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Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

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  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    Little_Vics wrote: »
    and I got 1 little pepper on it from keeping it inside - how did that work?

    I don't know. How big a pot is it in? They like a nice big pot.
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • LilacPixie
    LilacPixie Posts: 8,052 Forumite
    edited 25 May 2011 at 11:00PM
    weather here is shocking, grrr rain. too heavy to get anything done. I personally don't mind a bit of rain but to o to the lottie i need to take the kids and newborns in prams in rain just sitting about is a no no
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  • Lotus-eater
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    mrbadexample wrote: »
    New from the B&Q value range, BOGOF radish. Very MSE. :money:

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    :D
    Yeah right :D As if anyone is going to believe anything you say now :rotfl::rotfl: Superglue?
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • mrbadexample
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    I wouldn't lie to you. :whistle:

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    Anyway, the efficacy of superglue is questionable when used on radishes. :p
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • lemonjelly
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    Peeps, can I ask. I'm growing peas for the first time. I set up canes (like for beans) but they don't appear to be climbing like beans do. Should I set up netting or similar to support the peas to climb? At the mo, they're just crawling around the floor. That is too close to slugland imo, & I don't wanna lose any peas cos they're my favourites!
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • mrbadexample
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    lemonjelly wrote: »
    Peeps, can I ask. I'm growing peas for the first time. I set up canes (like for beans) but they don't appear to be climbing like beans do. Should I set up netting or similar to support the peas to climb? At the mo, they're just crawling around the floor. That is too close to slugland imo, & I don't wanna lose any peas cos they're my favourites!

    Yes, I think that you use netting. Not that I've ever grown peas, mind. :p
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • Little_Vics
    Little_Vics Posts: 1,516 Forumite
    mrbadexample wrote: »
    I don't know. How big a pot is it in? They like a nice big pot.

    It's in one of those Morrisons black flower buckets.

    Why is growing stuff so traumatic?!
  • lemonjelly
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    Little_Vics wrote: »
    Why is growing stuff so traumatic?!

    Best quote on the entire thread!:D
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • Sambucus_Nigra
    Sambucus_Nigra Posts: 8,669 Forumite
    lemonjelly wrote: »
    Peeps, can I ask. I'm growing peas for the first time. I set up canes (like for beans) but they don't appear to be climbing like beans do. Should I set up netting or similar to support the peas to climb? At the mo, they're just crawling around the floor. That is too close to slugland imo, & I don't wanna lose any peas cos they're my favourites!

    If you sow them thickly enough, you just need one cane and they cling to each other and the cane just gives them inner strength to stand up.

    Otherwise, a net, or canes around the outside with twine at 12 inch intervals around the outside, or one cane in the middle with twine going from top of cane to outside of pot a few times for them to cling to. Peas use tendrils, they don't wind like beans. So give them something to grab onto and they will climb on their own. O grow in blocks and stick a cane right in the middle or one at each corner with twine to keep them all in one place.
    If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.
  • Lotus-eater
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    mrbadexample wrote: »
    Anyway, the efficacy of superglue is questionable when used on radishes. :p
    Superglue is very good on veggies. I've used it many a time to errm, "improve" a certain entry or two, to the local veg show ;)
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
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