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Gardeners Delight - twice the size, half the flavour

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by Colin Miles » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:01 pm

Following on from a thread earlier this year, I have, in my greenhouse, grown 2 GD from a free KG seed packet (last years I think). Both look...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:30 am
Blight

Last post by Mike Vogel
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by WestHamRon » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:41 pm

I stumbled across this article this afternoon.

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:24 pm
Bees in compost heap

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by florenceh » Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:27 pm

Help! I have bees nesting in my compost heap. Is there anything I can do?

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:59 am
composting potato haulms

Last post by Mike Vogel
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by Marken » Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:06 pm

Can anyone tell me, is it OK to add potato haulms to the compost heap? They are showing no signs of blight and it seems a shame to put them in the...

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:01 pm
Ivy growing up the side of a house

Last post by silverbirch
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by quirkas » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:16 pm

Can anyone assist, my neighbour who has little interest in her property has ivy covering most of the back of her house. It is now encroaching on my...

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Last post by silverbirch
Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:45 pm
B & Q Organic Living Tomato Food withdrawn from sale.

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by realfood » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:01 pm
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According to "Which", who noted distorted leaves and flowers on tomato plants when they were using the B & Q Organic Living Tomato Food...
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Last post by silverbirch
Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:38 pm
Potato eelworm?

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by Jrp » Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:20 am

My potatoes are a disaster! Huge crop, but every one is damaged. Definitely by slugs, but is there also eelworm? I don't know how to recognise...

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Last post by Jrp
Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:00 pm
Grape vine problem

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by Primrose » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:16 pm

Can anybody suggest what's happened to my 10 year old grape vine which has never suffered problems before. Lots of the leaves are showing green...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:07 am
Blight over the years

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by alan refail » Wed May 20, 2009 6:28 am
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I assume from the regularity with which the subject of blight crops up in forums like this that the problem has got worse over the years. I am well...
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Last post by Geoff
Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:35 pm
Blight and tomato

Last post by ken
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by peterpink » Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:09 pm

I see that resistant varieties of tomato are available (so hope to not suffer next year), and that the blight is actually potato-borne, and comes...

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Last post by ken
Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:35 am
blight on Sarpo Mira potatoes

Last post by Monika
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by The Mouse » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:45 pm

Hello

I've grown Sarpo Mira for the first time this year, because I thought they were blight resistant.
Guess which are the only potatoes on the...

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Last post by Monika
Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:13 pm
tomatoes

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by david71 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:27 am
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Is there any such thing as a blight resistant tomato and , if so, have you any experience of growing it ?

many thanks

David71
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Last post by Snip
Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:36 am
Caliente Mustard

Last post by Johnboy
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by Primrose » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:31 pm

I was reading back through an earlier thread on Tomato Trials and noticed that Caliente Mustard, had been grown in the soil as it had been specially...

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Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:31 am
Identification please

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by wygela » Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:21 pm

I have been visiting a friend who has an allotment in Devon. He has this growing there..is it a weed? Note the spotted leaves.
Any help to identify...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:09 pm
Mildewed Grapes

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by goldilox » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:02 pm

Think I've got mildew on about half my grapes - they were just starting to ripen too :( They aren't looking too clever and have a white powder all...

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Last post by goldilox
Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:07 pm
black skins on sweet peppers

Last post by Primrose
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by pixley » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:28 pm

Help! I am a newbie veg gardener. One of the plants that seemed to be doing really well was the sweet peppers until they got a terrific attack of...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:03 pm
Anybody spraying against tomato blight?

Last post by Chantal
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by Primrose » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:46 am
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My ever-efficient computer diary has just reminded me that on this date last year I started spraying my tomatoes against blight. I did get a little...
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Last post by Chantal
Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:24 pm
Pear scab on conference pear tree

Last post by allium
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by larkspur » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:37 pm

Can anyone tell me how to eradicate pear scab from my pear tree. I've sprayed it with an organic winter wash in the autumn and spring but still it...

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Last post by allium
Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:28 pm
Grazers

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by mrsbirdland » Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:31 am

Has anyone tried Grazers, the product that is supposed to keep rabbits, deer and the like from eating your plants? do you know if it works and how it...

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Last post by mrsbirdland
Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:31 am
Do sunflowers get blight?

Last post by glallotments
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by glallotments » Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:19 pm

I've just picked aome sunflowers from our plot and some of the leaves have blackish brown patches which look just like blight. Anyone know if...

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Last post by glallotments
Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:37 am
club root on cabbages

Last post by allium
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by david71 » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:56 pm

Has anyone had experience of using calomal dust to protect plants from clubroot ?
If so could you let me know how it should be used and were to get...

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Last post by allium
Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:01 pm
the cure for all pests?

Last post by glallotments
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by richard p » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:14 pm

is this the answere?

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Last post by glallotments
Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:13 am
Tomato problems

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by petertowse » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:42 pm
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My greenhouse tomatoes are about 4ft tall, and have 5-6 trusses on them. The lower trusses have set well, and the fruit is growing. The tips of the...
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Last post by alan refail
Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:48 am
Murphys liquid copper fungicide

Last post by Geoff
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by Bren » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:14 pm

How much liquid copper fungicide shoiuld I put in a gallon of water?
I found a bottle on the shelf but the instructions are blotted out and when I...

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Last post by Geoff
Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:07 pm
Potatoes

Last post by donedigging
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by donedigging » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:14 pm

My Mother-In- Law who lives in southen France has lifted early Charlottes, having cut them open, is this potato blight??

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Last post by donedigging
Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:02 pm
The techniques of spraying for blight

Last post by Chantal
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by Primrose » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:33 pm

Perhaps this is the best thread to ask for advice on exactly how you spray effectively for tomato blight i.e.

