2:49 pm
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: early Peas
Replies: 38
Views: 15523

Re: early Peas

Cash is from Marshalls.
by Colin Miles
Wed May 24, 2017 6:16 pm
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: early Peas
Replies: 38
Views: 15523

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.
by Colin Miles
Wed May 24, 2017 5:45 pm
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: early Peas
Replies: 38
Views: 15523

early Peas

Mine are just flowering. How long before I can pick them given average or above average temperatures?
by Colin Miles
Wed May 24, 2017 5:28 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Organics yet again.
Replies: 23
Views: 8376

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...
by Colin Miles
Wed May 24, 2017 5:07 pm
Forum: Seasonal tips
Topic: Parsnip SAP
Replies: 12
Views: 5912

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.
by Colin Miles
Wed May 24, 2017 5:05 pm
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: Definition of quick growing
Replies: 21
Views: 10647

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.
by Colin Miles
Wed May 24, 2017 3:52 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Sweetcorn problems
Replies: 31
Views: 11349

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...
by Colin Miles
Sun May 21, 2017 9:56 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Planting out Swedes
Replies: 13
Views: 5079

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...
by Colin Miles
Sat May 13, 2017 11:30 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Planting out Swedes
Replies: 13
Views: 5079

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. ...
by Colin Miles
Fri May 12, 2017 2:02 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Planting out Swedes
Replies: 13
Views: 5079

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...
by Colin Miles
Fri May 12, 2017 12:18 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Planting out Swedes
Replies: 13
Views: 5079

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...
by Colin Miles
Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:52 pm
Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
Topic: blueberries
Replies: 9
Views: 9044

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...
by Colin Miles
Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:09 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Pruning Cordon Apples
Replies: 0
Views: 6736

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...
by Colin Miles
Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:06 pm
Forum: Seasonal tips
Topic: Poor Germination
Replies: 35
Views: 12782

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.
by Colin Miles
Sun Aug 24, 2014 11:40 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Green Manure
Replies: 6
Views: 3775

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.