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- Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:50 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: New To All This
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2008
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:45 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Defender Courgette
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2703
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:31 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: If you could grow only four vegetables....
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5611
If you could grow only four vegetables....
Which would you select, and why? Interruption - Wow - Red Arrows have just flown immediately over our roof in perfect formation after their Anniversary Fly Past - what a wonderful sight! I'd pick: Onions (Can't possibly cook anything decent without them) Swiss Chard - the only greens that don't seem...
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:23 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Defender Courgette
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2703
I've always been very happy with Defender and have never experienced a the paler fruits complained of but I do find it grows rather large for the amount of space I have. I wonder if the paler fruits were a result of last year's lack of sunshine rather than any particular breeding/genetic problem? Ge...
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:10 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Curse of the Phantom Broad Bean Muncher
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7184
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:21 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Curse of the Phantom Broad Bean Muncher
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7184
I wonder if putting your pea or bean seed trays inside very large clear polythene bags and folding the top of the bag underneath the seed trays would prevent the mice getting at them. I know mice might nibble though the polythene but it might make access more difficult. (The little perishers even go...
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:18 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Curse of the Phantom Broad Bean Muncher
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7184
I wonder if putting your pea or bean seed trays inside very large clear polythene bags and folding the top of the bag underneath the seed trays would prevent the mice getting at them. I know mice might nibble though the polythene but it might make access more difficult. (The little perishers even go...
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:46 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: raised beds
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3435
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:43 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Last years strawberries in g.bags - what now?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2003
I'm sure you'll get another year out of your strawberries in your growbag if you keep them well fertilised and watered. However, if you've got room for them elsewhere they will probably thrive. Strawberries seem to be pretty hardy plants. Mine are not in good soil because they're in a side border wi...
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:37 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: nonhearting spring cabbage???????
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3332
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:28 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: What do you think?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 20412
I do think it's rather unfair that you are being forced down a route you don't want to take, almost by default. Providing different meals for different tastes can end up being a nightmare if it's an ongoing process and it can sometimes feel like you're being held to ransom if somebody is making all ...
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:10 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Cucumbers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1768
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:09 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: demijohn cloches
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9066
That's a very helpful reference Belinda. We have several gallon demijohns in our loft which I'm wondering to convert to cloches if their winemaking days are over. So far I've been using some large plastic drinking water fountain containers which make ideal cloches and are much easier to deal with by...
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:57 am
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: soil temperature
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6228
- Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:41 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: New Allotments?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1997
Maybe if the developers weren't so greedy and built houses with gardens big enough to have a small vegetable patch, instead of squeezing as many homes as possible on a small site, we wouldn't have to demand so many allotments. But I do hope the public keep up the pressure on this one otherwise it wi...