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Mnd

I hope it's not too late for carrots Euronorris, this morning I sowed a row of early nantes carrots to be covered by cloches later, and some cascade chantanny type in a cold frame, wait and see what happens.

We received the programme for the veg show in 3 weeks time. We don't grow veg or flowers to show, we just show what we grow, if that makes sense.

euronorris

Hopefully it will be fine then Mnd, I'm just such a novice! lol

Mnd

I will keep you updated

Chrystal

I have an apple tree in the garden- Braemar - and apples are covered in black spots! Any idea what causes it, and do I need to discard them all? Conference pears are all OK

zafiro1984

Chrystal wrote: »

I have an apple tree in the garden- Braemar - and apples are covered in black spots! Any idea what causes it, and do I need to discard them all? Conference pears are all OK

someone else may know what's wrong but I'm rubbish with fruit.

It's surprising how jobs mount up. I hadn't done much over the last few days as life got in the way. Today I couldn't believe how much needed doing.
I picked the last of a row of carrots as I needed the space
I up rooted some mangetout - surprising how many I missed as quite a number had formed peas - they won't go to waste
The rummer beans, that took 10mins to pick them,
Courgettes - need I say more.
Evicted the sweetcorn from the tunnel as it had finished. I need the space for winter things

Then the toms needed attention and tying in, planted out 3 courgettes undercover, the sweet potatoes are taking over and needed tidying - so are the squash.
I too sowed some carrots, its not too late euronorris and mnd They should be ready End October into November and may last over the winter but we do live in a warm part of the country (no snow here for the last 3yrs)
Tidied up a couple of empty beds ready for the second lot of sweetcorn. I've never grown a late crop of sweetcorn before but I thought I'd give it a go as it's a favourite veg here.

Still more jobs to be done especially strimming the paths before it looks like a jungle. That's a tomorrow job.

But I now ache. I stupidly thought retirement was for sitting on the patio, reading the Sunday Papers and enjoying a glass of something - how wrong I was

FoxFace

I'm loving hearing all your stories about your crops and basic day to day running of your plots

I dropped off the signed tenancy agreements yesterday for our plot, so hopefully we should have the keys before the end of the week, fingers crossed.

I had a little look in Wilko yesterday and *nearly* bought some later planting seeds, which said plant Jun/Jul... but I wasn't sure if it was too late and also reeled myself in because we have far too much to do before planting things :rotfl:

Have a great day everyone

unrecordings

Chrystal wrote: »

I have an apple tree in the garden- Braemar - and apples are covered in black spots! Any idea what causes it, and do I need to discard them all? Conference pears are all OK

I'm no expert either but here's what The RHS say:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=81

Note the bit about the fruit being (probably) fine

I vaguely remember getting something like this one year, it was just superficial ie not penetrating the skin, so the spots came off with the help of a fingernail - that will likely bruise the fruit, so maybe a light wash & dry when you come to harvest..?

unrecordings

FoxFace wrote: »

I had a little look in Wilko yesterday and *nearly* bought some later planting seeds, which said plant Jun/Jul... but I wasn't sure if it was too late and also reeled myself in because we have far too much to do before planting things

I tend to give it a couple of weeks on the assumption that it's not an exact science, annual weather variations, and the exact location of this mythical plot where June/July is the ideal time for sowing (it's almost certainly going to be much further south than me though)

unrecordings

unrecordings wrote: »

I tend to give it a couple of weeks on the assumption that it's not an exact science, annual weather variations, and the exact location of this mythical plot where June/July is the ideal time for sowing (it's almost certainly going to be much further south than me though)

Given that I'm stuck indoors again, I decided to go looking for the definitive answer. Google was relatively pointless, though it did throw up this broad seasonal calendar from Real Seeds which looks quite useful:

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/Monthlysowing.html

After that I just decided to use my RHS membership and ask them - (answer within 10 working days)

zafiro1984

unrecordings wrote: »

Given that I'm stuck indoors again,

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/Monthlysowing.html

Sorry to hear you are confined to barracks Unrecordings
Don't go AWOL.

Just had a look at your link to Real Seeds. Two hours later and three packets of seeds ordered I must go and do what I had planned for this pm.