BacopaHad similar experiences with Bacopa, over the last couple of year I've grown them in containers from small plants from GC and have now...
An old fellow in Sussex told me a long time ago about spraying or drenching with calcium something which counteracts the scab caused by lime but I...
Sorry about your own site problems Zig, many thanks once again for your positive input, solid gold.
All my spuds come up slightly scabby anyway but I guess that down to growing on chalk. I have already dug in some well rotted stable manure so...
What are the major objections to growing spuds in the same place as the previous year? Basically, my small beds are a bit chocker with sprouts and...
Peter, this is a fantastically useful post with your incredibly detailed listing. I am in the process of restocking various beds with perennials...
Good news Zig, I've been self employed in the building trade for 25 years and I never known it so slow. My colleague and I concentrate on small...
My 8 Charlotte tubers which I had held back planting produced around 5lb of lovely new spuds which I dug up early December. Along with the fresh...
I usually erect an elongated wigwam, 10 poles either side. and alternate runner beans with sweet peas which intermingle nicely and as a bonus act...
Anyone tried cooking sprout leaves as opposed to sprout tops? We tried a panfull the other day, usual preparation of strimming leaves, ripping up,...
Greenhouse winter lettuceThanks Ziggy and JWK, Can other varieties of lettuce been grown at this time of year - Rocket, Cos, etc? What about...
Hi czeshirecat, I'm very much an amateur in the veg growing field but I have been growing a few spuds over the last few years as well as other...
Just cleared my 8 x6 greenhouse, remnants of tomatoes, cucumber and pepper plants. Is it possible to grow any winter veg in an unheated greenhouse?
I haven't tried syphoning since the wife put petrol in my diesel van some 12 years ago but the memory lives on!
Been away for a bit so just catching up with some of the posts. My early Arran Pilot were superb this year as were the mid season Charlottes , so...
peels off fine.What's peeling? I hardly ever peel anything, ruins the flavour but you're right you can scrape off any unsightly bits. I think I...
Nice spuds Ziggy. My Charlottes are just flowering but getting beaten to death with the South Westerlies but I'm hopeful of new spuds for Xmas!...
My single plant is threatening to take over the greenhouse! It produced around 6 really great fruits 12" long and then stopped see here:...
Christmas spudsI took your advice Ziggy from a previous thread. Do you plant them in the ground and fleece them later on or bag them?
I'm embarking on my 4th attempt to grow some decent winter veg other than leeks which I have no difficulty with. I have tenderly raised some...
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