corn marigolds
Peat B
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Just on a whimsy, I decided to put in the pots of sweet corn into a patch in the lotty. It is a virtually dig free zone, out of interest and experimentation. So, after caging off the corn, protecting it / them from the ever present visiting / resident peasants, sorry, PHeasants, I wandered into Wilko's today and bought a couple of packets of marigold petite french flowers, and when oop t'lotty later, put the seeds into the palm of me hand and blew them all over the corn patch. I reckon that if they germinate OK, they should put on a pretty good display of colour and attract the insects wot pollinate. I am never averse to mixing colour with Veg. It all goes to enlivening up an area of just green, into a patchwork of lovely horticultural tartan.
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What a wonderful idea
Bloomin' wonderful !
I would like to see that when they bloom, have you no slugs up lotty?
Yes............ we have slugs oop t'lotty, BUT I have to allow a certain % as sacrificial slaughter with anything up there. As the old joke says, 'Hell, fire, manure or blood, McGinty rides tonight ! She who must be obeyed eschews all the normal rules or recommendations and throws seedlings into the welcoming soil, and achieves remarkable results. I, in turn and contrast, prepare, till to a fine tilth, add organic material, and get no better or no worse than she. Slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails are all part of the game.