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divine retribution ??

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by richard p » Tue May 23, 2006 12:47 pm
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yesterday i picked a few lettuce leaves to go in a hurried corned beef sandwitch. second bite was a bit crunchie, a bit like some eggshell in it,...
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Thu May 25, 2006 12:27 pm
What are these bugs on our fruit bush?

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by Garlic_Guy » Tue May 16, 2006 10:07 pm

My neighbour's fruit bush (red/blackcurrant??) is covered with these things. Small dark disks about 5mm wide, with a big puff of white underneath...

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Last post by Johnboy
Fri May 19, 2006 5:41 am
strange white flies

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by seedling » Wed May 17, 2006 8:29 am

Can anyone help me? I`ve got these strange white flies in my garden. they dont look like "whitefly" and are slightly fluffy. They dont seem...

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Thu May 18, 2006 7:39 am
Help "*?/* pigeons!

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by Pol » Tue May 16, 2006 2:01 pm

Help
I planted out all my sprouting broccoli yesterday and didn't net them as it was getting late and I thought - tomorrow will do. Big mistake!...

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Last post by Carole B.
Thu May 18, 2006 7:01 am
How high can rabbits jump?

Last post by Allan
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by Chantal » Tue May 16, 2006 10:30 pm

It would appear that on our plot (eyewitness reports)we have a huge bunny of the Wallace & Grommit variety which can hurtle down the allotments...

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Last post by Allan
Thu May 18, 2006 5:19 am
Help, everything is being eaten!

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by poppyseed » Sun May 14, 2006 11:59 am
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First season greeness here so forgive me but please help. I've just been out to check on progress this morning and have problems.
Pea plants...
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Last post by poppyseed
Tue May 16, 2006 8:48 pm
Thanks to pigs

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by jane E » Fri May 05, 2006 12:09 pm

I've just been rotavating my last year's pig run which was full of nettles and docks before they went in there. Not a nettle or dock to be seen! No...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon May 15, 2006 11:46 pm
fox cubs

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by Beryl » Sun May 14, 2006 9:44 pm

Just a word of warning.
This time of the year if you have young fox cubs on your plot. Please be careful not to leave the large square pea/bean...

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Last post by jane E
Mon May 15, 2006 11:41 pm
Raspberries

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by colin Lamb » Fri May 12, 2006 7:15 pm

my wife has noticed numerous small orange raised spots on the leaves of her raspberry plants,Please can anyone identify this problem and possible...

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Last post by Sue
Sun May 14, 2006 8:46 pm
bloomin bindweed

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by jopsy » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:03 pm
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every year we have to rip it out ,dh originally used some awful killer-but it's here again! :twisted:

any tips to get rid/shrink/send it...
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Last post by Allan
Sun May 14, 2006 5:59 am
Ants!

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by loznkate » Thu May 11, 2006 10:53 am

Hi! all

I'm in my second year of greenhouse gardening and had a pest freee 2005. I've just sited the second greenhouse and I've noticed that one...

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Last post by Pol
Fri May 12, 2006 9:59 am
Friend or foe?

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by Jude » Wed May 10, 2006 10:44 pm

Thought I knew most soil inhabiting creatures, but I've come across one I can't identify. I've found 2 so far, biggish beasties about an inch and a...

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Last post by Jude
Thu May 11, 2006 9:46 pm
Great info website

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by peter » Wed May 10, 2006 9:38 am

This week I found , it is a lovely slimey place.

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Last post by Chantal
Thu May 11, 2006 9:51 am
Cabbage root fly

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by submariner » Tue May 09, 2006 1:39 pm

I planted some cabbage plants in my raised bed (3ft) a couple of weeks ago. They are all looking splendid, but I suddenly realised that root fly...

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Wed May 10, 2006 2:36 pm
Pea/Bean Weevil

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by sandersj89 » Wed May 03, 2006 9:13 am

Does any one control these blighters? My peas are looking decidedly worse for ware at the moment with approx 50% of their leaf area eaten away!!!!...

