Lots of questions, can anyone answer any please

Sunnyday

1cat2fish wrote: »

Potatos need to be stored in a cool light frost free place. They need to grow short fat green shoots before you plant them. It's called Chitting. If you keep them in a dark place you will get long with spindly shoots like you get on the lonley spud that you find at the back of the cupboard 3 months after you bought them. Happy gardening!

OO thankyou so much for this, i`ve got mine in the shed so i`ll be sure to let the light at them so that they get good shoots.

Zazen99 - thanks for the link, it looks like a good source of information.

Mummydumpling - I got my fruit shrubs for £1 from Wilkinsons but they also have £2 ones too.

SD

Sunnyday

Karmacat wrote: »

Oops... I didn't see your first post, Sunnyday, I've just posted a remarkably similar question on an existing thread - about how to deal with redcurrants - I'm thinking I'm going to plant them in pots (they have little green shoots on already) and half sink them into what I've half dug, temporarily.

I`ve just found the other thread I don`t think that the search thingy always works very well, it returned nothing found when i tried the other day.

Good luck with your shrubs

SD

415SanFran

Hi.
Can anyone help me PLEASE.
This is my first year at growing anything in the UK.
I have been trying to have my own little compost going, and have been putting peelings away for a few weeks now, (surprising how much I have in such a short time) anyway, I have just been putting it all in a old nappy bucket at the bottom of the garden, and nothing seems to be happening, apart from it all being smaller, really nothing else.
What else should I be doing?
I saw one going on freecycle, and assumed that it must have "special propertys" and a normal plastic bucket will not do the job.
Any help would really be welcomed....I really am starting from scratch here.

Sunnyday

Does the bucket have a lid and a bottom?

My composter has no bottom so that the worms can get in and help it along.

This is the first lot of compost that i`ve made though ( and it`s not ready yet) so i`m not sure about it really

Hope that someone comes along to help soon

SD

nodwah

415SanFran wrote: »

Hi.
Can anyone help me PLEASE.
This is my first year at growing anything in the UK.
I have been trying to have my own little compost going, and have been putting peelings away for a few weeks now, (surprising how much I have in such a short time) anyway, I have just been putting it all in a old nappy bucket at the bottom of the garden, and nothing seems to be happening, apart from it all being smaller, really nothing else.
What else should I be doing?
I saw one going on freecycle, and assumed that it must have "special propertys" and a normal plastic bucket will not do the job.
Any help would really be welcomed....I really am starting from scratch here.

There's no special property to a plastic compost bin other than having alid and open at the bottom and some have a door for scooping some out (tho that breaks you back in my experience)

You don't even need a bin don't forget ye olde Compost Heap - you can pile kitchen peelings, garden clipping grass etc in a corner of the garden, it might help to cover it with a tarp but basically you don't need to spend any money on a fancy bin.

Also - it's gonna be a while before you get compost - 6 months avergae maybe

Zazen999

415SanFran wrote: »

Hi.
Can anyone help me PLEASE.
This is my first year at growing anything in the UK.
I have been trying to have my own little compost going, and have been putting peelings away for a few weeks now, (surprising how much I have in such a short time) anyway, I have just been putting it all in a old nappy bucket at the bottom of the garden, and nothing seems to be happening, apart from it all being smaller, really nothing else.
What else should I be doing?
I saw one going on freecycle, and assumed that it must have "special propertys" and a normal plastic bucket will not do the job.
Any help would really be welcomed....I really am starting from scratch here.

Google composting and you'll find out it takes alot longer than a few weeks.

get a bigger one if you can, and any worms you find - throw them in. They break down the compost.

The smaller the bits going in, the quicker the compost will be.

We empty ours out in the spring and autumn. It takes that long in between for half of the stuff we put into it to turn to compost. The warmer the weather the better. Keep it damp but not soaking. Add in browns [paper, cardboard etc] as well as greens or it will be a soggy squishy mess at the end. And once you have a big pile, turn it when you can [with a shovel or fork].

We've got 4 bins at home, and one huge one at the lottie - and we still don't make enough!