How often?
How heavily? (drench the...

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Last post by Chantal
Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:45 am
Wind damage

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by glallotments » Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:36 pm

So when did we move to southern France.

Is this the Mistral or the Tramontane?

The winds have flattened half of our cardoons - actually flattened...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:52 am
Egg laying time - cabbage white butterflies

Last post by glallotments
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by Primrose » Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:28 pm

Does anybody know how long it takes for a cabbage white butterfly to lay its eggs on some greenery? We seem to have so many around at the moment and...

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Last post by glallotments
Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:38 am
Cats

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by kitty » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:55 pm

Useful tip for scaring cats away from your veg - half fill large clear plastic lemonade bottles with water & leave them dotted around the beds -...

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Last post by kitty
Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:55 pm
Household Insecticides

Last post by Elaine
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by Elaine » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:58 am

Can anyone tell me if the EU directives regarding pesticides have had effect on household fly killer aerosols? I recently bought a new aerosol of my...

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Last post by Elaine
Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:00 pm
Clubroot from seeds?

Last post by Chantal
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by Chantal » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:50 pm

My plot neighbour and I are having a discussion about club root which he insists he has never had on his plot until he planted some brassica seeds...

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Last post by Chantal
Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:39 am
Peach

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by Westi » Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:53 pm

My poorly peach is still a diaster with peach leaf
curl everywhere but while I was examining it yesterday
to decide if I had to make the kindest cut...

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Last post by Westi
Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:53 pm
Maggots in peas

Last post by Colin_M
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by Granny » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:20 pm

For the first time I have had maggots in my maincrop peas. Are some varieties more susceptible to this than others, or might it be the timne of year...

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Last post by Colin_M
Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:03 pm
Woolly aphid on apples

Last post by Johnboy
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by glallotments » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:15 pm

A few years ago we inherited several old apples that were originally grown as cordons on our plot.

These fruit fairly well since I took them in hand...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:59 am
Bugs on parsnips

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by WestHamRon » Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:05 pm

Hello everyone,
I have found black bugs/beetles munching on my parsnip leaves. I've never heard of this and have no idea what they are or how to get...

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Last post by heyjude
Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:49 pm
Most hated weed.

Last post by Elaine
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by Elaine » Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:06 pm
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Hi everyone. Just out of interest, what is your most hated/dreaded weed? I hate couch grass and bindweed as it just keeps on reproducing whatever you...
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Last post by Elaine
Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:55 pm
Clever cabbage whites

Last post by Marken
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by Marken » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:29 pm

I have protected my cabbages this year with netting and was just thinking to myself how clever I was that they are growing so beautifully, no...

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Last post by Marken
Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:47 pm
greenhouse-blight?

Last post by macmac
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by macmac » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:23 pm

Last year we lost all our outdoor tomatoes to blight :( and sadly even the couple we grew in the greenhouse succombed :( :(
We usually keep the door...

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Last post by macmac
Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:36 pm
Nipped off leeks!

Last post by Catherine
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by Catherine » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:21 am

My leeks have been looking really good recently yet yesterday when I got to the plot one leek had been nibbled off at soil level. This happened last...

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Last post by Catherine
Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:45 am
Rotting leeks

Last post by macmac
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by Chantal » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:31 am

A plot holder near me has recently pulled most of his leeks, which looked fine, only to find they were all mushy and rotting around soil level.

I've...

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Last post by macmac
Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:25 pm
SOOTY MOULD ON ONIONS

Last post by PAULW
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by Compo » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:24 pm

My Red Baron onion sets planted very early from sets are struggling with a black sooty mould on the leaf and some leafs blackening and withering at...

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Last post by PAULW
Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:30 pm
Pear Canker

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:37 pm

Someone has finally diagnosed my poorly pear
and it is bad canker so I will have to dig it out
before it spreads to my other trees.

Will it be in...

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Last post by Westi
Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:23 pm
Help - I've got foxes destrying everything!

Last post by retropants
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by polparrot » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:39 am

Hi - I live in greater London - but Foxes are driving me mad. Earlier this year I bought cages and netting etc for my brassicas - last year I lost...

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Last post by retropants
Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:11 pm
Blightwatch

Last post by Chantal

by Chantal » Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:36 pm

I have just received an email from Blightwatch to say that there has been a Full Smith Period in the CV22 area which does not bode well for us....

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Last post by Chantal
Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:36 pm
Potato blight

Last post by lez
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by Victoria » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:13 pm
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How disappointing, went to allotment this morning to pick the rest of the broad beans, and my potatoes are showing signs of blight. They haven't even...
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Last post by lez
Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:29 pm
Strabwerry pest

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by FredFromOssett » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:28 pm

Some of my strawberries Flamenco, in their 4th season, are affected by clusters of tiny worms about 8-10mm long and about 1/2mm thick which have...

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Last post by FredFromOssett
Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:28 pm
CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS

Last post by Compo
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by Compo » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:59 pm

Hi All

I have a couple of cucumber plants in my greenhouse, one of which is a cucino a baby cucumber, the first one looked big enough to pick today...

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Last post by Compo
Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:48 pm
Allium Leaf Miner

Last post by MrsL
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by vron » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:03 am

Hi folks, I have only posted a few times before, so this post is bad news for us. It is confirmed that our onions on the lottie have been hit badly...

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Last post by MrsL
Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:28 am
Caterpillars

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by Victoria » Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:12 pm

Does anyone have any idea what these grey caterpillars are eating my Dicentra solomon's Seal - not a veg I know but there is so much knowledge on...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:25 pm
Dangerous Wildlife

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by Westi » Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:41 pm

Hi All

Sight of the week - yesterday me running down the path being
pursued (well not really but active imagination), by a swarm of wasps
that I dug...

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Last post by Westi
Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:00 pm

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