thanks for all your help, I have tried plands from side shoots before and was dissapointed in the crop. I did not get as many toms as I did from seed by a long way.

think I will have to look out to see if I can get some cheap seeds.

Regards

Tracie

I have sungold toms at the moment growing well. I usually buy plants because mine always go leggy, but next year I am going to try again. The seeds are expensive to buy. Does anybody know the best way to dry and save your own tomato seeds and what sort on germination rate do you get. Thanks Tracie

Has anybody had any experience in growing melons in a pollytunnel.

We have just errected one and its too late for this year but I would like to try next year and if anybodys got any advise I would be very interested.

Thanks

Tracie

Thanks for your help, will set husband on the job straight away and see what he comes up with.

Tracie

Dear All, we are just about to errect a polytunnel on my allotment. Has anybody got and experience in collecting water from their polytunnel. Can you attach guttering,or will it weaken the plastic. Any ideas would be great, I would rather if possible build any plans into the construction now rather ...

To Rat,

Thanks for your posting it was very helpfull. I have already dug the trench to drain the water away. Do you recomend pea gravel or could I use a larger grade of stones for the trench.

Thanmks once again

Thanks for your replys. I think I might put some gravel in the trench, then use the raised bed method. My other plot next door, thinking about, it was not quite so bad when I took it on a a couple of years ago. I put in 4 raised beds and loads of manure and the soil is now a lot better. It was a lot...

Dear All, Happy new year to all allotmenteers. may all your weeds be small ones. I have just taken over a third half allotment plot and have spent the last few days clearing the terrable mess left by the last tennant. The soil is heavy clay, one side is ok with a reasonable amount of top soil. The l...

I can now hardly wait for my seeds to be planted and grow on into hopefully shallots.
I have heard that they are fantastic to eat and all the top chefs use them because they are so superior to normal shallots.

Thanks for your postings

Dear all,

thanks for all your help. I will let you all know how things progress, it will be interesting to see if they perform like normal shallots, and what all the fuss is about. I will keep in touch

I have some of the seeds from a good French seed company. Buy im not sure when I should start the seeds off. Should I treat them like onion seed and plant on Christmas day ( no chance ) or should I start the seeds off in January.

Many Thanks

Tracie

I have been out and about in my new red and white spotty wellies (bargain Asda 12.00) sweeping up bags and bags of leaves and I have put them into a large wooden compost bin in layers with a sprinkling of well rotted farmyard manure, topped with a layer of leaf mould. I have covered the whole lot in...

thanks to everybody for your help with wormery topic, think I need to do a bit of reading up on the subject

thanks for your reply.
I was going to site it on our south facing patio, but it sounds not such a good idea.

Having read your email im having second thoughts when I can just put the stuff on the compost heap, but I have found this has attracted loads of flies even when constantly covered.

Having seen the wormery in kg this month I am tempted to make a purchase.

Has anybody used one before?, are they any good?, do you have to separate the worms from the compost when you go to use the compost?.

Does anybody have any experiance of wormerys