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Clucky
Joined: 22 Jul 2006
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Location: Shropshire
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 Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject: Potatoes and Runners |
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Got my first crop of potatoes off clay soil which was untreated today (not many plants or potatoes but hey I got some!), and the runners are growing like mad with all this rain! First time I have, as an adult, grown my own veg....Just dug over the potatoe plot and looking to see what I can put in now. I wondered whether to leave it now and plant a green manure for next year....what do you all think?
My friends and family say we're doing The Good Life  My response is...as long as I look like Felicity Kendall I don't mind   |
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Gilly C
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: South Cumbria
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| try tp buy some purple sprouting brocolli plants and leeks too late now to grow your own ! |
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brown eyes
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My daughter laura has managed to grow two crops of potatoes, lots of runner beans and peas some strawberrys although not many and loads of tomartoes but her sweetcorn not doing so will any idea's on the sweetcorn please it has sprouted but not really growing too well. she is only 4 1/2 so she is not doing too bad thanks karen  |
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kated
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
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Location: norfolk
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Browneyes, I don't know it it helps but I've noticed that not even the farmers round here are getting a good crop of sweetcorn this year. It needs a lot of sunshine which we didn't have in July. The other thing it needs is to be planted in a block (9 in a block of 3 by 3 is about minimum) in order to get good cobs. This is because the flowers are fertilised by the wind.
You probably know all this anyway - if so, sorry.
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Attila The Hen
Joined: 19 Sep 2005
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Location: Shetland
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Ditto Kate's point about planting sweetcorn en masse. The more the merrier, and you'll notice your yield will rise dramatically for it.
Have you come across the small, blue sweetcorn varieties? Terribly exciting for kids (and big kids too!) to grow for a change. Sorry I can't remember the variety's name offhand.
And congratulations to Laura - she's done far better than us this year for veggies!
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jaydee67
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Joined: 14 Apr 2005
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Location: Shetland Islands
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Well done Laura!
Craig dug some potatoes from the garden for tea tonight. Can't get fresher than that! No air miles, just a little shoe leather! |
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Clucky
Joined: 22 Jul 2006
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Location: Shropshire
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Sorry, forgot about this posting
I think I am going to grow to green manure and work it in, our soil is really bad, clay clay and clay 
Well done Laura. I remember as a child growing stuff with my dad in the garden...it was great |
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brown eyes
Joined: 08 Aug 2007
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laura did really well with her veg garden , but her sweetcorn never took off . she did plant 9 but they never got very big, so it is her only disaster . we have had tomartos comming out of our ears  , and the same with the runner beans . Peas finished a while ago as did her potatoes . thanks for the advise |
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