Allotments
Is it too late to prune fruit bushes and trees
Judith Wheeler
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Because of the extreme wet and cold I have barely visited the allotment this year. Gooseberry, currant bushes. Apple pear and plum trees.
Posted: Saturday 1st of April 2023 01:09 PM Last reply: Wednesday 16th of October 2024 10:03 AM
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Could any one please give me any clear instructions. How to prune this dwarf pear tree please. Categorically I don't know where to start!!!.
What would be a great help also, those any one know what's wrong with the diseased leafs
What would be a great help also, those any one know what's wrong with the diseased leafs
Posted: Monday 17th of May 2021 09:06 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 05:34 AM
Re: tomato
Shoot User
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Get them off to a good start indoors/greenhouse, you might be ok with some smaller varieties, sowing season usually ends around april so you arent far off, you'll fruit late though so you'll have toms nearer the end of summer. Good luck!
Posted: Saturday 5th of May 2018 08:53 PM
Re: pruning
Sparklyanna
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There's some advice here: http://www.kirmandesign.com/pruninggroup01.asp and here: http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/thread/?threadId=81266. I had to prune mine quite hard in 2014 as it had gone mad and left what I thought was only dead woody stems, but last year there was new growth out of these and the flowers this year have been fantastic. So be prepared to go without flowers for a year if you prune it back hard.
Posted: Thursday 26th of May 2016 04:18 PM
pruning
Shoot User
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clematis montana has been neglected and is now a tangled mess of woody stems, some curling along the floor. Should I trim it back to the ground after flowering this year?
Posted: Thursday 26th of May 2016 09:28 AM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 01:45 AM
Re: Re: Blue water pipe cloche
Jason Lowery
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This is right except the formula. pi X d is for the circumference so pi * 2.4 is 7.54 Half of this will give you the semi circle length which is 3.77.
Add to this some extra length each side for poking into the ground and extra lenght each side for extra heights.
I push short canes down the legs to help stiffen them and stop them curving too early and then tie the top of the loops to a longer cane to give a bit more stability.
Add to this some extra length each side for poking into the ground and extra lenght each side for extra heights.
I push short canes down the legs to help stiffen them and stop them curving too early and then tie the top of the loops to a longer cane to give a bit more stability.
Posted: Friday 15th of April 2016 10:54 PM
Re: Wood chip mulch
Jason Lowery
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The wood would absorb nitrogen as it decays, robbing it from the raspberries. You could use it as a mulch on the paths or let it rot down a couple of years
Posted: Friday 15th of April 2016 10:45 PM
Re: tomato
Carol
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Depends how big the plants are, how big the tomatoes are they will make, and whether you are giving them any protection under glass.
If you have biggish plants to make cherry tomato-sized fruits and you can keep them indoors with lots of light, you could still get a decent crop.
If they are seedlings for beef tomatoes outside, you don't have much chance of getting ripe fruit before the end of September.
If you have biggish plants to make cherry tomato-sized fruits and you can keep them indoors with lots of light, you could still get a decent crop.
If they are seedlings for beef tomatoes outside, you don't have much chance of getting ripe fruit before the end of September.
Posted: Tuesday 11th of August 2015 01:43 PM
tomato
Martin Avery
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Hi, is it too late to plant tomato plants?
Posted: Tuesday 11th of August 2015 11:46 AM Last reply: Monday 19th of August 2024 08:18 PM
Re: Wood chip mulch
Shoot User
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Hi Steve.......
I use chippings quite a lot,but normally leave them for a year before using them.....often add leaves and grass cuttings to them as well.....
Barbs
I use chippings quite a lot,but normally leave them for a year before using them.....often add leaves and grass cuttings to them as well.....
Barbs
Posted: Wednesday 1st of April 2015 05:45 AM
Wood chip mulch
stephen howe
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I have a quantity of wood chippings derived from a recent chainsawing marathon. Would these be suitable as a mulch for raspberry canes? the wood is mostly hardwood.
Thanks Steve
Thanks Steve
Posted: Monday 16th of March 2015 01:52 PM Last reply: Sunday 10th of November 2024 09:05 AM
Re: Christmas potatoes
Julieanne Porter
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It tends to be 'Charlotte' which people plant now, usually in pots, for late harvest/xmas. The important thing is that you need to be able to protect it once the frosts & cold set in. So you need to have a greenhouse, conservatory or similar to be able to move them into. I've seen them for sale in general garden centres near where I live (Sheffield), so I'm guessing most will have some in stock now.
Posted: Tuesday 29th of July 2014 10:35 PM
Christmas potatoes
Shoot User
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Hi
I read somewhere that you can get potatoes ready to plant (no chatting) that will be ready for christmas. I cannot remember where i read it, what type of potato or the best supplier. All i can remember is that they have been cold stored so will be ready for christmas. Any suggestions on what I might have read!!!
I read somewhere that you can get potatoes ready to plant (no chatting) that will be ready for christmas. I cannot remember where i read it, what type of potato or the best supplier. All i can remember is that they have been cold stored so will be ready for christmas. Any suggestions on what I might have read!!!
Posted: Tuesday 29th of July 2014 07:59 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 03:51 AM
Re: Potatoes
Julieanne Porter
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Not all potato varieties flower. The Potato Database may be able to help you: http://www.varieties.potato.org.uk/menu.php?
