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 Topic: This looks Grim |
Tristan
Replies: 17
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jul 17, 11 4:26 pm Subject: This looks Grim |
I suspect some of this, or something very like it, has got into the compost I got from our local composting facility.
On another note I have recently heard of a problem with manure from animals wor ... |
| Topic: Parsley and Coriander hints sought |
Tristan
Replies: 11
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jun 14, 11 8:47 pm Subject: Parsley and Coriander hints sought |
I guess it's not to late to do another sowing now?
I hadn't realised parsley would self seed 
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I often sow parsley into july for overwintering under cover but my home patch has bee ... |
| Topic: Re-planting asparagus |
Tristan
Replies: 4
Views: 3470
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jun 14, 11 8:42 pm Subject: Re-planting asparagus |
Yes, move asparagus in the autumn.
Dig trenches about 18 inches wide and 12 inches deep and put as much rotted manure/well rotted compost as you can get hold of in a ridge under the plants before rep ... |
| Topic: Parsley and Coriander hints sought |
Tristan
Replies: 11
Views: 7585
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jun 14, 11 8:34 pm Subject: Parsley and Coriander hints sought |
| As coriander is an annual it will try to produce seed in the first year as it doesn't produce a storage organ. Pick it as hard as you can and freeze it in ice cubes for use in sauces in the winter, an ... |
| Topic: Juniper |
Tristan
Replies: 5
Views: 4483
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Jun 04, 11 9:07 pm Subject: Juniper |
| Most junpers will recover from a hard prune, take it from a chainsaw-wielding maniac. Not all bear fruit however. Is it prostrate or fastigiate? |
| Topic: Uses for wood chippings |
Tristan
Replies: 12
Views: 11533
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Jun 04, 11 8:55 pm Subject: Uses for wood chippings |
| From a gardeners point of view they only rob nitrogen if you mix or dig them into the soil. Used as a mulch with a barrier layer of cardboard or newspaper they suppress weeds and gradually compost do ... |
| Topic: New Garden Project |
Tristan
Replies: 17
Views: 11858
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jan 19, 10 11:05 am Subject: New Garden Project |
If you are in a fairly new house the boggy spots may be from heavy building machinery. I've found some really deep smeared clay pits where forklifts have been or even from the jack legs of a JCB.
Co ... |
| Topic: Sarcococca (Christmas Box) snapped by snowfall :( |
Tristan
Replies: 7
Views: 4947
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jan 17, 10 11:49 am Subject: Sarcococca (Christmas Box) snapped by snowfall :( |
| I've found they propagate easily by division, so much so that cuttings are scarcely worthwhile. They are not that easy to strike. |
| Topic: Grafting Aubergines |
Tristan
Replies: 5
Views: 4145
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jan 13, 10 12:46 pm Subject: Grafting Aubergines |
I'd forgotten just how odd this place is
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| Topic: Grafting Aubergines |
Tristan
Replies: 5
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jan 13, 10 11:00 am Subject: Grafting Aubergines |
I'm thinking of grafting the aubergines to tomato rootstocks this year as an insurance against another indifferent summer.
Has anyone got any recommendations for a suitable rootstock variety?
I ... |
| Topic: fruit trees |
Tristan
Replies: 6
Views: 3667
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jan 12, 10 10:42 am Subject: fruit trees |
| Won't the bonemeal scorch the roots that stick out of the bottom of the rootball? |
| Topic: Camon C8 rotovator |
Tristan
Replies: 1
Views: 2821
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Forum: Trading Post Posted: Tue Nov 24, 09 2:23 pm Subject: Camon C8 rotovator |
Anyone interested in one of these?
It's got the honda 8hp engine, good tines, bit scruffy (like owner) but not abused.
I'm after about £350 for it.
Can email photos if required. |
| Topic: Rootstock suppliers |
Tristan
Replies: 14
Views: 15140
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Oct 07, 09 3:34 pm Subject: Rootstock suppliers |
Excellent idea. I love the old Herefordshire orchards, used to collect mistletoe in the ones round Leominster as a kid.
If the plan comes off I'll probably need more than they'd want to supply, bu ... |
| Topic: Rootstock suppliers |
Tristan
Replies: 14
Views: 15140
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Oct 07, 09 11:56 am Subject: Rootstock suppliers |
Hardwood or semi-ripe? Ive just stooled an old plum and grafted a gage to the resulting stocks. Looking good so far but purely experimental. one of those 'I wonder what happens if I.......' moments
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| Topic: Rootstock suppliers |
Tristan
Replies: 14
Views: 15140
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Oct 07, 09 11:46 am Subject: Rootstock suppliers |
| The local estate is moving to arable from mixed farming and so a few of my gardening customers will no longer be able to rent ont their fields for stock grazing. I'm working on persuading them to conv ... |
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