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Purple sprouting disaster

for months and it looks as though they will just end up as compost fodder. Any suggestions please? This is my first real veg plot and am starting to plan for this year so don't want to make the same mistakes again. Many thanks. Also had lots of problems by VegVirgin

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21/02/2012 10:36:33

by Ju3

wood chip confusion

Hi, i have just moved into my first house and would like a fruit and veg plot in the garden. there is a section that would be perfect for it, as it gets the sun throughout the day, but the previous owners put woodchip down on that patch. i have by Glockers

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27/07/2012 10:23:55

by obelixx

potato sack compost

disease buildup. What I do is refill the bags with soil from my veg plot and put the used compost there to replace what I have just taken. I add chicken manure to improve the fertility. thanks - that's useful information. Hi I hope you don't mind me by marypig

15/08/2012 16:28:05

by Chris9

Talkback: Carrot fly

Loggerd on to find about carrot fly. Found organic and crop rotation.What about prevention and cure? As regards to crop rotation some people seem to grow some cropson same plot year after year, how do they manage this? I would be very interested by nigelpoole

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04/08/2012 07:13:44

by muddy mare

CARROT AND RADISH FLY

batch of carrots nd decided not to fleece and, hey presto!, I have some carrot fly. I use fleece to cover all veg seeds til they are 2 or 3 inches high, eg beet root, spring onions, lettuce, peas and carrots Hi Christopher. If its cabbage root fly I by Poppy Red

10/08/2012 13:50:51

by Poppy Red

I think my green fingers are failing me

Having moved into a new house two years ago, I have tried, unsucessfully to grow potatoes in my "veg plot". I have tried different varieties, but although I get good healthy growth on the top, and plenty of potatoes, they are all scarred and rotten by Carol Oxborough

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04/01/2013 21:51:54

by Carol Oxborough

What to grow on a one acre site?

Hi. I am new to the forum and would like some ideas on what to grow on a once acre site in Cheshire to try and earn some revenue? We own two one acre plots in Green Belt. As I live some twenty miles away from the plots and am not the world by Mark Higham

19/03/2013 20:32:46

by hypercharleyfarley

Using Railway Sleepers on tiered raised vegetable beds

have dug it all out). Please can you advise how to secure the Railway Sleepers in place? Also if the Railway Sleepers are treated is this contraindicated to growing veg next to them? Thanks Our veggie plot was a slope and we had a railway sleeper wall by Steph5

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14/04/2012 09:11:20

by Steph5

Horse manure

Hi there I have access to some fresh horse manure. I was thinking of spreading it over my veg plots after I remove crops and just turning it in lightly (to stop my dog rolling in it!) then digging it in next Spring. Would this be ok or should I by nightgarden

14/08/2012 11:32:19

by Palaisglide

To dig or not to dig?

I read the "no dig" veg plot in this months magazine with interest, and wondered whether could apply the technique to my shrub borders. Thinking about it my ground elder problem is worse in the more dug areas. I was going to spend Saturday pulling by Supernoodle

31/10/2012 21:56:29

by Supernoodle

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