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Gardeners told 'wash off compost'

as there are new gardeners coming along. Bit like the 'can you eat the tomatoes you get on the potato plants' question, but still, better to ask about it than get sick I think. by yarrow2

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29/05/2012 19:00:20

by Bookertoo

New garden, new area, growing problems

My wife and I have recently moved to South Somerset. We have planted various veg plants, but have come up against problems. For instance, with potatoes, the plants have grown on top, even flowering first early spuds, but there are no tubers by Dudley Horler

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15/06/2012 09:16:35

by Dudley Horler

pruning damaged plants in wet conditions?

tall growing veg like pea's were were damaged with the wind over the last few days, beans were blown off their supports. Foilage on my potato plants has also been snapped off too. I'm in Lancahire and have removed all damaged stems. On the fruit bushes I by nadiamaz

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25/06/2012 00:45:36

by Zoomer44

Seed buying

for the first time, extea work but a big saving if it works as I'm looking to grow 300 plus as we use so many. Always try new varieties of seed potatoes but hang on to one or two that I have done well with before (Pentland Javelin has been consistant over by Kate Bradbury

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06/01/2012 12:16:51

by ChrisBee

Raised asparagus bed

on about an inch of spent compst from soem potatoes grown in bags last year so I might just add a bag of manure now to feed it and then top it up again in autumn when I cut down the ferns. by gerrya

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26/04/2012 15:32:29

by gerrya

can you have too much night

of sanday just north of orkney, I have tried talking to some of the people I have met but most don't have a poly-tunnel so because of the regular bouts of wind stick to growing potatoes leeks cabbage carrots cauliflower broccoli. I brought with me a 60 foot by natures grafter

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25/04/2012 16:26:19

by Gold1locks

fence planting

cheaply using leftover wood, a couple of hessian potato sacks for the front and strong plastic bags for the pockets Also just found this on how to make your own http://tumbleweedtraveller.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/how by clogherhead

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09/02/2013 10:50:16

by discodave

Infill for raised beds

of soil required overall. The trouble is that you might change your mind about what you want to grow - for instance decide to grow a crop of new potatoes or parsnips. I've assumed that bigMAL's site is essentially reasonably drained, so I'd go for all soil by BigMAL

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11/02/2013 13:30:49

by Gardening Grandma

Painting a trellis...

on the trellis so could easily be untwined. There's a potato plant whose branches can't be untwined but me thought it would be ok if these got a little wood stain on. I'm happy to prune the Lavatera down, it's a rigourous plant and will survive a sever pruning by Zoomer44

24/03/2013 22:07:40

by obelixx

GardenIng jokes

What did the nasty say to the other nasty? Erwigo. Sorry folks, that's MY best Can you beat that ? Why do potatoes make good detectives?Because they keep their eyes peeled. Why do melons habe big weddings? Because they cantaloupe. (Sorry by Verdun

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04/04/2013 00:13:34

by TinaTurner

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