Posted: Wednesday 2nd of July 2014 09:03 PM
Potatoes
Shoot User
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Why are my potatoes not in flower
Posted: Wednesday 2nd of July 2014 06:14 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 04:40 AM
Re: plant selection
Carol
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Hi Russell - do you really mean plant, or do you mean start off as seed. You can plant anything you can get your hands on as seedlines. Starting seeds depends on where you are and whether you are set up to start things in a greenhouse to get them going quickly or whether you will have a long growing season. You can pretty much do lettuce, carrots and dwarf beans any time because they don't take long to produce crop. Otherwise it's up to you!
Posted: Thursday 12th of June 2014 04:08 PM
plant selection
Russell green
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Wat veg plants can I plant in June
Posted: Wednesday 11th of June 2014 05:16 PM Last reply: Saturday 2nd of November 2024 04:54 PM
Re: Blue water pipe cloche
Shoot User
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I am doing the precise same project at the moment - constructing 6m x 2.4m raised beds with blue water pipe cloches over for bird and butterfly protection.
To construct a semi circular frame 2.4m wide and 1.2m high - a true semi-circle - you use the formula pi x d, where pi is 3.142 and d is the diameter of the circle to give you the circumference. This makes the exposed length of pipe above the ground 3.77m long - half the circumference of the circle. Incidentally this is also the width of the covering you will require. BUT don't forget that you may want to bury some of the pipe for stability or have a length of vertical walling before you curve over the bed, so you would need to add these additional lengths to the half circumference that you've calculated.
Well, you did ask.......
To construct a semi circular frame 2.4m wide and 1.2m high - a true semi-circle - you use the formula pi x d, where pi is 3.142 and d is the diameter of the circle to give you the circumference. This makes the exposed length of pipe above the ground 3.77m long - half the circumference of the circle. Incidentally this is also the width of the covering you will require. BUT don't forget that you may want to bury some of the pipe for stability or have a length of vertical walling before you curve over the bed, so you would need to add these additional lengths to the half circumference that you've calculated.
Well, you did ask.......
Posted: Tuesday 30th of July 2013 08:52 AM Last reply: Tuesday 30th of July 2013 08:57 AM
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Have you heard about the UK Gathering of 'Grow it Yourself' a community gardening network originally set up in Ireland? It's on Sat 20th July at Birmingham University all day - lots of interesting subjects and speakers see
http://www.giyinternational.org/pages/the_gathering_2013_uk
for details. I'm going!
http://www.giyinternational.org/pages/the_gathering_2013_uk
for details. I'm going!
Posted: Saturday 29th of June 2013 06:55 PM Last reply: Thursday 14th of November 2024 05:34 PM
Re: Blue water pipe cloche
samlucas
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The dripping from the leaking pipe is driving you crazy. You do not have the money to hire a contractor to fix that leaking pipe or valve. You would like to be able to fix it and do the repair yourself. You can very simply if you know how.
http://www.plumbarena.co.uk/
http://www.plumbarena.co.uk/
Posted: Monday 17th of June 2013 07:17 AM Last reply: Monday 17th of June 2013 07:18 AM
Re: Re: Acer Feeds
Shoot User
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Sorry, I should have said, but I thought "a rose (Acer) was a rose was a rose". I have 2 (two) Purple-leaved threadleaf Japanese (Acer palmatum var. dissectum atropurpureum) and 1 (one) Japanese maple 'Orange Dream' (Acer palmatum 'Orange Dream'). I don't know about the soil, but I will check ASAP. I will also find and get the feeds you mention. Thank you very much for your help.
Posted: Friday 3rd of May 2013 05:27 PM
Re: Acer Feeds
Shoot User
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To give trees and shrubs an early season boost you could give 2 or 3 feeds with a high nitrogen feed such as Garden Direct's High Nitrogen Feed or Chempak's No.2 and then change to a low nitrogen feed (both company's do these, incl Chempak No.8) for the rest of the season. If your soil has a high PH then an ercaceous feed might be useful. You don't mention which acers you are growing but assuming they are the small Japanese varieties, then they are slow growing and, in the main, remain quite dwarf, and prefer a neutral to acidic soil. Hope this helps.
Posted: Friday 3rd of May 2013 01:51 PM
Acer Feeds
Shoot User
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Is there a feed for Acers that I should use, as my 3 Acers are 2-3 years old and only 1 foot to 1.5 feet tall (planted in the garden, not in a tub)?
Thank you,
Bob Ryder
Thank you,
Bob Ryder
Posted: Thursday 2nd of May 2013 10:20 AM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 11:14 AM
Re: broad beans
Angie Robertson
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I see no one has answered you yet David so I'll give it a go!....
I speak not from experience but on Gardeners World last week Monty was planting his broad beans. His advice was the width of his open hand. I suppose it would depend on the size of your hand but I suspect his will be a reasonable size unlike my tiny little hands.
Hope this helps a wee bit :)
I speak not from experience but on Gardeners World last week Monty was planting his broad beans. His advice was the width of his open hand. I suppose it would depend on the size of your hand but I suspect his will be a reasonable size unlike my tiny little hands.
Hope this helps a wee bit :)
Posted: Wednesday 3rd of April 2013 05:47 PM
broad beans
Shoot User
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I have just put raised beds measuring 1.2 m by 2.4 m on to my allotment. Can someone advise me how close to plant my broad beans so that they stay healthy and productive?
Posted: Tuesday 2nd of April 2013 05:51 PM Last reply: Wednesday 13th of November 2024 07:40 AM