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The A to Z of TV Gardening
letter B all the beans which are good to grow, beetroot I never manage to grow this very well. Will probably watch on iplayer good that way.  FAB indeed Just watched it . Was very useful, though can't see myself grafting apples! Just need inspiration by David K
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09/01/2013 13:28:18
by Steve Johnson
Paper pots versus what?
I have just spent a happy hour making paper pots which I use to start off my seeds in the propagator. Once the plants are big enough I just pop the paper pot into a 3inch plastic pot for growing on. I just wondered what other folk use for starting by chilli lover
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09/03/2013 22:34:17
by jon cob
February in Your Garden
finished the cleaning so will be heading out there soon. Lotso f tidying to do Hello, I'm excited about the new growing season too. A lot of the beds have now been cleared of weeds and dead plants, others have been cut back and there are lots of spring by newbee flowergirl28
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27/02/2013 19:04:55
by Rainjustlearning
Talkback: Controlling slugs and snails with copper
bean poles, and I'm growing lettuce and other salad crops in troughs, with copper tape round the outside. Having said that, I'm now trying nematodes, and suddenly all the slugs appear to have disappeared! Not the snails though, as they don't live by glenysbright
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02/07/2012 11:33:04
by Bookertoo
Talkback: Self-seeding plants
I can do to rescue them this year? I've tried watering them at night and mircale grow. Reply to CHOR7ON: It's hard to tell the problem without seeing the plants. Are you certain the flowering isn't simply over, and their flowers have now faded by aromarach
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28/11/2011 18:38:47
by Cass
Getting rid of Bindweed
membrane over the top bit and putting down bark chips so the LO's can play out.  Also getting at least some of the bottom dug over, so I can stick crops in - fed up of paying a quid at a chuck for stringy runner beans, when I know I can grow them. It doesn by Mummy Muddy Paws
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15/04/2013 23:42:06
by Verdun
Talkback: Sowing seeds
, you can also learn when the harvest will be finished, so that you can plan the second crop for that area of ground, just by looking down the chart; eg. I plant out my leeks, usually after the overwintering broad beans have finished. Another good thing by Estelle the inept
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28/11/2011 18:38:13
by Theresa
Talkback: Plants for shade
to try beer trap now. I feel I have grown and nurtured my climbing bean seedlings purely for the rabbits. I planted them out and overnight, to my dismay every leaf has been eaten. Do I just take up knitting? I have just made a shade garden with the usual by Galic and Snails
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28/11/2011 18:31:25
by SuzyQ
Talkback: Cold spell
going to start cleaning it out! Nor am I likely to potter about outside - the leeks & chard will have to survive, or not, & the broad beans sown in the autumn are either surviving or not. Such is life! This year I will be making the attempt to grow by galloway130
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28/11/2011 18:37:44
by PhillDoc
Talkback: Autumn on the allotment
in this field. I have a patch of about 8feet by four feet. Can you pls advise me how to prepare the soil and what can I plant at this time of the year. I tried to grow some vegetables, but did not succeed excepet cherry tomatoes grew in abundence. Thanks by Kathryn
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28/11/2011 18:39:36
by Lila Das Gupta