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Chrystal

unrecordings wrote: »

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..?

Thanks so much for your reply , much appreciated.

unrecordings

zafiro1984 wrote: »

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

I'll look after the internet while you're all out there having fun

Mnd

Zafiro,thanks for the encouragement about the carrots, I agree with you about retirement, I'm busier now than ever!

Sorry to hear your poorly again unrecordings

On a separate note, how can you tell if a Aster is a double or single variety. We need to know for the show

unrecordings

Mnd wrote: »

On a separate note, how can you tell if a Aster is a double or single variety. We need to know for the show

I say I say I say
Is my Aster double or single ?
Well turn round madam and I'll tell you

(after Richard Wattis in The Colditz Story)

MysteryMe

A couple of my moneymaker toms are starting to ripen so pleased with that. Still picking cherry toms and harvested another courgette today.

I'd be really grateful if someone who knows about strawberries could look on the strawberry problem thread please, there are a couple of posts asking for assistance! Thank you

unrecordings

MysteryMe wrote: »

I'd be really grateful if someone who knows about strawberries could look on the strawberry problem thread please, there are a couple of posts asking for assistance! Thank you

...gets coat

Mnd

unrecordings wrote: »

...gets coat

Good:T:beer:::T

zafiro1984

I didn't manage to get everything done I had on my list but once I had focused I managed to plant out 3 x courgettes in the tunnel,
turn over the beds that I had cleared yesterday and weed a couple of carrot beds.
Pick yet more runner beans which are now safely in the freezer and plant out the last of the leeks.
I also found a courgette that was trying to be a mini marrow.

The greenhouse is starting to look a little empty apart from the tomatoes and a few trays of kohl rabi, endive, sweetcorn and fennel which are too small to go out yet, so I need to seriously start sowing for the Autumn/Winter and 'hungry gap'

By the way I spotted some ripe blackberries earlier today in a hedge on the way to the muckheap, that will be another job to add to the list.
Does anyone know when to pick hazelnuts, I've never managed to get a crop as the squirrels get there first and this year the trees are laden with them. Can you pick them in the green or do you have to wait until they open??

I didn't come indoors until just after 8pm and only then because Mr Z wanted his tea. I do love the early mornings and late afternoons when it is cooler.

unrecordings

...In other news, while I've been laid up Mrs Un has been keeping the greenhouses in good order and today after a crash course in separating tomato from vine using thumbnail we had our second proper picking of tomatoes - all Ailsa Craig again. Tea (ie dinner to the uninitiated) was a nice bolognaise of mainly homegrown odds & ends including the aforementioned tomatoes, radar onions, garlic, a strangely puce coloured bell pepper, mini courgettes, and lovage

Karmacat

zafiro1984 wrote: »

Does anyone know when to pick hazelnuts, I've never managed to get a crop as the squirrels get there first and this year the trees are laden with them. Can you pick them in the green or do you have to wait until they open??

I found a really interesting article about eating immature hazelnuts: https://www.francetoday.com/food-drink/hazelnut_harvest/
And another one, that mentions ripening them once picked http://theurbaneforager.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post.html


It's another thing I'm researching myself, so I'm going to experiment with this, there's loads of hazel trees near me.