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Curse of the Phantom Broad Bean Muncher

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by Colin_M » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:37 pm
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I started my broad beans in the greenhouse, then planted them out when they were about 4 inches high. I have two rows - one that's been out since...
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Last post by Sarah
Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:09 am
resolva

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by lez » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:03 pm

Hello all,
I have noticed that a new weedkiller called RESOLVA has appeared on the shelves. I think it is abit pricey but was wondering if anyone...

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Last post by lez
Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:55 am
planting potato sets

Last post by Lurganspade
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by Brenjon » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:16 pm

As is it good Friday tommorow I would like to plant out my potatoe sets (Rocket & Pentland Javalin) I relise that I will probably have to fleece...

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Last post by Lurganspade
Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:53 pm
grapevine buds eaten

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by bigpepperplant » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:40 am

My grapevine was full of buds a week ago - yesterday when I looked about half are hollow, presumably munched by some beast. Anyone know what it might...

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Last post by bigpepperplant
Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:01 am
spuds

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by ALLAN8 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:42 pm

I have bought five varities of seed potato,got them in egg trays ,chitting,and they are all rotting with blight,smell mush .Having gardened veg for...

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Last post by Johnboy
Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:36 am
Twitch

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by Elderflower » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:53 am

I`ve got a bit of a problem with twitch (couch grass to you) coming through from the cemetery next door. Not a major hassle I just sigh and dig it...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:21 pm
rabbit, rabbit....

Last post by hypercat
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by hypercat » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:56 pm

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Over the last 3 years our allotments seem to have suffered from a rabbit plague of biblical proportions. It has built up steadily to the...

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Last post by hypercat
Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:46 pm
Unidentified Grubs in Compost

Last post by Loirette
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by Loirette » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:18 pm

I have found a large number of grubs in my compost. They are white with orange coloured "heads". They are quite fat and about an inch long....

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Last post by Loirette
Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:02 am
useful weeds

Last post by Primrose
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by richard p » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:04 am

we was munching our salad last night, when my daughter suddenly stopped looked at here plate and asked what it was she was eating.... it was mainly...

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Last post by Primrose
Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:58 am
Gooseberries

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by skinny_bum » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:23 pm

Hi Last year for the 1st time I thought that I would try the old gooseberrie.
It is a pot and I only got a few on it last year, but I didnt want to...

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Last post by skinny_bum
Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:59 pm
Ants

Last post by John
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by Joy » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:23 am

This is not strictly a garden type question but as ants start out outside before they come in........ :D

I was recently given a present of a...

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Last post by John
Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:07 pm
Sungold toms & blight

Last post by alan refail
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by vivienz » Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:13 pm

As it's that time of year for getting the tom seeds going, I've been looking through last year's August/September postings on toms.
I grew sungold...

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Last post by alan refail
Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:38 pm
Cats

Last post by skinny_bum
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by Brooklynodog » Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:04 pm
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Planting some blueberries I came across a hard lump of soil, so I gave it a good squeeze to break it up. At first I thought it was a lump of clay,...
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Last post by skinny_bum
Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:39 pm
Raspberry Cane Disease

Last post by Janina
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by Janina » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:00 pm

Over the past few years a 25ft row of raspberry canes (Glen Ample) has died....new canes grow well until the fruit starts to turn colour and then the...

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Last post by Janina
Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:24 am
Aargh clubroot

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by darrenc » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:12 pm

whilst i was cleaning the old dead leaves from my purple sprouting bed i noticed what looks like clubroot on three plants. the plants themselves were...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:55 pm
Blackcurrant - unidentified problem

Last post by vivienz
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by vivienz » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:09 pm

I have 5 ben sarek blackcurrant bushes on my plot, now coming up to 3 years old. They are only about 2 ft high and the same diameter.
I snipped a...

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Last post by vivienz
Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:45 pm
onions

Last post by mandylew
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by holttum » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:04 am

Hi

Like a lot of people we lost all onions,garlic and shallots last year on the local allotments

Does this mean that we can or can`t sow them...

