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Clearing a new Allotment Plot - Help!!

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by skinny_bum » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:17 pm

Wasn’t really sure where to put this topic and so just decided that here was good.

I have been growing my veg at home over the last year or so,...

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:44 pm
Glysophosphate on nettles

Last post by Mike Vogel
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by JohnN » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:40 pm

I've just sprayed a huge bed of nettles on a bit of waste land with Tumbleweed - didn't use Sod. Chlorate as I want the ground'cover' to continue...

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:40 pm
Greenhouse borders - what growing medium?

Last post by peter
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by David » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:20 pm

Hello everyone

Just had my new Robinson 10 x 8 greenhouse erected today. Ive dug out borders either side of the path to about a spit but what to...

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Last post by peter
Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:16 pm
Partenon Courgettes

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by Colin Miles » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:06 am

I used to grow Defender Courgettes - reliable, good cropper, etc. But last it was a big disappointment, partly no doubt because of the weather, but I...

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Last post by John
Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:00 pm
Tops of pepper plants snapped off

Last post by Tigger
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by Primrose » Wed May 07, 2008 5:07 pm

I've accidentally snapped off the tops of two pepper plants whilst moving them. The break is about two thirds up the height of the plant. Is this the...

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Last post by Tigger
Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:49 pm
Lemon tree

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by newbutkeen » Wed May 21, 2008 3:17 pm

Hi folks,

The in-laws bought me lemon tree for Christmas, but despite being in a frost free greenhouse and being covered in fleece and surrounded...

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Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:17 am
Favourite new gardening books

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by alan refail » Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:01 pm

Rather than revive this old topic , which is still well worth a browse if you are looking for books which people have found most useful, I thought it...

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Last post by alan refail
Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:01 pm
Pea's Help!!!!

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by skinny_bum » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:23 pm

Hi All,
My 1st time in growing pea's, and have had quite a few pods come up, only trouble is, although the pods look ripe for the picking ie,...

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Last post by skinny_bum
Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:35 pm
pruning a grapevine over a pergola

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by bigpepperplant » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:56 pm

I've got a two-year-old grapevine (Brandt) currently climbing up a pergola. Have no idea how to prune it. I haven't pruned it at all until now and...

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Last post by bigpepperplant
Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:36 pm
oops! redcurrant pruning disaster?

Last post by Johnboy
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by bigpepperplant » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:16 pm

I think I may just have done something terrible to my redcurrant bush, which is taking over one of my beds with long, leggy shoots with no currants...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:25 am
Wigglies in Parsnip Plants

Last post by Parsons Jack
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by Good Gourd » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:26 pm

This year I set parsnip seeds from someone elses plants from the year before. I was so pleased nearly 100% germination.So I let some of last years...

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Last post by Parsons Jack
Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:13 pm
Marrows; How do you keep them off the ground?

Last post by Mike Vogel
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by Parsons Jack » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:40 pm

Hi All,

I've never had any problems with courgettes over the years and am growing Defender this year. They are going well with fruits nicely...

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:35 pm
Correct feeding of tomatoes

Last post by Mike Vogel
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by Catherine » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:49 pm

I have got quite a few tomatoes plants in tubs. Can anyone tell me when Iam supposed to feed that because I am unsure. My OH says I should start now...

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:32 pm
Egg shells in Compost?

Last post by Mike Vogel
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by WigBag » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:05 am

Along with my winter caulies, the other highlight to my season start was my compost! For the first time it looked like the books describe it should,...

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:57 pm
Tumbling Tom Tomato

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by Primrose » Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:37 am
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I've been given a Tumbling Tom tomato plant with lots of sideshoots on it. As I've never grown a tumbling variety before and have no spare growing...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:01 am
No broad beans showing?

Last post by Johnboy
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by Salimandre » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:35 pm

I planted a half-bed of Red Epicure broad beans - they grew well, are now above waist-height and have had lots of flowers. The flowers are now dying...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:12 am
Potatoes - Weeds or earth?

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by JohnN » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:44 am

My potato patch has a thick covering of small ground weeds which I was about to start laboriously digging up ... when :idea:??!! If the thick weeds...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:32 pm
Companion Planting

Last post by arthur e
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by Compo » Wed May 28, 2008 11:02 pm

This year I have mixed it up a bit on the plot, based on advice I have heard / read in the past.

