Derby Garden Show.. Plant sale

feeds@yuku.com (Plot 52) — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:21:21 GMT

Scissors has been busy raising plants for this weekend and our open day on the 1st of June...

I've just been keeping things watered and selling the stuff today... Scissors stood yesterday as I was at work..

Rhubarb newbie

feeds@yuku.com (morag66) — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:57:45 GMT

Hi everyone

I've been growing some rhubarb and this is its second year. Didn't take any stems from the plant last year cos I read you're not supposed to. Now I'm wondering how to tell when the stems are ready to be picked. Do they have to be a particular colour/length etc to be "ripe"?

TIA

Cheers

Morag

Today at the lottie ... how's yours doing?

feeds@yuku.com (Mrs Muggleton) — Tue, 17 May 1921 21:10:44 GMT

We last went down there about 3 days ago .. since then the peas have come through, the cucumber seedlings are nearly all through, there are hundreds of flowers on the strawberries, the swede seedlings are through and lots of the potatoes are making an appearance (they did go in a little late!)

Today I planted 10 pea bean plants, 10 red robin tomato plants, 4 sun baby tomato plants, 4 gardeners delight tomato plants...

Flowering onions

feeds@yuku.com (BusyBee) — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:04:29 GMT

I put my onion sets in last November, which is what they do here. I have two varieties, red ones and yellow ones. Now some of them are starting to have flower shoots - should I take them off? Is there something I should do which would stop them flowering? None of the books I have say anything about this, they just talk about waiting until the foliage starts to yellow. It seems to me that all the goodness in...

Propagating Bourganvillia's

feeds@yuku.com (umkraut) — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:58:53 GMT

Hi all,

Has anybody had any luck with propagating Bourganvillia's? I tried with some softwood cuttings last year - they all died. Have not experimented with hardwood cuttings yet.
Would appreciate any advice or tips-n-tricks anybody has..

Tomato Plant Flowering !!

feeds@yuku.com (Kitty58) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:56:19 GMT

'Shirley' is only about 30cm high and has started to flower. Should I pick them off?

Fed Up

feeds@yuku.com (scissorhands) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:39:41 GMT

We had a terrific hail storm this evening just as I was going to plant some more potatoes. Went out after to find all my cabbages in the frame had leaves torn to shreds with the hail and the lettuce almost beaten to a pulp. Plot assures me they will recover but I am still fed up

broken pepper plants

feeds@yuku.com (vickydammit) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:39:41 GMT

Hi all, new here. I did search for an answer to my question, but either it hasn't been asked or i just couldn't find it. I planted some baby pepper plants about 2 weeks ago, mostly chilis and a few bells. My dog decided i must really have been making her a new bed, and she laid on them. Most are okay, have popped back up on their own, but i have one "mariachi" that is broken, tho still somewhat attached. I piled dirt around the break, and put a tomato cage on it, mostly to...

Propogating rasberries...

feeds@yuku.com (Mrs Muggleton) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:00:03 GMT

Can it be done... and how?

We have a few bushes (about a dozen) but would love more. I know they're only about 99p a shrub to buy (Wilkinson / Lidl etc) but its free to grow your own isn't it!

courgette seeds

feeds@yuku.com (jae00) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:42:42 GMT

Hello all - Each year when I sow courgette or marrow seeds I seem to get a large number germinating upside down, i.e. with roots in the air - sounds silly I know, but is there a right and a wrong way up to sow these huge seeds? I sow them on their sides. Would be very grateful for any advice. Thanks!
jae00

planting spuds

feeds@yuku.com (scissorhands) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:51:07 GMT

I have planted 10.5 kg of seed potatoes this week as well as working all week I must be about a third of the way there now. What will I do with my week off if I plant all the spuds before then. I think I deserve the beer I have just had!!!

Seed Spuds

feeds@yuku.com (des) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:42:10 GMT

We are trying Golden Wonder main crop potatos this year, it's the first time we have tried them so don't know how they will perform in our heavy clay soil. Has anyone grown this variety and what were the results, Be intrested to hear from anyone that grown them.

Strasberries anyone? (Link)

feeds@yuku.com (Christine Ann) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:36:47 GMT

No, this isn't a typo - apparently it is a strawberry but looks more like a raspberry. See here

Broccoli seeds

feeds@yuku.com (Mrs Muggleton) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:41:40 GMT

I planted some purple sprouting broc seeds last week in the propogator, in Arthur Bowers seedling compost, mixed with vermiculite and put them in the heated propogator on a sunny windowsill. I have watered them lightly since and checked them regularly. On checking them this morning I noticed the seedlings had come through and they were all white and furry ... damped off!

Everthing was cleaned, and the compost and vermuculite were both new.

Why has this happened? Any ideas?

Beans

feeds@yuku.com (LynneBee) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:37:11 GMT

I was just looking at my beans and seeing how they grow up the pole right threaded I would say, and it got me to thinking do beans down under go the same way as here or like the water leaving a sink go the other way round

im growing..

feeds@yuku.com (Flowerofshona) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:03:39 GMT

old waiting for my 'thingie'

My first lemon

feeds@yuku.com (Scotty996) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:48:20 GMT

We have our first lemon.

This is the biggest of four on the bush.

Runner Bean : Desiree

feeds@yuku.com (LynneBee) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:13:06 GMT

Has anyone grown this beans, it has a white flower? I was wondering what the flavour was compared to normal beans?

Self Set Apples

feeds@yuku.com (Plot 52) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:39:41 GMT

This was taken last week, even after the first gales... grown from a pip... byt the Plot Holder, about 50 yrs old.. makes good apple sauce tastes a bit cox-ish and is still edible.. I tried one!

Poly tunnel problems

feeds@yuku.com (Plot 52) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:29:16 GMT

This is what happened to it in the strong winds last weekend... I had patched it up but it has opened up again and with the gales predicted for Monday I think it might be new cover for easter hols!

Veggies & Other Edibles