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Grow Your Own / Re: Curly leaf garlic
« Last post by Snow on Today at 19:21 »
Excess nitrogen can cause garlic to do some weird things too. Bit strange it's just that variety though

I'm growing 6 varieties and one is doing a lot worse than the others, I'm hoping its because it's a particularly late variety and it'll take off in the coming months.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Potato Failure..
« Last post by Snow on Today at 19:16 »
I just grow first or second earlies and put them in when the ground is warm enough, checking from the equinox. It was warm enough by the second week of march thanks to the mild winter I suppose (8.5c recorded 4 inches down), I put them in on the 23rd. We could potentially get frosts into may and I just mulch the shoots and cover with cardboard and cloche if frost threatens, which it did this year end of April. Last year we had a -3c that killed the shoots end of April as I couldn't get out to cover them. It did put them back a few weeks


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Grow Your Own / Re: Dog eating manure
« Last post by Subversive_plot on Today at 18:50 »
Back in my consulting days, there was a facility in the Caribbean that I worked with that disposed sludge that came from a wastewater plant at a tuna processing facility.  Nasty-smelling stuff!  The healthiest dog that I ever saw at that facility routinely ate sludge that dripped here and there from the truck!

While I never would want a dog I owned to eat that, my point is, a dog's constitution is usually pretty durable. I definitely agree with Nobbie!
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Grow Your Own / Re: Dog eating manure
« Last post by Nobbie on Today at 17:52 »
A lot of dogs eat fresh manure with no ill effects. Mine eats sheep, rabbit and horse when it gets the chance. I’d check the bag to see if there is anything added to make the granules, but doubt there anything to worry about now that the dog’s been sick.
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: WORDLE
« Last post by mumofstig on Today at 17:45 »
5 for me  ::)
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: WORDLE
« Last post by MrsPea on Today at 15:42 »
 That was hard going 4 today  :)
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 its turned chilly, no like it  >:(
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by MrsPea on Today at 15:28 »
 sausages bacon medalions egg bake beans tom for me may be a slice of seeded bread toasted, yoghurt for pud
  :D
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Grow Your Own / Dog eating manure
« Last post by Anton on Today at 15:07 »
Advice please. I was spreading some manure granules around my vegetables yesterday, some of which had clumped together because of rain infiltrating the bag. I went to put the bag away and then noticed our border collie was  chewing something where I had thrown some granules and a couple of clumps. I shooed the dog away but it must have eaten something because it vomited when we got back to the house. After that the animal seemed perfectly normal, eat its meal and went for a walk with me with no signs of problems.

Could the manure be toxic and have any long-term effects?

Anton
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Grow Your Own / Re: Potato Failure..
« Last post by coldandwindy on Today at 14:49 »
My Grandad always planted his spuds on Good Friday, whenever it fell.

So did mine!

Did you ever know why that date? My granddad worked in the iron ore mines, and I guessed it might be something to do with it not being Sunday, but never knew for sure.
Sorry, he never said, but I think it was quite common.

I'd guess it has a lot to do with people not keeping track of time & dates except by way of the Church calendar. The spuds is the one we remember but there were others.
 Not all Church dates now but people here still put the rams with the ewes on Bonfire Night & bring them back in on Christmas Eve. You monitor your hay by having half left by Candlemass (Feb). Lambing starts April Fools day.
 If you didn't read & write maybe you at least always knew when Good Friday was?
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