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Evening folks, wondered if many of you have put your tattles in yet? I've got first earlies and main crop. Both have been slow to chit this year. Might plant them tomorrow unless anyone on here advises not too until it's a bit warmer.....cheers Here in Northamptonshire it has b...

I have heard rumours that  the E U may be banning the use Copper Sulphate on allotments  and domestic potato patches how true is this???????? Don't know how true,it seems to have been talked about since 2009.   Here's an interesting link on a

wins.Before the introduction of the potato to Europe in 1536, the parsnip was a much more mainstream vegetable than it is now. Parsnips are pretty easy to grow by sowing directly into the ground around March and April - dig the ground well as lumps

plenty of young leaves, the courgettes are doubling in size and the potatoes are coming into flower. When potatoes are in flower they need a lot of water, as this is when they're growing tubers. All newly planted crops need regular watering in dry spells

I have vowed only to grow early potatoes anf harvest them before the dreaded blight, and only Gardeners; Delight or similar tomatoes and yellow varieties which were the only ones that escaped the blight. I too will be growing my veg, plants indoors

I'm rather proud of the plot at the moment. It's weeded, fed, mulched and manured, the potatoes are chitted and in, and the beds are ready. Best of all, I've just top dressed my paths with lovely wood chips, which set the whole thing off to a 'T

I have just joined your happy band of gardeners.Been allotmenting many years but this is the first time i.ve come across this.Anybody out there can help anold bloke. Welcome Brian There were a few comments about this last year-this explains it best http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicese...

some people on the allotnent site where i have a10x15m plot aquired horse manure , the land that the Horses grazed on was sprayed with a herbicide called Forefront, does any know for how long it will remain active Ummm...forefront contains Aminopyralid which isn't great news I'm ...

Making good compost has become something of an obsession for me lately. At idle moments, I've found myself contemplating the two heaps on my allotment. Affectionately called 'hedge heap' and 'new heap', I've been considering what else I could add to them to improve the compost.I'...

The foliage and stems of vegetable crops, such as potatoes, beans, peas, etc. Also known as bine.