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Has anyone used Perlka fertiliser to prevent club root in brassicas - grown on an allotment?  If so, how easy was it to use the correct amount and take correct safety precautions? The postage from Medwyn's is expensive - does anyone know

in and stand back jc. I am desperate for leek plants where are you Lizzie Owing to illness couldn't plan leek seeds this year, my favourite vegetable. Where is the gardening centre Lizzie please. This is my first year on my allotment the girls

Hello, I would like to grow some sort of climber on front of my allotment to provide some privacy and thought of brambles? do they climb high? i have some in my allotment and was thinking of taking a cutting. What do you think? Hello Scottish Lass

There are a few new veg growers me included out there, so I thought I would start a thread to gather some tips on how people save money in their garden/allotment. I have started a nitrogen feed with nettles pulled from my allotment. Spoke nice to a

down - I thought in comercially produced compost it got rid of all of seeds etc. I am also suspecting that my newly aquired bind weed might be from the compost too. As i have never had bind weed on my allotment before. But not a single one I purposely

Hi My name is Poppy and I have a new allotment.  I am getting so so confused at the moment. When seed packets say "Sow" does that mean I can sow directly into the ground.  Because they then say transplant, but I have already sown. Should I start my

few further details have emerged this morning.... "This will be a gardening version of the Great British Bake Off. Filming will take place from April to September. Eight allotments will be built for couples to grow seasonal crops such as carrots

Hi,new to this site, garden and allotment holder and just thank  goodness the rain has stopped. Itching to get seeds planted but still a bit cold so just some allotment digging for now. Just  got a greenhouse heater but looked on internet

I was down on my allotment today ,when a fellow allotmenteer came up to me with a jam jar in it was a Flatworm (Newzealand) I have heard off them but had never seen one rang the dept' of agriculture  but no one was available to speak with me

Hi all I'm setting up an allotment and am bordering sections with stepover apples and pears.  However, I'm also keen to grow Quince and wondered if you can do this as a stepover tree and if so how you'd do this/where to buy them?The allotment rules