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April Update: What are you growing in 2006?
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annie-c wrote:Don't give up on the blueberry 'bushes' just yet. I put in some pitiful fruit canes a month or so ago and they have all sprouted little buds by now.
I don't intend to - just starting to lose the faith with them a little I have had them about a moth now and they look less healthy now than before. Perhaps if I didn't have them sat next to their £15 brother who looks lovely and bushy, they might not have such an inferiority complex.
Also forgot my hazlenut twig which I also bought cheap....
Mind you the rasps, blackcurrents and redcurrents were also cheapies (about £1.50 each) last spring and we have had berries off all of them and they look healthy enough still.
Wonder if I couldfind a little corner to try some cauliflowers/cabbages/broccoli/brussels.....0 -
katyk wrote:Also bought 3 tiny twigs which are supposedly blueberry bushes in POundland for £1 each but they don't half look sorrowful little things. Might be the compost bin for them.
May I ask, are they in ericasious compost, they do need to be planted in that. Sorry if you know and best of luck.0 -
Hi all,
I've grown some herbs (chives, sage, basil etc) and tomatoes from seed. These have been pricked out into smaller pots. The tomatoes which are designed for hanging baskets or a big patio pot are getting a bit too big for the windowsill.
What do I do next? How long should I keep them indoors? Should I transfer them to big pots now or wait until the weather gets better. Her indoors wants her windowsills back!
Cheers,
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I would wait a little longer before you transfer them outside. By May it is usually good enough weather for everything to be moved into the garden here. I would transplant them into bigger pots.
Good luck!“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
Kurt Vonnegut0 -
Mid-May is considered the frostfree date down here in the Southeast.The ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.0
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I am really lucky as I have 2 allotments and manage to be self sufficient in veg and soft fruit. My potatoes are in along with beetroot ( beetroot is very easy to grow but you are better starting with a variety called "boltardy"...as it doesn't bolt. The seeds can be sown straight into the soil now or you can start them off in the grren house....mine went straight in the soil last Saturday. I have also planted turnips and parsnips straight into the soil although I had added some manure.
In pots in the greenhouse I have planted caulie, cabbage, 3 sorts of beans ( I like to have some borlotti beans and cannelloni beans to dry and use in winter, and I make spicy pickled runner beans...yummy even if it is a Delia recipe!), sprouts, broccoli, lettuce, cucumber, squash, courgette...anything basically that needs a bit of a start or where the weather is a bit cold yet. I am still a bit of a novice but I grew enough last year to feed the whole area and am still eating my spuds. I am happy t ohelp any novices..just pm me ...if I don't know the answer I will do what I always do ...ask one of the old timers from my lottie!Wombling £457.410 -
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Hi I posted this on another board but this one might be better. Has anyone grown broad beans and if so how much support do they need while they are growing. I haven't grown them before. This year I am growing tomatoes, courgettes, butternut squash, peas, green beens, peppers, chillies, sweetcorn, cabbage, broccoli, beetroot, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and blackcurrents.0
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My green fingered (when not covered in motorbike oil) hubby has planted two raspberry bushes, a blackcurrent bush and a redcurrent bush in the back garden. He's also planted rocket, tomatoes (yum), carrots (all colours!) round cucumber (!), salad greens, peas and runner beans. Some are growing better than others especially the beans and peas. I also have a chilli plant on the window sill in the kitchen (it absolutely hates the cold). We first grew tomatoes three years ago and they were soooooo good - full of flavour and good croppers too - so very different from the ones you get in the supermarket. The fruit bushes are looking a bit sad though so we'll have to wait and see what happens there.Scaryfairy :EasterBun
What goes around, Comes around - like it or lump it.0
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