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Mon May 08, 2006 12:34 pm
gooseberry pest

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by Diane » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:12 pm

Last year I grew gooseberries and lost the lot to the sawfly. When do I start spraying to avoid this happening again this year? and what do I use?...

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Last post by lizzie
Mon May 08, 2006 10:14 am
Yellow mottling on courgettes

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by hilary » Sat May 06, 2006 5:42 pm

Help,
One of my courgette plants bought in a yellow one has yellow mottling on one leaf. Panicked and thought of cucumber mosaic virus and have now...

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Last post by hilary
Sun May 07, 2006 5:22 pm
PESTS ON CABBAGE

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by Compo » Fri May 05, 2006 11:20 pm

My Cabbage that I planted a month or so ago have a few whitefly on them and some white spots on the leaves, should I worry?

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Last post by Carole B.
Sat May 06, 2006 3:14 pm
Help with Red-currant please!

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by carrotsticks » Mon May 01, 2006 8:13 pm

Before we planted the red currant bush, It was left to sit in a not to cold bedroom, so maybe the following complait has something to do with that....

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Last post by carrotsticks
Wed May 03, 2006 7:43 pm
Cat Litter

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by Mel Smith » Wed May 03, 2006 1:24 pm

Could someone tell me if the recently new extra absorbent cat litter is any use in slug control

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Wed May 03, 2006 1:24 pm
Clubroot.

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by Guest » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:37 pm

Don't know if anyone is interested but if you suffer with clubroot on your Brussels, here is a tip I picked up in the Daily Sketch donkies years ago....

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Last post by Anonymous
Mon May 01, 2006 10:33 pm
Slugpellets & potatoes??

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by Garlic_Guy » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:40 pm

For the last two years, I have had some slug damage to my spuds - especially those still inthe ground at the end of summer.

My neighbour says he...

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Last post by Tigger
Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:27 pm
Brambles shambles

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by mazmezroz » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:49 pm

Just cleared a new plot last year, and am starting to plant up. Did use the dreaded glyphosphate which certainly did the business, and now want to...

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Last post by Allan
Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:48 pm
Egg-shells for slugs

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by carrotsticks » Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:49 pm

I read somewhere that having eggshells around your plot keeps slugs at bay as the slugs don't like the feel of them on their bellies :D Well, my...

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Last post by Guest
Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:05 pm
Home Made Fleece Cloche

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by sandersj89 » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:55 pm

I have had a request to re post something I did a while ago on how I protect my carrots with fleece, so here it is, it will work just as well with...

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Last post by Beryl
Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:23 pm
Tulip Problems

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by sandersj89 » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:11 pm

Every year I grow a selection of tulips for cutting. They are left in the ground for a couple of years then I dig them up to break up the clumps of...

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Last post by Diva
Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:34 pm
Cats

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by Visitor » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:08 pm

Cats have used garden as toilet.When and is it safe for growing Vegetables.Ugggggh?How do you make it safe/

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Last post by Beccy
Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:08 pm
White grubs in potted plants

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by LakeView » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:22 pm
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Hi,
I too have recently found white critters -- but they are destructive white grubs in the soil. They've been decimating the roots on my (ok it's...
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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:05 am
Spring cabbages going to seed

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by ron » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:07 am

I have some spring cabbages which have gone to seed. I have two questions, what would make them go to seed, and how can I prevent it happening to the...

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Last post by John
Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:53 pm
rabbits

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by jane E » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:57 pm

Anyone got any suggestions for coping with rabbits? So far I've covered with fleece,hoping they won't notice. Also put neat bleach on the sides of my...

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Last post by Allan
Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:38 pm
Getting rid of Moles

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by sulloir » Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:37 pm
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Any advice on how to get rid of moles, or a very active mole? I have tried vibrating spikes driven into the ground. This wasn't successful. I've...
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Last post by fuchsia
Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:49 pm
horsetail and couch grass

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by Phil S » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:41 pm
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Hi all,

Got down to digging the allotment at the weekend, found to be full of horse tails and couch grass, any tips on eradication!
I am going...
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Last post by PT
Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:25 pm
Has anyone ever tried the nematode for controlling slugs?

