Pebble Garden

Paper for Organic Compost?

I keep reading and hearing that all waste paper and cardboard can go in the compost bin. A lot of chemicals are used in paper processing to bleach the wood white. Then there is all the inks that go into coloured magazines and packaging etc. Does this really make a healthy compost to grow vegetables on? Are all products used in publishing today biodegradable?

How do I chit sprouted Poatoes?

Thanks everyone for all the advice. Told you it was the first time I had ever grown potatoes. I was not sure if there was a root end and a shoot end or not. Great news to hear that I can just plant the double sprouters level.

My Garden is very small. No room for a vegetable patch, which is why we are growing potatoes in bags.  More for the tasty treat than for quantity!

How do I chit sprouted Poatoes?

This will be the first time I have ever grown potatoes. I am growing them in bags, as my Mother has been extremely sucessful with this method. Her Potatoes last year tasted gorgeous and my Husband and I loved going round to dinner!

I took my seed poatoes out of their cool dark place today to start chitting them. Only problem is that over the past week, they decided to sprout short white shoots.

According to the chitting advice, the potatoes are supposed to be turned eyes up towards the light. Does this now mean the shoots? Problem is that several potatoes have sprouted shoots at both ends. Which end do I encourage the chitting on with?

Thanks in advance to any advice I receive.

Sprouting Tulip Bulbs

Great thanks for such a quick response, that is what I love about this forum!

 Just off out into the garden to plant them now. I had already dug the trench, with a ruler to hand, accross the front of a border, before I opened the bag!

Sprouting Tulip Bulbs

I bought some Tulips in September and waited until now to plant them (avoiding Tulip Fire as advised), but when I opened the bag I found they were all sprouting. One already has an inch long shoot. Is this too early? Did I not store them cool enough? Will they be alright to still plant out or will the cold weather get them?

To All Veg Growers

Some of my purple sprouting Broccoli plants have just developed ring spot.

Advice I have seen is a bit conflicting. Do I just remove infected leaves, or the whole plant to prevent further spread? I believe ring spot likes mild wet weather, will a the predicted frost kill any spores and prevent further spread?

Nathalie

Purple sprouting Broccoli

After extensive research on the internet and finding images to match my purple sprouting broccolli leaves, I have diagnosed the problem; Ring spot.  A disease favoured by wet, mild conditions. Sound familiar?!!  I can only hope in removing the infected material that the promised frost will kill off any further spread.

Cutting back to recovery

Posted at the same time Verdun! I have a lot to learn, only started the lark in January this year. Our first garden, but so run down with hardly any plants in it that we have had the beauty of starting everything from scratch!

Cutting back to recovery

Nice to know that aquilegas are pretty tough plants to beat as well as being slug resistant!

Lawn maintainace

Thanks. You have confirmed what I suspected. Fortunately winter weather and shorter days have prevented us from going into the back plot much. I will leave it till the spring.

Paper for Organic Compost?

How do I chit sprouted Poatoes?

Sprouting Tulip Bulbs

To All Veg Growers

Purple sprouting Broccoli

Lawn maintainace

Cutting back to recovery

Sick Heucherella