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Saving peas and beans for seeds

Last post by Mike Vogel
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by Primrose » Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:02 pm

What's the best drying method for beans and peas when saving them for seed? Do you let the outer pods dry out first and then store the seeds or...

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:14 pm
Marks on Sungold tomatoes

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:38 pm

I've grown a few Sungold tomatoes for 3 years now and have noticed that on many of the skins as they ripen, little black lines seem to appear on some...

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Last post by Primrose
Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:26 pm
Harvesting rhubarb

Last post by peter
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by armstrom » Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:13 pm

Hi,

Can rhubarb be constantly harvested trhoughout the year, or will leaves not grow back until the new season?

Cheers,
Mike

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Last post by peter
Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:29 pm
Figs

Last post by Angi
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by Beryl » Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:43 pm

For the first year I have a fantastic crop of figs. Far too many to eat fresh. So far I have had to give them away which is Okay but I would like...

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Last post by Angi
Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:04 pm
Bottling tomatoes using a microwave

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Primrose » Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:50 pm

Looks like I'm going to have lots of tomatoes to preserve fairly soon and with freezer space being short, I'm wondering about trying to bottle some...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:07 pm
Water Melon

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:19 pm

How do I tell if a watermelon is ripe. On my grafted plant I have
2 which are quite big about the same size as in the shops. I thought
it was when...

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Last post by Westi
Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:27 pm
Blackcurrant Ebony

Last post by Geoff
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by Tony Hague » Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:54 pm

I've got 3 of these in fruit for the first time this year.

Allegedly they are larger fruited than normal blackcurrants, and significantly sweeter....

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Last post by Geoff
Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:13 pm
Surplus kale & Swiss Chard

Last post by Colin_M
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by Primrose » Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:13 am

Currently have more than we can eat. Neighbours don't like it so no point in trying to give it away.. Any ideas on how best to preserve it? Have...

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Last post by Colin_M
Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:10 pm
Bolting Onions

Last post by Beryl
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by Paul H » Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:24 pm

Sorry if this has appeared before. Does cutting off the seed head when it appears have any beneficial effect or is it just a question of lifting and...

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Last post by Beryl
Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:37 pm
who knows their cherry varieties?

Last post by pongeroon
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by pongeroon » Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:06 pm

We have access for the last time this year to some big old cherry trees which were part of a productive fruit farm many years ago.

Usually the...

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Last post by pongeroon
Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:26 am
What is the best Strawberry for freezing?

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by PLUMPUDDING » Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:11 pm

I'm trying to find some information about the best varieties of strawberry for freezing. Honeoye seems to be mentioned most often.

I did grow a...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:57 pm
Radishes ready

Last post by peter
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by Piglet6 » Sun May 23, 2010 10:25 am

I sowed "French Breakfast 3" seeds back in early April (I think), and they are already radish-sized and are pushing themselves out of the...

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Last post by peter
Mon May 24, 2010 1:49 pm
Is it too early for shallot 'leaves' to be losing colour?

Last post by Piglet6
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by Piglet6 » Tue May 18, 2010 7:35 pm

I noticed this evening, on my rounds, that my shallots stalks are beginning to lose their lush green-ness. Is this too early? Or does it sound about...

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Last post by Piglet6
Sun May 23, 2010 10:21 am
Gherkins again

Last post by penny
Replies: 6
by penny » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:59 am

Hi, I have read the 2008 posts about pickling gherkins but my problem is with only one plant I only get a few the right size at any one time. I would...

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Last post by penny
Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:36 am
Parsnip-stained hands

Last post by Elle's Garden
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by The Mouse » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:12 am

Help!

I spent most of yesterday afternoon and a couple of hours this morning peeling, chopping and blanching parsnips for the freezer.

The result...

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Last post by Elle's Garden
Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:03 pm
would you eat them?

Last post by Elaine
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by Meow » Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:11 pm

hello,
my allotment is sited on a river flood plane next to a sewerage works, over the winter it all flooded. fortunately the damage was minimal and...

