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Too MUCH drainage

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  • I think I need to change my quote - cos I clearly haven't got a bloody clue!  
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I think I need to change my quote - cos I clearly haven't got a bloody clue!  
    Every day is a school day. 
    Anyone who tells you they know it all is merely showing how little they know. 
    Devon.
  • Although it could be worse....
    Pot Black & Jalapeno chilies



    Pepper King of the North - there are two on here


    Tom Roma (plus loads of flowers going on elsewhere)


    So it's not all doom and gloom 
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Although it could be worse....
    Pot Black & Jalapeno chilies



    Pepper King of the North - there are two on here


    Tom Roma (plus loads of flowers going on elsewhere)


    So it's not all doom and gloom 
    looking good. 
    Clearly you HAVE talent.
    Devon.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    They look fab, don't beat yourself up so much.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Thank you @Hostafan1, @punkdoc - very heartening to hear!




    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
  • PlashingPlashing Posts: 328
    I cut the bottom of 1L plastic bottles and stick the top of the bottle into the top of the compost and fill it to the top and I know how much water each plant is getting, and if it is dry I will fill it again, I have never had any trouble.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Absolutely agree -they look great. I doubt if I'd have been able to grow any fruit or veg very successfully when I was just starting out.  :)
    It's great to have a source like this forum though, because what might seem simple for someone who's been doing it for decades, isn't the case for those who haven't being doing it for any time at all. Back then -  when I were a lad, it was books or Geoff Hamilton or whoever else was on TV, and it wasn't always useful - because sometimes basic stuff wasn't covered well enough. I think that's still the problem   ;)

    Don't change your quote just yet @Heartinthedirt - for another reason as well  ;)
    I'm always reminded of the Paul Simon song whenever I see it - The Dangling Conversation. ' #and you read your Emily Dickinson, and I my Robert Frost, and we note our place with bookmarkers, that measure what we've lost ' 
    Gorgeous song.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Plashing said:
    I cut the bottom of 1L plastic bottles and stick the top of the bottle into the top of the compost and fill it to the top and I know how much water each plant is getting, and if it is dry I will fill it again, I have never had any trouble.
    That's a great idea, I'm deffo trying that one! I really do love this forum. 
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
  • HeartinthedirtHeartinthedirt Posts: 300
    edited May 2022
    Fairygirl said:
    Absolutely agree -they look great. I doubt if I'd have been able to grow any fruit or veg very successfully when I was just starting out.  :)
    It's great to have a source like this forum though, because what might seem simple for someone who's been doing it for decades, isn't the case for those who haven't being doing it for any time at all. Back then -  when I were a lad, it was books or Geoff Hamilton or whoever else was on TV, and it wasn't always useful - because sometimes basic stuff wasn't covered well enough. I think that's still the problem   ;)

    Don't change your quote just yet @Heartinthedirt - for another reason as well  ;)
    I'm always reminded of the Paul Simon song whenever I see it - The Dangling Conversation. ' #and you read your Emily Dickinson, and I my Robert Frost, and we note our place with bookmarkers, that measure what we've lost ' 
    Gorgeous song.  :)
    Thanks @Fairygirl 😊
    I don't know that song, but I'm hunting for it now. Am partial to a bit of Paul Simon as well as Robert Frost.
    Edit: Wow, how beautiful and sad. Having ALL the feels here 😔
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
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