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Last post by mandylew
Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:00 pm
apples

Last post by Beryl
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by tracie » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:15 pm

Every year one of my espalier apple trees has loads of fruit, but the apple skin has blotches on it. The fruit is fine and they taste fantastic but...

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Last post by Beryl
Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:37 pm
scardy cat plants

Last post by womble
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by pwlynch » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:44 am

We get bothered a lot by cats eating our wild birds .I'd like to grow some of the scardy cat plants,coleus canina but can only find them in plant...

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Last post by womble
Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:26 am
soil sterilsation

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by holttum » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:57 am

Hi

When you sterilise soil how deep would you go to get rid of the annual weeds 2" 3" 4"

regards holttum

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Last post by holttum
Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:17 am
Blight - greenhouse cleaning

Last post by David
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by David » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:36 pm

Not sure where to put this question - but here goes.

I had blight on the tomatoes in the greenhouse last year, can anyone tell me the procedure...

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Last post by David
Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:46 am
PREVENTING WHITEFLY IN GREENHOUSE

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by PLUMPUDDING » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:19 am

There seem to have been more whitefly around in the past couple of years, even flying out of brassicas in the middle of winter, but I never have a...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:02 am
White flies

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by Brooklynodog » Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:28 pm

Spent a few hours turning over the soil in one of my 4 plots today to take advantage of the drying sun. As I was digging dozens of tiny white flies...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:03 pm
Cabbage whites

Last post by Elderflower
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by Brooklynodog » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:14 pm

Went in the garden today and checked my purple sprouting, low and behold 2 inch long cabbage white caterpillers! Never seen them this early, not even...

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Last post by Elderflower
Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:04 pm
Black spots on brassicas

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by Monika » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:55 pm

We went to pick some sprouts today and found that the yellow, decaying leaves all had black spots on them - took them off and composted them.

Is...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:55 pm
Onion/leek fly

Last post by Brooklynodog
Replies: 8
by Brooklynodog » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:34 pm

For the last two years I have suffered with onion fly on both my leeks and onions, loosing the whole crop in 06, and most last year. What do you...

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Last post by Brooklynodog
Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:51 pm
Brassica Whitefly

Last post by Boldverg
Replies: 15
by Elderflower » Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:01 pm
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Don`t know what`s happened this year but brassica whitefly are usually the bane of my life and I haven`t seen any at all around my cabbages and...
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Last post by Boldverg
Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:14 pm
Sweet Corn pest in France

Last post by Berlioz
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by Berlioz » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:48 am

Hello Everyone,
I'm a new so apologies if I do anything wrong! I get the magazine delivered although it is usually late, or the seeds are missing....

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Last post by Berlioz
Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:22 pm
Composting healthy potato plants

Last post by Colin_M
Replies: 4
by KMARKSnr » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:44 am

Hi all,
On our site everyone takes their potato remains down to the compost bay and leaves it all for the council to remove.(once a year)
We are...

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Last post by Colin_M
Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:58 pm
Problem with chilli?

Last post by alan refail
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by girdhar » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:49 am

Hi,
all the Capsicum annum plants from my kitchen garden have started curl its leaves. I am unable to guess what is this actually?
I think it...

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Last post by alan refail
Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:07 am
Rats

Last post by Di
Replies: 6
by david71 » Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:18 pm

I have a rats nest in a compost bin in our garden. I do not want to use poison and am interested to learn if you have had any success using one of...

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Last post by Di
Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:21 pm
Mice.

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by oldherbaceous » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:25 pm
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I have been so busy this last couple of weeks watching that the mice aren't eating my sown peas and broad beans, that i missed them feasting on my...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:12 pm
Pesticides on a Plate.

Last post by Beryl

by Beryl » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:47 pm

I've just downloaded Pesticides on a Plate' from the Pesticide Action Network web site.
Makes very interesting reading for a wet day.
It's in PDF...

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Last post by Beryl
Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:47 pm
Fungus?

Last post by pongeroon
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by Di » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:15 pm

Digging into a compost heap I found something I have to assume is a fungus.

It reminds me of walnuts - flat large walnuts, but with the same...

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Last post by pongeroon
Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:29 pm
Woodlouse damage?

