"Transplanted plum tree" - pruning
Posted by: Mark_Riga - 04-02-2021, 10:23 PM - Replies (2)

I have a Victoria Plum that usually gives a large crop. Unfortunately, it had to be uprooted and moved today. It is about 15 to 20 years old so could well not survive. It did retain quite a reasonable amount of roots.

Does anyone have any advice on the best way to prune it and when?

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  Name the Butterfly!
Posted by: Veggie - 04-02-2021, 07:25 PM - Replies (25)

   

A little game!! 
Can you Name the Butterflies in the image?

Don't post your answers until you've identified them all (or most of them) as, I know what you lot are like and you'll cheat.  Rolleyes

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  Germination temperatures & tips from Real Seeds
Posted by: Veggie - 04-02-2021, 06:13 PM - Replies (6)

Real Seeds advice 
https://realseeds.co.uk/germination.html...EVK-N33jkI

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Question How are your Japs doing?
Posted by: Vinny - 04-02-2021, 04:29 PM - Replies (7)

I planted Japanese onion sets in autumn (about October if I remember rightly).

I now have my spring planted sets ready to go in and looking at my autumn planted sets, some haven't even put out a growing shoot yet. They have a few roots but that's about all.
Usually when I am ready to plant out the spring sets the Japs are about 6 inches tall......but not this year.

Anyone else's Japs lagging behind?

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  Potato experiment
Posted by: Admin - 03-02-2021, 06:00 PM - Replies (3)

I think I have decided on a little experiment with some first earlies.

Using 3 30ltr pots I am going to put 3 seed potatoes in each with different growing mediums

1 x 50 50 mix straw and normal soil from the plot
1 x well rotted manure
1 x compost from the compost bin

Jazzy is the potato of choice

Anyone tried anything similar?

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  Sowing by the phase of the moon
Posted by: Spec - 03-02-2021, 04:38 PM - Replies (14)

Qurious to know if anyone practices sowing or growing by the phases of the moon, I can understand how the water level can be affected by the moon but does it make any difference to seed growth, so if you use it is there a noticeable difference?

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  RIP - Captain Sir Tom Moore
Posted by: Broadway - 02-02-2021, 05:32 PM - Replies (5)

Hero - Captain Sir Tom Moore

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  Non gardening tool query
Posted by: JJB - 02-02-2021, 01:44 PM - Replies (7)

Basically I was looking for a crochet hook in amongst my huge stores of haberdashery, my own and inherited. 
I found these pliers once belonging to MiL.  Anyone know what they might have been used for?
They were made by Maun Industries of Mansfield and I can even find a replica for sale on Ebay, but no mention of their particular use.
   

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  Favourite pies.
Posted by: Vinny - 01-02-2021, 05:57 PM - Replies (16)

Since I have become a carer for OH I do all the cooking. The one thing I do enjoy making and eating are PIES! Smile

I think I have made all the usual,corned beef, steak, Ham n egg and I have a cheese and onion pie in the oven at the mo. I normally just google a recipe for whatever I have in the cupboard.

I was just wondering what were peoples 'Go-to' pies that were cheap and easy to make? They don't have to be savoury as I quite like sweet pastries and fruit as well. Huh

Ta very much in anticipation. Rolleyes

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  Pruning onions
Posted by: Admin - 01-02-2021, 10:01 AM - Replies (3)

I have been watching various online videos on growing onions....sad I know!

It appears American growers prune back the top growth by about 50% when the sets start to swell. This apparently stimulates the onion to swell more. Anyone tried it?

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