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GRAPES
i,ve had a grape vine for eight years i think its a black hamberg it gets full of bunches but the grapes stay very small.the size of black pepper corns tried thinning the bunches ,taking all side shoots off anybody got any answers Is this vine by stuart 3
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24/07/2012 19:29:05
by daituom
Gardening Abroad
gardeners paradise. If living abroad was just about the weather and growing red peppers it would be a great idea. The reality is that a lot of these countries close down during the winter, you need good language skills and a lot of determination to make by russell gorman
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05/06/2012 21:03:13
by Joe_the_Gardener
Picking kale
 http://growcookeatit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/curly-kale-hero-of-veg-patch.html .  As it says, take some of the leaves from the stems to start with (not the oldest, but not the youngest) that way the growing tip will keep growing and provide you with lots of fresh growth through the winter by CottageGardenFairy
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09/12/2012 13:34:37
by flowering rose
Talkback: Planting out tomatoes
toms & peppers (in a propagator) relatively late, i.e. mid-April, then housing them in the greenhouse till the end of May (I grow lots for a village plant sale). BUT this year, they've not grown strongly and are so TINY, I may only be able to charge 25p by oldchippy
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01/06/2012 22:12:57
by Anaconda2
Tomato/Chilli Transplants not growing!
Hi,  I have been growing tomatoes (various cultivars), chilli's and peppers indoors for a few months now in my heated propagator. Once some grew some true leaves I transplanted into 7cm individual pots in fresh multi purpose compost and left in a by Tom Freeman
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26/04/2013 12:50:00
by Italophile
Talkback: Growing cucumbers
plants or summer bedding. I'm using home made liquid seaweed to feed stuff in the GH everything seems to be growing well apart from chillies and peppers, they are still way behind and I've only one aubergine plant in flower with a single fruit. I read by mjtclayton
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16/07/2012 21:07:42
by Zoomer44
Talkback: Sowing seeds
have a greenhouse but its not heated, I did try growing toms in conservatory the first year, but they went leggy, i'll be waiting till late march early april before doing much. you can sow in january (tomatoes peppers and aubergines inside) Hi can by Gardening Express
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23/02/2012 13:26:10
by The Saint
Talkback: Gardening books: holiday reading
. Can anybody advise me....I have been growing bell peppers in the greenhouse, some of which have small holes in them. There is no obvious sign of anything that could be making these holes, I have not been able to find any info via books but the peppers by Chiswickian
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28/11/2011 18:41:11
by sara
Planting seeds in the greenhouse
perspex roof and is probably about 7 degs during the day.   Sorry to say-not warm enough-this is why it is worth waiting so after germination the correct conditions can be provided for growing on Cheers geoff guess im going to have to take over by Kirsty3
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09/03/2013 15:06:14
by sotongeoff
Talkback: Tender succulents
Great to see your experimentation paid off. Of course, we could get caught out by a very cold winter, but it's interesting to see which plants survive if we can give them the right conditions. Lots of people growing corn hve asked when is it ready by happymarion
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28/11/2011 18:39:12
by bob