Last post by Johnboy
Replies: 5
by Monika » Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:10 pm

On our raised bed alongside an ivy-overgrown dry stone wall, lots of the plants (primrose, ajuga, sweet violet, cyclamen hederaefolium and others)...

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Last post by Johnboy
Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:26 pm
Brassica whitefly

Last post by FredFromOssett
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by FredFromOssett » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:18 am

Has anyone found a way to get rid of brassica whitefly? I've tried a method I had seen recommended, namely spraying with a jet of water to dislodge...

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Last post by FredFromOssett
Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:19 pm
I hope I'm wrong but have we come to this?

Last post by CradleyMike
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by strawberry tart » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:43 pm

I found this
following on from the Harlequin ladybird link.
Do you think the people doing the lifting and weighing of the pumpkins have been made...

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Last post by CradleyMike
Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:55 pm
harlequin ladybird

Last post by mandylew
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by Granny » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:08 am

I've just spotted what I think is a harlequin ladybird crawling about in my kitchen. It's black with a large red patch on each wing case and largeish...

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Last post by mandylew
Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:17 pm
what are these small white bugs (possibly heart shaped)

Last post by acrylicspud
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by acrylicspud » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:07 pm

Hi

I found tons of tiny white bugs, they look almost heart shaped, and have been hiding in my dying lupins, and also (separately) in a courgette...

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Last post by acrylicspud
Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:50 pm
brambles

Last post by david71
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by david71 » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:32 am

i have two well established gooseberry bushes which crop very well.
the trouble is that between them i have an excellent crop of blackberries which...

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Last post by david71
Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:57 am
aubergines

Last post by Colin_M
Replies: 6
by lindaf » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:13 am

Hi,
This year in my polytunnel, the only plants that got infected with aphids and whitefly were the aubergines. I grew two different varieties -...

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Last post by Colin_M
Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:06 am
The Disappearing Wood Pigeons

Last post by George Gray
Replies: 4
by George Gray » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:51 pm

For many years our allotment has been plagued with wood pigeons. They will strip nearly any brassica to the ribs and will even eat peas. We have to...

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Last post by George Gray
Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:46 pm
Blackfly on leeks

Last post by Piglet
Replies: 5
by Primrose » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:02 pm

In the past few days my leeks have suddenly become absolutely smothered with blackfly. This has never ever happened before. What's the best way of...

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Last post by Piglet
Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:49 am
another mystery plant

Last post by Diane
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by Diane » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:10 pm

Anybody know what this is please? It's growing in my greenhouse alongside the tomatoes. I think it's very pretty but I certainly didn't plant it and...

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Last post by Diane
Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:30 am
Caterpillars and Red Cabbage

Last post by Colin Miles
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by Colin Miles » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:04 am

Last year one of my green Brussels Sprouts turned into a lovely red cabbage with no sign of caterpillar damage. I wondered if the butterflies shunned...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:28 pm
Cauliflower suddenly wilting.

Last post by John
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by guypettigrew » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:46 pm

This is cauliflower "Galleon."

It's wilted like this in the last 3 hours!!.

The ones each side of it are fine at the moment.

Any...

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Last post by John
Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:09 pm
Whose eggs are these?

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by Granny » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:31 pm

I've just moved an old water butt and discovered several clusters of eggs underneath. Spherical, the size of a map pin head, some creamy, some white....

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Last post by Granny
Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:47 am
Maggoty Apples

Last post by Mole
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by gloworm » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:29 am

Any advice on stopping maggots in apples ? I've tried greasebands & as a last resort, systemic spray, but no success

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Last post by Mole
Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:55 pm
how do you dispose of snails?

Last post by gloworm
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by bigpepperplant » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:03 am
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Just wondered what everyone did regarding snails. At the moment I'm picking them off one by one by torch at night and putting them in a pot filled...
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Last post by gloworm
Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:05 pm
Blackcurrant bigbud

Last post by Geoff
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by Monika » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:13 pm

We seem to have some space on the allotment to grow fruit and would love to plant two or three blackcurrant bushes. Two questions:

Our allotment...

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Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:41 am

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