Zoomer , Jureslum Artichokes easy to grow , they can have an adverse effect on some people ie Wind Bought 2 nd early potatoes from Wilko today , now in egg boxes in Conservatory for chitting
Zoomer I can sort some out for you in a few weeks, what sized area do you want for the artichokes? how many I have a very large area going to clear as want path in that place - just make sure couch grass free area if not weeding as its a pain in between roots
Went to inexcess gc today managed to get some more decking screws, hinges, pea maro seeds to grow make mushy peas - not tried to grow them before and bought a forsythia plant for plot and a philadelphus mock orange plant for garden
Gg. I'll need to measure the area but it isn't very big, possibly 4ft by 8ft. It's just to see what they are like. You will need to let me know how far they are spaced and how deep, are they similar to spuds but without the earthing up? I do realise they grow as big as sunflowers and I'll need to reinburse you for postage.
You'll need to get garlic in fairly quickly so it is frosted, it needs at least 30 days of frost to grow well although I've known it grow well on less. Mine went in Oct-2018 and I got a 1st at a local show with last years crop .
Split the garlic bulb up and only use the larger cloves. I bury mine to about 2cm down so the tip isn't showing and keep checking in case birds pull them out, although I've never had a problem with birds. If the ground is too hard you could start them off in pots. Hope this is helpful.
Gardengirl , Zoomer is right about Garlic , however , I always put all the clover bits in Put mine in last year as well You can plant wild “ British Garlic “ but can be invasive , got some in pots at home Hoping to got to allotment over weekend but depends on weather Still no snow ⛄️ but getting good frosts
We have wild garlic growing on the side of the canal. The smell is ever so strong in the summer.
GWRS. This is probably a silly question but does wild garlic grow and produce a bulb or is it just a foilage plant.
This is a plant I've considered growing around the edge of the plot but hadn't realised it was invasive. When you say invasive do you mean like mint.
I'm happy to be wrong but recall having read somewhere some preditor's are put off by the smell of garlic hence the reason for wanting to grow it in clumps around the edge of the plot as we have a wood on one side and the main railway line between London and Glasgow on the other side. We get squirrels, rabbits and local cats running up and down the track.
Zoomer , hello , I understand that wild garlic is a foliage plants that why the smell is so strong . It stops carrot fly for example , don’t think it would stop cats etc unless a really thick covering which we see around Pembrokeshire Around edge of plot / bed a good idea , just keep it under control Decided not to go to allotment today , only about half an inch of snow but road are icy and I would have to drive on ungritted county roads Will give one of my trees in the garden it’s yearly prune instead
I went to the plot to drop off some muck, not much snow here but you can see it in the lake district on the hills from the top of my road.
I started sowing tomato seeds at home, I'd planned to buy seedlings but have such a lot of seeds from previous years, this year is going to be a 'sow and use up as many seeds as possible' year as a lot go past their sow by date at the end of Sep-2019.
Went to the potato day at mammoth onions, far too many varieties to choose from, came away with Bonnie a 2nd early, some shallots and a chilli plant, firecracker.
A bonfire sounds like a good idea to keep warm, it rained most of the day here though so didn't go to the plot.
I've been sorting seeds into when to sow months. Not much in Feb-toms, chillies, peppers and aubergine. Picks up in March and for April there are loads not sure there'll be any room left on the GH bench by then.
Does anyone work out a growing plan for the plot. I can roughly remember where my larger crops were harvested from last and try to keep to a rotation plan. Some area's have several crops of different vegs in each year though. ,
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Bought 2 nd early potatoes from Wilko today , now in egg boxes in Conservatory for chitting
You'll need to get garlic in fairly quickly so it is frosted, it needs at least 30 days of frost to grow well although I've known it grow well on less. Mine went in Oct-2018 and I got a 1st at a local show with last years crop
Split the garlic bulb up and only use the larger cloves. I bury mine to about 2cm down so the tip isn't showing and keep checking in case birds pull them out, although I've never had a problem with birds. If the ground is too hard you could start them off in pots. Hope this is helpful.
Put mine in last year as well
You can plant wild “ British Garlic “ but can be invasive , got some in pots at home
Hoping to got to allotment over weekend but depends on weather
Still no snow ⛄️ but getting good frosts
GWRS. This is probably a silly question but does wild garlic grow and produce a bulb or is it just a foilage plant.
This is a plant I've considered growing around the edge of the plot but hadn't realised it was invasive. When you say invasive do you mean like mint.
I'm happy to be wrong but recall having read somewhere some preditor's are put off by the smell of garlic hence the reason for wanting to grow it in clumps around the edge of the plot as we have a wood on one side and the main railway line between London and Glasgow on the other side. We get squirrels, rabbits and local cats running up and down the track.
Around edge of plot / bed a good idea , just keep it under control
Decided not to go to allotment today , only about half an inch of snow but road are icy and I would have to drive on ungritted county roads
Will give one of my trees in the garden it’s yearly prune instead
I went to the plot to drop off some muck, not much snow here but you can see it in the lake district on the hills from the top of my road.
I started sowing tomato seeds at home, I'd planned to buy seedlings but have such a lot of seeds from previous years, this year is going to be a 'sow and use up as many seeds as possible' year as a lot go past their sow by date at the end of Sep-2019.
Went to the potato day at mammoth onions, far too many varieties to choose from, came away with Bonnie a 2nd early, some shallots and a chilli plant, firecracker.
Dug up rest of leeks , sufferering from frosts
Ground frozen
I've been sorting seeds into when to sow months. Not much in Feb-toms, chillies, peppers and aubergine. Picks up in March and for April there are loads not sure there'll be any room left on the GH bench by then.
Does anyone work out a growing plan for the plot. I can roughly remember where my larger crops were harvested from last and try to keep to a rotation plan. Some area's have several crops of different vegs in each year though. ,