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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by mrs bouquet on Today at 13:02 »Chicken Chow Mein - Ready made, not by me. 
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s the weather like where you are? 2024
« Last post by mrs bouquet on Today at 12:58 »I got up early and planted up some new containers. Also cut the grass. Glad I did, its hot now.
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General Gardening / How many containers is too many ?
« Last post by mrs bouquet on Today at 12:57 »I have decided to cut back this year, so how come I have still got 39 and not quite finished yet !! 
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Grow Your Own / Gone-to-seed leeks still edible
« Last post by AlaninCarlisle on Today at 12:37 »For reasons I won't bore you with, my entire crop of leeks (planted June last year) have gone to seed. The stems still seem solid enough so are they likely to cook and taste the same?
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Grow Your Own / Potato Failure..
« Last post by AndyRVTR on Today at 12:35 »I sowed my maincrop potatoes in one of the raised beds on 30th March, varieties were Mozart, Maris Piper and King Edward. All the seeds were chitted and planted using exactly the same method, however, the Maris Piper & Mozart have totally failed to grow, I mean not even broken the surface! The King Edward were my own saved seeds from last year and they are absolutely thriving, unfortunately, after digging a few of the others out, the chits are the same size as when they were planted. The MP & M were bought from the supermarket, but saying that, I bought MP from the same supermarket last year and they grew ok?
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Grow Your Own / Re: Slugs (again)
« Last post by InWarwickshire on Today at 11:55 »Hi Nobby.
This works-I`ve tried it in the past over the winter months. Slugs hide there from the cold. You will find that the satisfying method will gradually reduce the numbers `till there era none. Let us know the numbers - interesting.
This works-I`ve tried it in the past over the winter months. Slugs hide there from the cold. You will find that the satisfying method will gradually reduce the numbers `till there era none. Let us know the numbers - interesting.
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General Gardening / Re: Hard pruning a rose in Summer
« Last post by mumofstig on Today at 10:11 »I wouldn't prune it to below first leaves right after flowering - I'd do it in stages, remove a couple of feet then, and then the rest once it has lost all its leaves in winter
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General Gardening / Re: Getting grown plug plants out of modules.
« Last post by hasbeans on Today at 09:24 »I've had some success with kebab skewers from underneath. Make sure the soil is moist, it helps unglue them
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s the weather like where you are? 2024
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 09:20 »Sunny but not hot, so a very pleasant day for sitting out or just musing around the garden.
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 09:18 »Cumberland pie with pots and creamed leeks with a side spoonful of Stokes red onion marmalade. That's me sorted.