Have put onions around my carrots to ward off the...

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Last post by arthur e
Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:54 am
Celery or celeriac?

Last post by Beryl
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by Elderflower » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:21 pm

I went to a local plant sale and bought what I thought was a nice pot of flat leaved parsley. When I got home my OH looked puzzled and said - They`re...

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Last post by Beryl
Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:29 pm
Manure Heap - Best Practice

Last post by Lurganspade
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by Mel Darke » Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:11 pm

I'm just about to take advantage of our allotment's supply of free manure to make a heap. However I've never done one before and wonder if I need to...

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Last post by Lurganspade
Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:10 pm
Peas setting pods.

Last post by Beryl
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by Beryl » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:34 pm

Several of our plotholders are now using the heavier builders netting to protect their peas. But in hind sight are now concerned it will not allow...

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Last post by Beryl
Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:17 pm
Spraying against tomato blight

Last post by Johnboy
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by Primrose » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:05 pm

I was reading the long term forecast of wet weather for July and August and wonder whether it's too early to start spraying my outdoor tomatoes...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:35 am
Gone to Seed

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by skinny_bum » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:58 pm

Just come back from a weekend away to find that a few of my cabbages (of which I have never grown before) have gone to seed (I think), it seems that...

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Last post by skinny_bum
Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:00 pm
Gooseberry plant has gone blind

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by Primrose » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:25 pm

Can anybody suggest what is wrong with my 4 year old red gooseberry bush. Last year it had only a few small fruits which mostly withered before they...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:25 pm
mushrooms

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by slug spud » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:07 pm

hi every one
i bought pack of mushrooms 5/6 weeks ago sowed in a tray container with well rotted manuer bought in a bag.i firmed it down as...

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Last post by heyjude
Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:17 am
thick-necked onions

Last post by Beryl
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by The Mouse » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:41 pm

Hi there
My lottie neighbour was lifting some autumn-sown Japanese onions today. Nearly all of them were thick-necked, and she seemed to think this...

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Last post by Beryl
Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:14 pm
runner beans in australia

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by blighted » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:03 pm

Hi

Silly question but can any of our 'down-under' colleagues confirm whether runner beans etc climb their poles the other way round...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:28 am
Bush beans?

Last post by Monika
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by Gracie » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:40 pm

My neighbour has given me some bean seeds that she bought in Lidl. They are described on the packet as a "bush bean" From the picture they...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:55 pm
non -germination in pumpkins

Last post by Johnboy
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by Di » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:50 pm

I've had some good results with courgettes and some squashes and pumpins, but others seem hard to get going.

I've never got 'triple treat' to...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:23 am
purple sprouting transplants not growing

Last post by Colin Miles
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by helixdesign » Sat May 31, 2008 3:46 pm

I planted out my purple sprouting seedlings about 6 weeks ago and they haven't done anything since. They were sown in cells, hardened off and then...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:23 pm
sweet potatoes

Last post by Richard at GS
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by Doctor Deb » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:06 pm

I forgot I had ordered some of these in the dead of winter and they have arrived , a bit wilted, and need planting ASAP. I've read a few articles,...

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Last post by Richard at GS
Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:11 am
Rotting plants

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by Primrose » Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:51 pm

Just returned home after 5 days away to find one gherkin plant, two cucumbers and one melon have all rotted and died. They were planted outside in...

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Last post by Primrose
Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:03 am
Name this plant - please.

Last post by alan refail
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by Diane » Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:21 pm

Hello all,

Can anyone put a name to this pretty plant, found growing in my daughters' garden in Scotland.

Many thanks.

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Last post by alan refail
Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:08 am
help?

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by VeggieAli » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:04 am

We have several aubergine, pepper and cucumber plants on our kitchen windowsill - we had hoped to put them outside in the warmer weather. However the...

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Last post by Angi
Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:26 pm
PUMPKIN...Where to plant?

Last post by Compo
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by Compo » Wed May 28, 2008 10:56 pm

I always like to plant a couple of pumpkin plants mainly for decoration at Halloween, what about putting a plant in the middle of the runner bean...

