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Brassica's coming along nice but slow

Started this discussion. Last reply by Darren Blick Apr 15. 9 Replies 0 Likes

You may remember a much earlier post about sowing brassica's, well then have since gone into 2" pots and now onto 4" potsThey are nice and strong yet due to the cold weather, are moving on slower…Continue

Has Summer finally arrived?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Andrew Goodall Apr 13. 2 Replies 0 Likes

What a glorious day in the SouthIt made me forget the past few month of freezing weather I finally got on the plot and spent the whole day down thereI have also sowed some parsnips in root…Continue

Potting Up

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I prefer to use square pots as round pots encourage the roots to wrap around. A square pot, the roots tend to go to the corners, so an get out easier when planting outPut an empty pot the size the…Continue

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Easter is coming but is it warm enough to put potatoes out ?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Darren Blick Apr 1. 11 Replies 0 Likes

Traditionally the Easter weekend is when people put their potatoes out.This makes no sense as Easter is a different time each year.It was done as this use to be the only time when the workers had off…Continue

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Southern National Long Carrot Champion 2011

I am a keen gardener and have had an allotment for 6 seasons and have varying success but due to visiting my local show for the first time last year, I have caught the bug

I am now currently attempting to undergo the transformation from grower to shower - see my blog to view my progress

I have joined the NVS Southern Branch which has helped immensely with the advise received

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Darren Blick replied to Lynn Howarth's discussion Too much nitrogen??

"Liquid feed from Chicken manure is like liquid gold I'd use that on most things if I had it "

May 16

Darren Blick replied to Lynn Howarth's discussion Too much nitrogen??

"Not sure it is down to too much nitrogen You won't get too much nitrogen from a compost, especially one of the council give away's It is more likely the rubbish which is in the compost The council composts are made up of all the rubbish…"

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Apr 29

Darren Blick replied to Zoe J's discussion Onions & weed mat?

"Providing they aren't Kelsae type onions, they can even be as little as 3" apart The weeding is the main problem You could have planted them through the weed mat but I suspect it wont be too easy putting it around them now they are…"

Apr 25

Darren Blick replied to Jade Hwang's discussion I got my first allotment today. It's full of weeds and the soil is not very good. Advice badly needed!

"As always, Flighty has wise words, take it easy and enjoy it, or you wont stick at it long My advice would be not to go industrial. You will hear "don't do that, you'll take up valuable growing space" Don't be afraid to…"

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Darren Blick replied to Darren Blick's discussion Brassica's coming along nice but slow

"Ramco is no longer available, I have some old packets left You are right, it is a great tasting Cabbage Mine grow to approx 30lb-35lb For club root, try Perkla. It is a lime based, high nitrogen, slow releasing fertiliser but good for…"

Apr 15

Comment Wall (87 comments)

At 8:03 on December 27, 2010, Mo said…: Thanks for the welcome. I'm still wandering around the site but will post an Intro when I figure out where to put it.

Hope you had a good Christmas.

At 16:49 on December 31, 2010, Jan Willetts said…: Are those giant veg seeds from Clive bevan? He used to live/work at the same place as me and often had ginormous veg displayed on his front lawn-made going to work more interesting but they needed a lot of manpower to move around(palletts/trailers etc)

At 21:58 on January 1, 2011, Caroline Tobin said…: Darren

Thanks for the welcome. :-)) I think I need some help navigating the site / discsussion threads. Are there any FAQs anywhere?

C

At 20:50 on January 6, 2011, Damo said…: My favourite colour, your photo background is too technical for me, must learn how to do that!

At 21:25 on January 6, 2011, Claire Marshall said…: Hi Darren,

Thanks for your comment, food and cooking is my first love but gardening is quickly catching up. Your ordered rows of vegetables are very impressive

Love the sprouting snowmen photo by the way!

Claire

At 23:11 on January 6, 2011, Colin Robinson said…: Darren, the leek is winter giant. It was a whopper among lots of mediocre ones last year. I should have kept it for seed but it made lovely soup!!

At 21:31 on January 7, 2011, Colin Robinson said…: Probably just one of those freaks of nature...but that's how new varieties come about. It takes me all my time to grow stuff to eat without worrying about the showbench!

At 22:29 on January 7, 2011, Damo said…: Thanks for the tip I'll give it a go.

At 22:31 on January 7, 2011, Damo said…: I'll be there, I can here the click of a kettle at a 1000 paces, my Northern upbringing!

At 10:19 on January 9, 2011, Lizzie Harvey said…: Hi Darren - Thanks for your welcome message I really appreciated it. Do you have any ideas of what I can sow at this time of year in my veg patch? I've already sent off for some potatoes (which I'm going to grow in bags and have ordered some winter salad leaves to grow in a propagator) Have you suggestions for anything else?

Very best wishes - Lizzie