Sow climbing beans? Totally 'p'd off with mine- only 1 or 2 plants managing to climb the wigwam, none of extra sown shown signs of germination - probably been munched beneath ground! As for the sweetpeas.....dont tell David! Am at the 'why do I bother stage'! J.
Slugs have two purposes -to eat all the nice plants instead of the weeds and to be thrown into next doors garden-their only ambition to get a nice house like Mrs Snail
In my opinion-but what do I know-it is not too late to sow beans- they will flower until the first frost lets say October at the earliest that is a good 3 and a half months away-bean guru says go for it -but we do need warmth
Are you e-mail terms with editor does he send you a Christmas card?
Am I organic? No, not really as do use glyphosate & Provado sometimes. Getting more that way though, as find forget to do any repeat applications that may be due. Laziness too, anything for an easy (ha) life.
Do use copper tape & copper strips around pots & vunerable plants. Know that no point in buying fancy Campanulas at Tatton show- slug magnets in this garden. Have a couple of the very tall ones that do survive ok, but others forget it. Oh do have the rampant ground cover/scrambling one that always flowers & then we get torrential rain- this year as normal!
Never remember to check/redo the slug trap behind the hosta pots. Dont use the organic pellets that much- except this year, until I decided I didnt want any probs for 'hog'. Hope he/she keeps out of next doors' garden as it often looks as if got 'blue-spot measles'!
Ok, may try some more beans direct- once it stops raining, being a bit of a fair weather gardener. J.
Slug heaven appears to be in my garden. I am sowing more beans practically every week. Yesterday I spotted a little bean plant about 1" high and by this morning it had been eaten.
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Just had cauliflower cheese with sausages-more strawberries with homemade strawberry ice cream.
More doom and gloom- now I am losing minutes of daylight per day
-will soon be looking very pasty.
Am planning my Wombledon trip-possibly for Tuesday-coach to Victoria and bus to Wombledon-probably much cheaper that petrol/parking.
I have just had an email from Daniel saying that it is not too late to sow climbing beans
Bean guru is this true? and carrots?
What is the purpose of a slug, did we establish that?
Sow climbing beans? Totally 'p'd off with mine- only 1 or 2 plants managing to climb the wigwam, none of extra sown shown signs of germination - probably been munched beneath ground! As for the sweetpeas.....dont tell David! Am at the 'why do I bother stage'! J.
Slugs have two purposes -to eat all the nice plants instead of the weeds and to be thrown into next doors garden-their only ambition to get a nice house like Mrs Snail
In my opinion-but what do I know-it is not too late to sow beans- they will flower until the first frost lets say October at the earliest that is a good 3 and a half months away-bean guru says go for it -but we do need warmth
Are you e-mail terms with editor does he send you a Christmas card?
I have just sown some more Runner beans and Sweetcorn
Pam x
OK I take that as a consensus and I will sow some tomorrow.
Pam how do you get to Cornwall?
Dan emails me every couple of days
Jo are you organic?
Am I organic? No, not really as do use glyphosate & Provado sometimes. Getting more that way though, as find forget to do any repeat applications that may be due. Laziness too, anything for an easy (ha) life.
Do use copper tape & copper strips around pots & vunerable plants. Know that no point in buying fancy Campanulas at Tatton show- slug magnets in this garden. Have a couple of the very tall ones that do survive ok, but others forget it. Oh do have the rampant ground cover/scrambling one that always flowers & then we get torrential rain- this year as normal!
Never remember to check/redo the slug trap behind the hosta pots. Dont use the organic pellets that much- except this year, until I decided I didnt want any probs for 'hog'. Hope he/she keeps out of next doors' garden as it often looks as if got 'blue-spot measles'!
Ok, may try some more beans direct- once it stops raining, being a bit of a fair weather gardener. J.
Jo I was just curious, my garden is normally very dry, so the slugs this year have been a bit of a surprise.
Is there a slug heaven?
Slug heaven appears to be in my garden.
I am sowing more beans practically every week. Yesterday I spotted a little bean plant about 1" high and by this morning it had been eaten.