Would Gardening be Better if ...
Posted by: PyreneesPlot - 12-03-2021, 08:16 PM - Replies (15)

... moles liked slugs more than worms.
... voles preferred dandelions and docks to leeks and artichokes. 
... groundsel struggled to germinate. 

Any you'd like to add?

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  Which end do you look through? ;)
Posted by: Veggie - 12-03-2021, 06:07 PM - Replies (41)

Do you look through the little end or the big end?

What is most important to you - the journey or the destination? 

Do you look at the Departures board or the Arrivals?

Do you look forward or look back?

Am I talking in riddles? If not, how does what I've asked relate to gardening??

If it helps, which I doubt, I have seen a shining light at the end of the garden and my eyes have been opened to The Other Way. Smile

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  Sweetcorn
Posted by: JJB - 12-03-2021, 04:32 PM - Replies (25)

How knowledgeable about sweetcorn are you folks? 

I find a lot of guff is spouted about the 'types' of sweetcorn and the varieties that can be grown together.
I like sweetcorn Swift F1 which Garden Focussed classify as sugar enhanced (se/se+) but Kings and Simplyseed classify as shrunken (sh2)
As DT Brown had a sale and I saw that sweetcorn Picasso was a synergistic type and  (they say) could be grown with any other, I ordered some, thinking to experiment  a little.
Looking at some other site in the US it says that synergistic corn should be isolated from sh2.
I'm now in a quandary, the garden isn't big enough for two incompatible types, but I might succeed with successional  sowing so the two types don't flower at the same time.
Some days life gets complicated.  I may just stick with Swift.

Anyone know any different?

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  When transplanting how deep do they go
Posted by: Spec - 12-03-2021, 11:59 AM - Replies (2)

Some of my seedlings look a bit leggy, both flower and veg, I know that tomatoes can be planted up to the seed leaf but can you do the same with other seedlings, or are there some plants that you can't plant deeper than the the root ball?

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  How does your garden smell?
Posted by: Admin - 12-03-2021, 09:57 AM - Replies (9)

Another potential bug to deal with!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56366107

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  Get,Set,Grow - New RHS Youtube series
Posted by: Veggie - 11-03-2021, 07:39 PM - Replies (3)

New veg growing series - new videos every 2 weeks - what to do. Maybe aimed at new growers but it never hurts to see how you're supposed to grow things.Wink 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlY6g6B7TbQ

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  Dog Nail Clipping
Posted by: mcdood - 11-03-2021, 10:03 AM - No Replies

For anyone who has reluctant dog nail clipping experience. Poor pug.

https://www.tiktok.com/@kalikohlhof/vide...93?lang=en

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Question Rainbow carrots
Posted by: Vinny - 10-03-2021, 02:08 PM - Replies (11)

Just ordered some rainbow carrot seed to give them a try. Has anyone on here grown them and are they worth it. Idea

I thought they may add a bit of colour to the plate but wondered about taste ie are they bland or quite tasty? Huh

Its a day of questions for me and I am  waiting to see if I get any more feedback (couple of ideas up til now) from my Spinach query before ordering seed. Smile

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Question Spinach
Posted by: Vinny - 10-03-2021, 12:12 PM - Replies (14)

I like eating baby spinach and lightly cooked bigger leaves. I always fail miserably growing it though, usually jetting off to seed soon after sowing! Sick

Can anyone give me a recommended variety for taste and not being liable to bolting? Huh

I also toyed with the idea of using it as a green manure once I was finished with it. To get spinach year round would I need to plant different varieties?

 Everyone has something they just can't grow and spinach is one of my constant failures. Rolleyes

That's enough questions for now. Sick

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  Supermarket Fruit Trees / Bushes?
Posted by: Broadway - 10-03-2021, 10:20 AM - Replies (4)

Did someone say the supermarkets now had fruit bushes / trees in?

Do the pound shops also do them?

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