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by Helenclare » Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:02 pm
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I am thinking of parting with a load of cash to try the biological slug control this growing season and before I do I wondered if anyone had any...
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Last post by Beccy
Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:04 pm
Strange roots in soil??

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by Garlic_Guy » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:45 pm

I covered a weedy/grassy patch of my allotment with blackplastic in the middle of winter and have just been clearing it.

There is just a small...

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Last post by Jude
Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:22 pm
Roundup alternatives

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by Allan » Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:53 am
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Apart from any bulk spraying I like to have a ready-to-use sprayer handy wherever I am working in case there is a deep-rooted perennial weed that...
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Last post by Allan
Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:29 pm
Fairy rings

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by oldherbaceous » Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:34 pm

Does anyone know if these high nitrogen fertilizers that these lawn care firms apply, could actualy make fairy rings worse. Any advice will be glady...

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Last post by Beccy
Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:10 pm
Bog wort.

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by Thomas Padfield » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:32 pm

I have a pretty serious problem with bogwort in my garden. I run a pretty strictly organic garden but it's growing through rocks surrounding a large...

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Last post by Thomas Padfield
Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:57 pm
glyphosate/weeds

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by richard p » Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:57 pm

ive just done a google search on glyphosate, found the following websites intresting.

Documents/Monsantosuperweeds.htm

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Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:57 pm
Sweetcorn Party!

Last post by frantony
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by Diva » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:02 pm

I grew sweetcorn on my allotment last year (had only just taken it on so put in a block of 9 plants) but had the whole lot eaten by the culprit in...

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Last post by frantony
Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:11 pm
Grubs

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by Di » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:02 pm

I've been turning out the old compost from pots in readiness for potting up this years tomatoes etc. I found a number of big white grubs and wondered...

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Last post by Sue
Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:39 am
who's been eating my broad beans?

Last post by Compo
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by bigpepperplant » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:07 am
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Anyone know what I can blame for stealing my broad bean seeds? Something has removed them all (probably about 60!!!!) from the ground leaving rounds...
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Last post by Compo
Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:14 pm
Jaundiced garlic?

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by Deb P » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:41 am

I planted loads of garlic last autumn, and have just noticed that on about half of it, the foliage is starting to get yellowed, not streaked, but...

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Last post by lizzie
Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:22 am
sooty mould on runner beans

Last post by Sue
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by Averil77 » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:41 am

The last two years we have suffered with black
mould on runner bean leaves. Before we plant out
our beans this year can any one give us any help,...

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Last post by Sue
Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:23 pm
Bay tree - leaves going brown

Last post by Jude
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by haggis » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:32 pm

I have a lovely bay tree in a pot in the garden. I use the leaves for cooking but at the end of last year the leaves started to get black spots -...

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Last post by Jude
Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:07 pm
Club root

Last post by sandersj89
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by arthur e » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:41 pm

I've read an article in the Scottish Sunday Post all about a product from Germany which is a fertiliser that controls club root, i'ts called...

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Last post by sandersj89
Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:46 pm
Wireworms and potatoes - the age old problem

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by Diva » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:49 pm

Howdy

Last year I finally got around to renting an allotment (after thinking about it for a few years!! :) )

The plot I took over hadn't been...

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Last post by Tangent
Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:14 pm
Pipe and netting

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by sandersj89 » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:04 am
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I am mulling over how to do some crop protection using the 25mm MDPE Blue Pipe 25mm you can get at builders merchants for about £15 for 50m.

I am...
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Last post by Angi
Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:32 pm
Help getting rid of wild blackberries

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by sue-the-recycler » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:57 am

I have inherited a border against a wall that has been neglected for many years and I am now about to start to revive it.I have cleared as much of...

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Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:08 pm
THIS FLY'S THE LIMIT

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by ROD 'MR CHILLI' HOLMES » Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:08 pm

Hola Senors/senoritas,

What are all these white creepy things that are at my seedlings and how do I execute the little blighters

Mr Chilli...

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Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:22 pm
know your enemy

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by paul.r » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:54 am

Another one courtesy of the allotment uk site

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Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:54 am

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