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First signs of blight

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by pdblak » Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:40 am

It's here. Had to severely hack back the toms in the greenhouse and even a few outside.

Here's praying for some sunshine to ripen the rest before I...

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Last post by Stephen
Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:51 pm
Pampas Grass

Last post by jethrotattydrill
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by jethrotattydrill » Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:42 pm

I have 3 clumps of Pampas grass to remove. I call them clumps but they are at least 3ft wide at the base. Does anyone have any tips - or is it just...

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Last post by jethrotattydrill
Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:36 am
White Onions

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by Westi » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:21 pm

Every year my white onions seem to get a pinkish fungal type thing on them. They are fine when harvested but this seems to develop as they are...

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Last post by Westi
Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:21 pm
Brambles

Last post by Stephen
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by Smurfy » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:18 pm

We have recently cleared out behind the shed whcih had obviously been a dumping ground for the previous owners of the house. Lots of old hoovers etc...

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Last post by Stephen
Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:43 pm
Weather conditions & blight

Last post by Cider Boys
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by Primrose » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:07 am

We've had two or three very steamy hot & showery days recently. Does this mean that tomato blight is closer to becoming a real reality? I haven't...

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Last post by Cider Boys
Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:13 am
soft brown rot of aubergine

Last post by Gerry
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by Ian in Cumbria » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:13 am

Hello All

My Aubergines (Moneymaker) in the greenhouse were looking OK. 3 or 4 on each plant. They vary in size from 1" to 5" long. I have...

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Last post by Gerry
Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:48 pm
help - wasps nest

Last post by Johnboy
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by haggis » Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:16 pm
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Had a big clear up on my plot yesteday and inadvertently found a wasps nest in an old compost heap. It was pouring with rain today so I had the...
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Last post by Johnboy
Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:08 pm
A Fresh look at weeds pests and diseases.

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by Nature's Babe » Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:04 pm
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Maybe we should be looking at prevention and soil and plant health and giving our gardens the optimum conditions for health - before disease strikes,...
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Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:43 am
Advice welcome?

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by donedigging » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:32 pm

Having a big problem this year with

I have heavy clay

Hand weeding , mainly breaks off at surface level......I don't like spraying ...but any...

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Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:44 pm
Learning to Love Weeds

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Nature's Babe » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:25 pm

I know weeds can be a pain, and yes they can be invasive and time consuming, and tenacious, but I am learning not to throw the baby out with the...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:19 am
Pest on Pear

Last post by ken
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by ken » Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:28 pm

Was summer pruning a cordon pear today when I noticed what I thought at first was a dense cobweb full of black fly. On closer examination it was a...

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Last post by ken
Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:39 am
Looks like Blight but???

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:24 pm

I dug up some of my Smile potatoes and they were either all mush like you'd expect the mother spud to be like or they had spots on them going to...

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Last post by Westi
Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:50 pm
Marrow problem

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by JohnN » Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:08 am

Many of my marrows have developed a "rot", which seems to start at the tip and one, which was quite big, looked normal apart from the tip...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:48 am
Black fly with red spots

Last post by Redfox
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by Redfox » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:06 am

Does any one know what fly is about 1.5 cm long and is black with red spots on the wings. Saw one on my water butt the other day, took photo but...

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Last post by Redfox
Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:42 pm
Problems with peppers

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Primrose » Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:14 pm

I'm having problems with my peppers (now outdoors) this year - can anybody help?

Firstly, the leaves are turning a paler green than usual. They're...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:01 am
Sickly 'Kestrel'

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by Monika » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:04 pm

Our potatoes 'Kestrel' are looking rather sickly, not blight-like, but they are not growing well and the foliage is going yellow. All other potatoes...

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Last post by sincerity
Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:30 am
Is this some sort of sawfly?

Last post by Parsons Jack
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by glallotments » Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:31 pm

Any ideas whether this is some sort of sawfly?

My plot neighbour found it amongst her sweetcorn - the leaves have been shredded and some of the...

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Last post by Parsons Jack
Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:45 pm
Green fly and bug

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by geacher » Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:58 pm

Hi
I have some green fly on my salads which i am selling to restaurants also an unidentified brown bug thats is small and looks like a seed from a...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:44 pm
Origanum vulgare 'Aureum' in the lawn.

