Hi JB

Thanks for the information. Very interesting. Yet something else I know little about.

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Ian

Hi Monika When you sow the seeds in the pots, how far apart do you sow them? I've always sown in trays (at about 1" apart - 50 or so in a tray) before "dibbing them in" in the normal way. I've always had success with them but am interested in letting the roots have a better run. Regar...

Hi All This thread is interesting (especially to someone who knows little about what migrates where). I have Starlings in my garden all year round - no marked difference in numbers. They come to the feeders in groups of 6 - 12, make a lot of noise etc then fly off. You can almost hear the sighs of r...

I have two varieties of garlic now planted out. The first was "Tesco's best" that I "borrowed" from the kitchen in October, potted and kept over winter in a just frost free greenhouse. The second is Wight Cristo, which I potted when bought in late Jan and planted out at the same ...

I know there are lots of international recipes for sprouts but my point remains Despite travels around Europe, South America, Indian sub-continent and a tiny bit of North America I have never seen sprouts offered either in a restaurant or someone's home. (That's the cue to start internet searches of...

It does make you realise that, despite rain, frost, wind, snow and the rest that gets thrown at us in the UK, and the occasional tragic death from the weather, we are incredibly lucky to live where we do.

Feeling grateful

Ian

I know they were grown in Belgium (hence Brussels), apparently introduced by the Romans, but I have never, ever, seen sprouts served anywhere other than Britain. I'm sure someone will know different......

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Ian

Thanks. Just wanted the reassurance. I'll do that and as you say, just keep a careful eye on them when I first put them in the big pots. Not yet awhile anyway though the seedlings are loving this sunny weather at the moment.

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Ian

Thanks OH. Even with the perforated plastic sheet?

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Ian

Hello All I am planning to grow sweet peppers, aubergines and chillis in pots on a capillary bench, fed manually as needed from above. The matting is covered by perforated plastic sheeting, is fed from a ballcock supplied tank and I have already used it with 3" pots to bring on garlic and shall...

Beautiful day in Cumbria today. Motorbike ride this morning (no tourists yet!) then the afternoon scarifying the back lawn. Never seen so much dead grass come off. Never mind, it'll grow better for it.

Ian

Thanks for the reassurance. Lovely weather up here - sunny days but just about frost at night. The open ground is drying out nicely. I'll put the garlic and shallots in over the next few days.

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Ian

I went round to his nursery yesterday and bought 2 x 80 litres. One in the GH warming up ready for pricking out and the other behind the shed in reserve! Beautiful weather here during the day for the last couple of days but groundfrost both nights. Set to continue for the next few days apparently. G...

The covering of snow might have protected the bed from the worst of the cold.

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Ian

Did as suggested. Both the garlic and the shallots have put roots out through the bottom of 3" pots on capillary matting in a greenhouse which has not had any heat since they were potted. Temperatures between 25C in the sun and 2C at night sometimes, though generally not below 5C. I've now mana...