Gutting isn't it? Blight got my toms, frost got my potatoes and blackfly got my broadbeans. Think next year is time chemical warfare!
Oh no. I escaped blight last year. I assume I won't be able to reuse the compost from the growbags if it's blight?
I've been growing tomatoes outside this year but over the last few days the leaves have all wilted and died, and the remaining tomatoes now are...
I've just got back from my allotment where I've noticed that one of the seed beds is swarming with ants - will they eat the seeds before they...
A totally unnecessary panic then! Thanks everyone.P
Hi, this is my second year at my allotment so I'm learning as I go along. Yesterday I found that two of my first early potato plants had brown...
Hi, I got my allotment last year and faced the same dilemma. Yields were really good considering I could only go to the plot for a few hours at...
My leek seedlings have grown to about 8cm tall but don't seem to be thickening up. I must have planted the seeds in trays a couple of months ago...
Hi Flinty - there's less than 1cm between a lot of the seedlings but I've got a lot of allotment to fill so want to keep as many of the seeds as...
As many as 50 per pot? Excellent. Even I've got to get some full grow leeks out of that amount!
Hi, thanks for the reply. Should I thin the seedlings out - some of them are nearly touching. I didn't realise all the seeds would germinate.
Hi, I've just started planting seeds for my new allotment (v exciting) but have got a problem with my leeks. I planted the seeds in about 5cm of...
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