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by Colin2016
Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:18 am
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: Saving Sweet Potato
Replies: 176
Views: 75483

Re: Saving Sweet Potato

Hope to pull off the slips today and plant up in greenhouse today. Got the Bulgaria ones due to cost (free p+p from there £4.95 here in uk) plus could not find untreated ones here. Looking forward to getting neighbours old conservatory plastic roof so I can cover one of the beds for growing. Good lu...
by Colin2016
Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:20 am
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: Saving Sweet Potato
Replies: 176
Views: 75483

Re: Saving Sweet Potato

Is your a supermarket one Cazz61 as I had same problem last year.

This year I brought 3 off potatoes from Bulgaria £3.90 free p&p.

The one on the right is 3 weeks old the one on the left is 1 week.

Temperature is around 26 degrees.

Fingers crossed they perform well.
by Colin2016
Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:33 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs
Replies: 210
Views: 41073

Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs

So you have washed your hands, then you touch tap to turn water off, which was the last item you touched with your germ congested hand. Even worse when you are away from home you have to touch the door handle which other germ congested hands have touched to get out. If you do not wash your hands cor...
by Colin2016
Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:06 am
Forum: Growing places
Topic: Two tier gardening
Replies: 9
Views: 7121

Re: Two tier gardening

Have done similar in green house with toms, chillies & peppers in ground with shelves full of lettuce, basil other small pants being sown or growing on ready for planting out. After seeing local garden centre grow strawberry in grow bags on stilts gave me the idea of perhaps doing same around ed...
by Colin2016
Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:12 am
Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
Topic: Can you identify this Plant
Replies: 6
Views: 6257

Re: Can you identify this Plant

Thank you both for your help.

Will have a go at taking cuttings.
by Colin2016
Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:33 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Composting
Replies: 29
Views: 15003

Re: Composting

You have just raised a memory Westi of my grans peculator bobbing away on the gas stove.
by Colin2016
Thu Feb 27, 2020 5:59 pm
Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
Topic: Can you identify this Plant
Replies: 6
Views: 6257

Re: Can you identify this Plant

Does this help?
by Colin2016
Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:55 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Late Winter Bits and Bobs
Replies: 210
Views: 41073

Re: Late Winter Bits and Bobs

Know you are tight on space how about putting water butt underground them slab on top for pots or if you don't fancy digging make wooden frame to fit slab. Use bilge pump attached to hose pipe for getting water out.
by Colin2016
Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:47 pm
Forum: Growing Advice for beginners
Topic: Can you identify this Plant
Replies: 6
Views: 6257

Can you identify this Plant

Brought this neglected plant home and wonder if anybody knows what it is?
by Colin2016
Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:33 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Composting
Replies: 29
Views: 15003

Re: Composting

I see there are coffee bags now, what happened to instant coffee?
by Colin2016
Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:09 pm
Forum: Ask the team
Topic: Chilli Peppers
Replies: 4
Views: 1879

Re: Chilli Peppers

Check out 'Palivec' Medium-hot chilli from real seeds.
by Colin2016
Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:53 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Environmesh question
Replies: 7
Views: 3413

Re: Environmesh question

I use scaffolding netting, lot cheaper.
by Colin2016
Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:45 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Cleaning Plastic Plant Labels
Replies: 10
Views: 3674

Re: Cleaning Plastic Plant Labels

The article says to soak for a week found over night did the job.
by Colin2016
Thu Feb 06, 2020 7:13 am
Forum: Tools and Machinery
Topic: Battery vs gas powered equipment performance
Replies: 11
Views: 7807

Re: Battery vs gas powered equipment performance

"Bosch ones will also fit their domestic vacuum cleaners"

I did not know that, anybody know how they compare with Dyson for performance?
by Colin2016
Wed Feb 05, 2020 4:37 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Cleaning Plastic Plant Labels
Replies: 10
Views: 3674

Cleaning Plastic Plant Labels

A big thank you to Kitchen Garden Magazine for the tip on how to remove permanent market from Plastic Plant Labels.

Took just 2 days to clean mine.