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Last post by Compo
Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:18 am
That's shallot

Last post by Urban Fox

by Urban Fox » Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:45 pm

This is my first year growing shallots.

some of them have flower spikes forming.
Do I leave them on the plant?

or should I pinch them out so...

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Last post by Urban Fox
Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:45 pm
Rotating Composter

Last post by mandylew
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by julie » Fri May 30, 2008 9:22 pm

Hi, not sure if this is the right place to post this query, but here goes.
I have acquired a rotating composter (sick of rats in my compost), but I...

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Last post by mandylew
Sat May 31, 2008 8:31 pm
Cucumber?

Last post by Catherine
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by Catherine » Tue May 20, 2008 9:45 pm
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I bought a cucumber plant from the garden centre and I dont know what type it but it is one of those that has baby cucumbers on it, so I put it in a...
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Last post by Catherine
Fri May 30, 2008 12:52 pm
physalis philadelphica

Last post by noisette1325
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by noisette1325 » Wed May 28, 2008 11:04 pm

Has anybody ever tried to grow Physalis philadelphica ? I grew three plants from seeds. I don't know if it is necessary to pollinate it by hand . Do...

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Last post by noisette1325
Thu May 29, 2008 6:37 pm
Flowerheads on shallots

Last post by penny
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by amanda-from-grantham » Tue May 27, 2008 12:30 pm

We planted out some shallots last autumn and they have overwintered well, and are growing into big fat shallots. However, while they still aren't...

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Last post by penny
Wed May 28, 2008 9:40 am
Using bagged composted manure

Last post by Vegman
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by Primrose » Thu May 22, 2008 7:06 pm

Following on from Catherine's post about her deceased cucumber, I normally have no problems growing the mini cucumbers outside but having planted out...

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Last post by Vegman
Tue May 27, 2008 12:01 pm
Tomato varieties - spotting the difference

Last post by richard p
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by HelenH » Sat May 24, 2008 8:17 pm

I know this may sound like a daft question, but is there any way of differentiating between Gardeners Delight and Moneymaker tomato plants whilst...

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Last post by richard p
Sat May 24, 2008 8:45 pm
Cabbages - help

Last post by Catherine
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by Catherine » Tue May 06, 2008 6:54 pm

Can anyone tell me what to do with my cabbages as I started them off in the polytunnel and when the seeds appeared I put them in to 3" pots. I...

13 Replies

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Last post by Catherine
Sat May 24, 2008 9:46 am
Planting in large pots

Last post by penny
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by Catherine » Fri May 16, 2008 1:35 pm

I am just about to go and plant my spare butternut squash called Hunter into 12" posts made up of half compost and half manure. Am I doing the...

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Last post by penny
Fri May 23, 2008 9:43 am
Raspberries on a north facing fence

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Wed May 21, 2008 6:16 pm

Is it possible to grow a few raspberry canes against a north facing fence? Would they ripen?

We've just replaced a broken fence panel which I'd...

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Last post by Primrose
Thu May 22, 2008 7:08 pm
Hand pollinating

Last post by Monika
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by Monika » Mon May 19, 2008 9:40 pm

Our broad beans (Witkiem Manita) are flowering in the garden and I am worried about the lack of insects to pollinate them at the moment (the bulk of...

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Last post by Monika
Wed May 21, 2008 7:16 pm
beans and tomatoes?

Last post by Primrose
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by mandylew » Wed May 21, 2008 5:38 pm

I had an idea of planting one climbing bean variety 'yard long' in each growpot with each tomato in my greenhouse, so they could share the same cane,...

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Last post by Primrose
Wed May 21, 2008 6:04 pm
planting site

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by julie » Sat May 17, 2008 10:51 am

Hi,would like others thoughts on this.
I have quite a large area of soil right next to our oil tank which I would like to use to grow more...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat May 17, 2008 2:16 pm
Growing Alliums

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Fri May 16, 2008 9:41 pm

I've grown some of the large decorative alliums for the first time. The flower heads are impressive but just before the flower heads burst open all...

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Sat May 17, 2008 2:05 pm
Courgette Plants

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by julie » Fri May 16, 2008 9:50 pm

Hi, One of my courgette plants is looking very unhealthy. I planted it out a week ago, and the leaves are going brown and shrivelled. I have not done...

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Sat May 17, 2008 7:36 am

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