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by Diane » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:13 pm

I have patches of golden marjoram growing in the lawn and can't get rid of it. It started off last year, in small patches, and has spread now over a...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:24 pm
Broad beans not set

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by Monika » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:48 pm

Whereas our broad beans in the sheltered vegetable patch at home have set nicely and we have just started using them, the very healthy looking plants...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:15 pm
Potato problem

Last post by ken
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by ken » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:59 am

Am growing potatoes in sacks this year. Have just harvested a bag of Swift - the spuds look v good and am happy with the yield. However, we found one...

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Last post by ken
Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:29 pm
Drooping tomato plant

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by JohnN » Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:40 am

My tomato plants (Alicante) in greenhouse border seemed to be doing OK, but now one, with several maturing fruit, is looking very sickly. Not...

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Last post by JohnN
Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:34 am
B&Q busy lizzie's

Last post by Monika
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by tracie » Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:45 pm

Hi All,

my busy lizzie's from B&Q were fine when I put them in, but they look miserable now. Quite a few of the leaves have fallen off just...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:11 pm
Cleavers - is it OK to compost?

Last post by Brenjon
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by DiG » Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:53 am
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Hi All,
My garden is being overrun with cleavers (goosegrass/sticky willy). Having supplied piles of it to the neighbours for their horses, who love...
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Last post by Brenjon
Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:36 pm
Rats & Strawbs

Last post by Beryl
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by JohnN » Sat May 28, 2011 12:00 pm

My wife went out to pick some of our ripe strawberries this morning and found they'd all gone!
They were there yesterday and they're in a fruit cage...

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Last post by Beryl
Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:53 pm
Yellowing shallots

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Catherine » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:03 pm

My shallots have been yellowing steadily for several weeks. The tips of the shallots are yellow now for about three to four inches. And today I have...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:30 pm
Is this blight or stress?

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by MikA » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:31 am

1 of my Gardener's Delight tomatoes has leaves which are going brown at the edges of the top of the leaf. The tip particularly dries out and goes...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:24 pm
What has gone wrong with my peas?

Last post by MikA
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by Primrose » Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:33 pm

Quite a few of the pea pods in my row of peas which were sown from last year's saved peas have gone bent & crinkled, and are not filling with...

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Last post by MikA
Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:13 pm
Sawfly?

Last post by Johnboy
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by JohnN » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:32 am

My sole goosegog bush, in a fruit cage, has had two branches stripped of leaves. Other branches and fruit are OK. Thought it might be the odd sparrow...

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Last post by Johnboy
Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:01 pm
Blighted Potato Haulms

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by darkbrowneggs » Thu Jun 09, 2011 1:42 pm

Hi All, every year I seem to get blight on my potatoes, and as I grow quite a lot I am left with a mass of greenery that I don't want to put on the...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:46 am
Chocolate spot on tomatoes

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by mikepearce45 » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:50 pm

Earlier on this week I noticed chocolate spot virus markings on the lower leaves of one of my greenhouse tomato plants.

Promptly removed it together...

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Last post by mikepearce45
Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:50 pm
STRAWBERRIES NIBBLED

Last post by alan refail
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by Compo » Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:46 pm

The bottom ends of my strawbs look like the skin has been eaten off, another plotholder says this is some kind of beetle that eats the strwawberry...

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Last post by alan refail
Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:52 am
Mud in Water Troughs.

Last post by Beryl
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by snooky » Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:34 pm

The water trough from which I draw water from on my allotment site has about 2 inches of mud on the bottom of it where other site-holders have been...

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Last post by Beryl
Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:45 pm
Newbie looking for advice on birds!

Last post by Tony Hague
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by tinygarden » Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:07 am

Hello all. I'm new to this grow-your-own business and I have a small space which is a raised wooden bed measuring about 4ft x 4ft with 4 sections. In...

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Last post by Tony Hague
Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:14 pm
Cock Chafer Bugs

Last post by Nick Dawson
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by Nick Dawson » Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:25 pm

Has anybody got any ideas on eradicating Chafer Bugs? Presumably the numerous bugs we are finding in our planters at the moment were laid last year,...

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Last post by Nick Dawson
Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:34 pm
Sparrows - pest or friend

Last post by MikA
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by MikA » Mon May 30, 2011 10:10 pm

House Sparrows are pecking around the flowers at the top of my peas. Will they damage the plants or are they just after the greenfly in the flowers?...