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:07 am
Parsnip lenght

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by Bren » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:42 pm

On Friday I asked my son to dig out the last of the parsnips and leeks, when I went to wash them I was amazed at the lenght of one of them
30",...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:01 pm
Horseradish

Last post by Colin_M
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by Westi » Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:52 pm

Hi

After a very productive morning on lottie I finally got around to
digging up the horseradish to move to a more out of the way spot.
What I have...

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Last post by Colin_M
Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:04 pm
Swedes

Last post by Johnboy
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by Westi » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:09 pm

None of my swedes left in the ground are bulbing up just
rising up like a purple carrot. I took some small ones from
the same lot earlier just to...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:20 am
Help with Butternut Squash please.

Last post by Elle's Garden
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by Gerry » Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:18 pm
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Hi all,

I have grown Butternut Squash this year, in the greenhouse, using seed from a supermarket fruit. The fruit grew to a huge size (twice as big...
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Last post by Elle's Garden
Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:02 pm
Potatoes sprouting already

Last post by peter
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by The Mouse » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:20 pm
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Hi there

I'm not sure what's going on - yesterday I found that one of my Rooster potatoes was starting to sprout when I got some out of the sack to...
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Last post by peter
Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:51 am
Vales Emerald

Last post by snooky
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by Colin Miles » Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:22 pm

There are a few mentions of Vales Emerald on this site, but I wonder if anyone would like to comment more on this potato? With its parentage it...

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Last post by snooky
Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:49 pm
Carrots not growing

Last post by tatws
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by Elle's Garden » Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:03 pm

I am not sure if this is the right place as my carrots are nowhere near harvesting - what have I done wrong?

I have sown a 3 seed collection of...

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Last post by tatws
Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:58 pm
Drying onions

Last post by tatws
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by FredFromOssett » Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:50 pm

With the prospect of frosts soon I have lifted my maincrop onions today for drying, (Ailsa Craig and Bedfordshire Champion raised from seed). Most of...

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Last post by tatws
Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:48 pm
Limp flesh on Sweet Dumpling squash

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:45 pm

We recently bought a number of Sweet Dumplings from a farm shop and although the skins are nice and firm, the interior flesh is unexpectedly limp....

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Last post by Primrose
Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:01 pm
Sweet Peppers - Strange

Last post by Elaine
Replies: 8
by Westi » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:20 pm

As I have already boasted I got a lot of my peppers to redden
outdoors but quite curiously they all have no seeds as such.
There is a tiny little...

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:27 pm
Ripening tomatoes (again!)

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by Primrose » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:37 pm

We've just returned from 4 days away and was pleased to find that many more of my tomatoes on trays have ripened. However, apart from the Gardeners...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:17 pm
Orange cherry tomatoes

Last post by glallotments
Replies: 9
by pixley » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:12 pm

We had some fantastic orange cherry tomatoes from Tesco over the summer but they didnt label the variety. I can only see 1 variety in the catalogues...

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Last post by glallotments
Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:34 am
Almonds

Last post by Johnboy
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by DP » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:18 pm

I have grown a 4 y.o. almond tree - var. Ingrid - that has produced a bumper crop.

Any ideas about how to harvest? Do I leave them on until they...

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Last post by Johnboy
Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:29 am
Grapes - juice or fried fruit?

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:46 pm

We've decided it's going to be too much hassle to make wine from our Reisling grapes again this year. We have about 14 lbs ready for picking so I'm...

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Last post by Primrose
Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:29 pm
Nasturtium seed pods - can they be pickled?

Last post by Gilly C
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by Hungry caterpillar » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:07 pm

Does anyone know whether you can eat nasturtium seed pods? I've been looking at them in the garden and they look so juicy, I was wondering whether...

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Last post by Gilly C
Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:52 pm
Brandywine Tomato

Last post by Johnboy
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by glallotments » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:51 am

This week we picked our largest Brandywine tomato. It weighed in at 1.1kg or just short of 2½lbs. I posted photos and a video of the event on my blog...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:54 am
Tomatoes - pick or play Russian Roulette?

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:48 pm

Really warm here today. I still have masses of green and 'turning' tomatoes on my outdoor plants. I'm tempted to pick them all this afternoon in case...

