General Chat

when it says thining out seedlings do you toss the ones you pull out away or replant them some where else, and is a spring onion a baby big onion as my growths look like spring onions, hope uncle freds about xxxx

You can indeed replant the thinings of certain seedlings ,but not carrot or parsnip,they,if transplanted corkscrew,and are inedible puss.
Spring onions if left ,grow become a fair size but are incredibly strong [phewwwwar lol]you need a cast iron palate to eat them.
I grow my onion in seed trays ,planting them out when they are big enough to handle.
Try growing a row of carrot between the rows of onion,the smell from each ,so close together can sometimes confuse the onion,carrot fly.
Try growing the carrot in a raised bed ,with the onions ,the two flies fly very close to the ground ,and raising the crops a few inches tends to keep the crop clear of the maggots.
Spring onion are a variety called White Lisbon,and are unsuitable to grow for large size cooking onions.
Fred.

thanks heather xx

thanks fred , ive just planted some folly clower in a big tub so going off to sing to them, i did what you said with tatties and compost, so christmas dinner looking good , off to put me wellies on xxxx

squirt said cat with water a few times ,and it won't come back.
If the little blighter persists ,shake some black pepper round the area.lol
If all else fails ,get an electronic cat scarer,expensive at £20 but veeeeery effective.or ,get a dog he he.
Fred.

Folly Clower need lots of horse or cow pooh to grow really well.
If this niffs too much for you,buy the pelleted form[chicken pooh is good too,but not fresh]sprinkle it on the soil first and rake in a couple of weeks before planting
a good liquid feed will work wonders.
The best varieties are oz developed.
Dok elgon,Barrier Reef,Candid Charm,grow very big,are solid and taste lovely.The old brit' variety called All The Year Round are a waste of space.
Fred.

I dont thin my spring onions - every year I chuck the seeds in a very large garden pot and even with 4 cats they grow - they are not very thick - but boy do they have a kick! As I take them out I put in more seeds and lightly cover and have continous spring onions till early autum most years.

A good tip to keep the birds off seedlings and strawberries etc is to hang some old CDs across the garden these catch the light and birds fly away !

thanks everyone xx

I've got loads of old cd's, Puss!

Christmas dinner DOES sound as though it is going to be a feast of home-grown.....


you growing sprouts, too? ;¬)))


Love

Daff xxxxx

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
im off to brussles and squash everyone off them lol

another one
wait fo it ive got baby apples growing on my apple tree which i thought were pear trees will the birds eat me baby apples xx
if so , when can i have the cds daff lol x

I'm not sure if it isn't later, when they are riper, Puss! You can certainly have them soon.

In fact.. I'll dig around and see if I can find some Val Doonican you can play to them... I'm sure that'll keep the birds away. lol

Love

Daff xxx