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- Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Boosting compost
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8033
Boosting compost
What exactly is the difference between seed compost and, say, No 3. Can you add anything to seed to turn it into No3? I ask because I've got seed, but now cannot buy any potting-on compost. Thanks for advice.
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:30 pm
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Quality of purchased compost
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6669
Re: Quality of purchased compost
I've been using Jacks Magic, which seems OK, but forgot to purchase the No3 for potting on. Would giving the JM a dose of Phostrogen or dilute chicken manure turn it into roughly No3?
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:54 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Down and Dirty.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4547
Re: Down and Dirty.
My local garden store (Fairalls) sells gloves which seem to be good value. They're Pro Latex Grip Gloves called 'Ox', cotton with a latex coating on the palm and the Mechanical Data is: Abrasion resistance -level 2 Cut Blade resistance - Level 3 Tear resistance- Level 4 Puncture resistance - Level 2...
- Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:34 am
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: Queasy Quince
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3047
Re: Queasy Quince
I've got a very old quince tree, it was mature when we moved in 60 years ago. About 20 years ago it began to look a bit tangled and diseased and the fruit rotted early so I pruned it very heavily, taking just about every shoot off and leaving just four main trunks. I sprayed these with tar oil and t...
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:21 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Winter lettuce
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3247
Re: Winter lettuce
Yes, it is, I had no idea how much 3gm was! Still, they're in 2 separate sealed packets and dated Sept 2021, so I'll use a fair few and I have friends who'll take some - as well as eating the lettuces!
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:22 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Winter lettuce
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3247
Re: Winter lettuce
Thanks for the tip about Premier Seeds. Ordered 3gm and they arrived this morning - £2.93 inc. P & P.
- Sat Sep 21, 2019 5:44 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Winter lettuce
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3247
Winter lettuce
Has anyone got any winter lettuce seeds, such as Vaillant. None of my local shops and garden centres seem to stock them andI I can't ask Suttons or a supplier for just one packet! I'll happily pay for them or refund the postage. Many thanks.
- Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:47 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: I'm in love.....................with ducks!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7990
Re: I'm in love.....................with ducks!
Our local pub has a collection of ducks and chickens, living happily all together, in an enclosure next to the children's playground in the garden. The kids love them!
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 11:14 am
- Forum: Harvesting Q&A
- Topic: Onions.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15649
Re: Onions.
I've had the same result with my Sturon onions. Biggest about small apple size, but most about golf ball. I wonder if it is due to the very hot weather we had recently and lack of water?
- Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:54 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Beetroot surprise
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2383
Re: Beetroot surprise
My Pablo were given to me by a friend who is a semi-commercial gardener. The problem with buying them is that Moles appear to only sell them in batches of 2,500 minimum, for £6.50. Which is good value if you want 2,500! Anyone know how long they remain useable if stored in the fridge?
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:03 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Beetroot surprise
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2383
Re: Beetroot surprise
You don't have to let sit for an hour as long as you can accurately judge length of time it needs to cook them evenly. I just find it a bit more reliable to get them cooked to the centre by letting them carry on cooking in their own heat - and you don't burn your fingers on peeling!
- Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:04 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Beetroot surprise
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2383
Beetroot surprise
A couple of months ago my beetroot were attacked by leaf miner and lots of leaves began to turn brown. I thought I'd had it as far as a good crop was concerned, but to my surprise I've had the best crop ever, with some beets getting to the size of a small grapefruit! (The seeds were Moles F1 Pablo)....
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:40 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Garden wildlife
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2802
Re: Garden wildlife
Hi TB. Fred was a lovely man who I got to know through mutual contacts and meeting at events. He was a great cook and did the BBQ at an annual fishing fund raising event for a children's charity, also supported by Chris Tarrant. One time I was standing with a group of anglers by a bookstall and rash...
- Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Garden wildlife
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2802
Re: Garden wildlife
We get a lot of maggies, pigeons, rooks and crows. An old fishing friend of mine, Fred Taylor, once told me how to tell rooks and crows apart. He said if you see a lot of crows together then they're rooks. If you see a rook on its own, then its a crow!
- Thu Jul 04, 2019 4:46 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Garden wildlife
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2802
Garden wildlife
We're getting quite a lot of wildlife in the garden this summer, apart from the usual wild birds. A flock of parakeets pays a regular visit, as do a couple of squirrels, a fox and two pheasants - both cocks. (Gay pheasants?) Our son and his wife stayed one night recently en route to Gatwick, and sle...