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Last post by Primrose
Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:51 am
Preserving Onions

Last post by Primrose
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by Geoff » Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:53 am

Not sure if this belongs here or in Cooking.

Almost all of two of my varieties of white onions have gone to seed this year, another is OK as are the...

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Last post by Primrose
Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:34 pm
Climbing Beans

Last post by Malk
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by Malk » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:17 pm

I bought a cheap pack of climbing beans at the garden centre and they've done really well.

I picked bunches as young pods and ate them, but now a...

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Last post by Malk
Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:56 am
Shallots

Last post by retropants
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by Elsa » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:46 pm

In old gardening books you often see that planting small shallots will result in big shallots, big ones will give many small ones. This year we...

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Last post by retropants
Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:58 pm
SWEETCORN

Last post by peter
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by selwood » Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:37 pm

Hi Everyone
Its been so long since ive grown sweetcorn that ive forgotten when best to harvest
All the plants have 3 cobs on (Only did last second so...

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Last post by peter
Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:56 pm
Red Cabbage Sprouts!

Last post by macmac
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by arthur e » Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:28 am

Hi all, I let a red cabbage go to flower then started dismantling it and inside I found 10 large sprout sized red cabbages clustered round the...

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Last post by macmac
Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:35 pm
Horseradish

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by goldilox » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:57 am

A friend of mine has grown horseradish this year but has no idea when to dig it up. Anyone know?

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:53 pm
scabby potatoes and drying onions

Last post by mrsbirdland
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by mrsbirdland » Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:40 am

A couple of questions I hope someone might help with.

I grew potatoes (Maris Piper and International Kidney) in two large old rubbish bins this...

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Last post by mrsbirdland
Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:56 pm
Brussel Sprouts

Last post by glallotments
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by Compo » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:39 pm

I have been growing my sprouts in a brassica cage, of scaffolding net, they now have a few small sprouts on each plant, should I harvest them now?...

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Last post by glallotments
Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:20 am
"Stiff" jam

Last post by Elaine
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by Elaine » Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:26 pm

Hi everyone. I over boiled a batch of my blackcurrant jam by not checking the setting point soon enough, resulting in a jam which is very...

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:14 am
Storing carrots

Last post by Jane
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by Jane » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:09 pm

Hi. I have a good crop of clean carrots at the moment and want to store them in a sand box. Can I start now or is it too early? Also do you wash them...

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Last post by Jane
Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:53 pm
Lead Poisoning from tomatoes

Last post by Cider Boys
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by Elle's Garden » Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:58 pm

Hello all on this lovely sunny evening in Sussex...

I have a large ledge (around 2ft by 3ft) outside my bedroom window that is covered in lead. I...

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Last post by Cider Boys
Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:13 pm
Container potato yields

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:28 pm

Have now harvested 4 out of my 5 potato containers and am wondering whether my yields are par for the course. (4 potatoes to a bag)

Anya 1 lb 1 oz...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:54 pm
Show Rules for fennel and pink fir apples and patti pan

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by nickyk » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:08 pm

I'm a show novice and just realised (for Saturday) that i ought to have bought the show rules from the RHS as our schedule just refers back to them....

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:24 pm
First Peaches

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:24 pm

Just been out and found 2 peaches ready - they were
rock hard at the weekend. I am chuffed as if you
remember I got terrible peach leaf curl.

There...

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Last post by Westi
Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:28 pm
Runner Beans

Last post by Elaine
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by donedigging » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:21 pm

I'm sorry, if this has been covered before but I am off on holiday for two weeks soon and my daughter has agreed to move back home to...

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:44 am
Is AUTUMN arriving early this year?

Last post by Monika
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by naturediva » Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:21 pm

I know from the date on the calendar that we are in mid-summer (just had to check that after last few 'glorious' days! ha ha :lol: so much rain I...

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Last post by Monika
Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:30 pm
Charlotte potatoes

Last post by Geoff
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by Primrose » Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:36 pm
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Have just harvested the first of two containers of Charlotte salad potatoes and am hugely disappointed with them.(First attempt to grow them). They...
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:55 pm

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