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- Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:34 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Planting Garlic
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13199
Re: Planting Garlic
I planted mine a couple of days ago (lautrec wight) along with the electric and radar onions curtacy of kitchen garden mag and dt brown seeds. planted them as per dt browns instructions 1" covering of soil.
- Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:18 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Blown sprouts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8468
Re: Blown sprouts
As i have already mentioned i am new to veg growing and i don,t know what a blown sprout is, i think it is loose leaved and fluffy, i am sure someone will inform me, my first year i was just experimenting while i got my lottie weed free and my two sprout plants were loose and fluffy, second year the...
- Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:50 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy Birthday.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4136
Re: Happy Birthday.
Happy birthday robo, and i hope you have many more to come.
- Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:59 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Frost
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3946
Re: Frost
robo, sprouts are a lot tastier after a frost maybe your plants are the same?
- Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:20 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Chilli and Sweet Pepper
- Replies: 66
- Views: 23384
Re: Chilli and Sweet Pepper
Pawty, you are not wrong,I have only been involved in gardening (allotment) a couple of years but i am totally hooked
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:58 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Chilli and Sweet Pepper
- Replies: 66
- Views: 23384
Re: Chilli and Sweet Pepper
Will do Primrose I have just the right place for them, thanks
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:50 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Chilli and Sweet Pepper
- Replies: 66
- Views: 23384
Re: Chilli and Sweet Pepper
this is my first year growing chilli/peppers, I have only just found this topic and found it very helpful, thanks to all of you who have posted on the subject, I think next year will be much more productive. What a lovely forum to be a member of!
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:50 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Large pests !!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4692
Re: Large pests !!
My large pest came in the form of a cat from a new neighbour, now i could not hurt a cat but when it uses my border as a toilet steps had to be taken, so the next best thing was a menacing looking concrete ornamental cat from the garden center. Job done not seen it since.
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:15 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Your season in 10 words
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4372
Re: Your season in 10 words
what happened to all my plans the seasons nearly gone ?
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:06 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Rats again
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14397
Re: Rats again
thanks anyway Primrose I will keep asking around locally. Westi, they are a bit more energetic up here they climed to the top of my apple tree which is about 6ft and cleared the lot last year.
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:49 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Rats again
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14397
Re: Rats again
I have just had about a 3rd of my potatoes eaten by them, what i would like to know is? can i still plant in that bed or will i have to disinfect or even remove the soil, would appreciate your thoughts on the subject. thanks jeff
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 10:31 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Best early Peas
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4883
Re: Best early Peas
this is the first time i have grown peas, can anyone tell me what the tiny little white grub with the little black head is please, plus how to treat them. thanks for any info. jeff
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:31 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Controversial diet matters.
- Replies: 91
- Views: 23099
Re: Controversial diet matters.
re-what you eat,i follow the fact that if you eat 2000 calories and burn 1500 off most people will get fat,it works for me(i am fat).
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:47 am
- Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
- Topic: garlic
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6439
Re: garlic
thanks for the replies people, will take it onboard and not have the biggest compost heap this year. Westi,my computer skills are far worse than my gardening skills and they are next to nil but i will try and post more, anyway thanks again to all of you. jeff
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:32 pm
- Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
- Topic: garlic
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6439
garlic
sorry if the subject has been discussed but i can not find it , i am quite new to gardening (i have an allotment), anyway regarding garlic i planted mine last october the other day i uncovered one to see how they were going to my surprise it was like a giant spring onion. My question is why did this...