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Last post by MikA
Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:39 pm
Mould on potting compost

Last post by MikA
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by Ballydoolagh » Thu May 26, 2011 4:02 pm

I have noticed that whenever I plant seeds and leave the pot on the windowsill to germinate, there comes a white fuzzy mold on the compost. I am...

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Last post by MikA
Mon May 30, 2011 10:25 pm
rust on new apple tree leaves

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by the custodian » Fri May 27, 2011 10:59 pm

hi can anyone help. My dad has recently bought some apple and pear trees, a few weeks after buying them the apple tree's have developed what looks...

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Last post by the custodian
Fri May 27, 2011 10:59 pm
Dwarf Stella Cherry Tree

Last post by Polly
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by Polly » Tue May 24, 2011 4:26 pm

Help anyone any idea why my new dwarf cherry tree bred for in pots has no leaves whatsoever at the top and healthy looking leaves below the...

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Last post by Polly
Wed May 25, 2011 3:21 pm
Hedge Bindweed dilema

Last post by Roger Rabbit
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by Roger Rabbit » Sun May 22, 2011 10:53 am

Hi can anybody help me as i can not get rid of the stuff. its all under the patio,in my greenhouse and in all the hedges. I've tried lots of diferent...

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Last post by Roger Rabbit
Wed May 25, 2011 11:30 am
Red Brassicas and Caterpillars

Last post by Colin Miles
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by Colin Miles » Sun May 15, 2011 2:00 pm

A few years ago one of my brussels sprouts turned out to be a red cabbage and it seemed to completely escape caterpillar damage. This year I have 3...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Tue May 24, 2011 8:48 am
Possible Honey Fungus in Compost heap

Last post by WoodyLord
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by WoodyLord » Sun May 15, 2011 11:49 am

Hi,
I wonder if anyone can give me some advice about possible Honey Fungus infection. We have a large buddleia next to our compost heap - something...

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Last post by WoodyLord
Fri May 20, 2011 1:56 pm
Broad Beans and Robber Bee damage

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by sincerity » Wed May 18, 2011 9:34 pm

I have grown broad beans without any problems in past years, but this year the plants have been affected by a pest that I have not encountered...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Thu May 19, 2011 9:27 pm
Bird Boxes and Bumble Bees

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by jethrotattydrill » Sun May 15, 2011 1:24 pm

Bird Boxes and Bumble Bees.
The bird boxes in my garden are being utilised as normal by Blue and Great Tits - apart from one which has been taken...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Thu May 19, 2011 9:19 pm
Cucumbers

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by geacher » Sun May 15, 2011 7:59 pm

My cucumber plants went into my tunnel last week, looking fairly healthy but ready for moving out of there pots. They have not really grown much and...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sun May 15, 2011 10:02 pm
Creeping buttercup - help!

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by Monika » Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:02 pm

We have used the last few days of good weather to cut back, strim and mow our "wild garden", a large patch of insect-friendly plants like...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Sat May 14, 2011 9:36 am
damage to plants by cats

Last post by Diane
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by sincerity » Fri May 13, 2011 12:07 am

A number of people have asked me about damage to plants whereby tall plants are flattened then subsequently grow out at an angle. I have had this...

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Last post by Diane
Fri May 13, 2011 4:20 pm
Jackdaws and their love of peas!

Last post by Primrose
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by sincerity » Fri May 13, 2011 12:26 am

First of all, I feel guilty calling Jackdaws pests. I have so much love and respect for corvids, I find their ways entertaining and their...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri May 13, 2011 11:27 am
Tomatoes

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Gerry » Fri May 06, 2011 3:17 pm
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Good afternoon,
I planted out my tomatoes (Shirley and Ferline) in the border soil, in the greenhouse, last week. Tomatoes had not been grown in the...
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Last post by Nature's Babe
Thu May 12, 2011 7:09 pm
Rhubarb crown rot

Last post by Myrkk
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by Myrkk » Tue May 10, 2011 8:22 pm

My rhubarb, after starting out well with a couple of half decent stalks, is throwing out really spindly shoots and not doing well at all. It's in a...

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Thu May 12, 2011 11:27 am

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