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Grow Your Own / Re: No dig potatoes using grass clippings
« Last post by Snow on Yesterday at 22:35 »
I do "no dig" potatoes, but I do put them in a hole a few inches down.i earth them up with lawn clippings, straw and comfrey. Only first earlies which need little earthing up, I don't think I could do it that way with maincrops at all, they require far too much earthing up and I don't have any spare compost when I would need it for them.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Onions from seed?
« Last post by Cavolo Hero on Yesterday at 22:33 »
Forgot to mention that onions and leeks do better with a bit of lime raked into the soil, and generous doses of manure or fertiliser when they get going later in the season.  Managed to get seed for the old Kelsae last year, and got huge, very mild onions just like the Spanish onions we used to be able to get years ago.  As a friend's husband used to say, Ya could ate em like an opple!! Translation: You could eat them like an apple. :D

When is the best time to add the lime jaydig?
I was planning to plant the seedlings out, maybe on Monday so could pick up some lime tomorrow, but would that be harmful to plant out so soon after liming?
Sorry for all the questions!
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Grow Your Own / Re: Onions from seed?
« Last post by Snow on Yesterday at 22:30 »
Being in the west of Scotland, am I to late to direct sow onions, packet says yes, heart says no

Try it and report back, you might just get small onions . You can still plant sets ASAP though and get decent sized onions


I always start seeds end of february, also west of Scotland. Grow on in greenhouse and planted out early April. I've had to put some sets in to replace some that got eaten though.


As for leeks I put them out after the potatoes, typically in June. I'll have potted them on by then and they should be as thick as a pencil, touch wood
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by New shoot on Yesterday at 21:21 »
Chicken nachos and salsa. 
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Grow Your Own / Re: Onions from seed?
« Last post by jaydig on Yesterday at 20:30 »
Forgot to mention that onions and leeks do better with a bit of lime raked into the soil, and generous doses of manure or fertiliser when they get going later in the season.  Managed to get seed for the old Kelsae last year, and got huge, very mild onions just like the Spanish onions we used to be able to get years ago.  As a friend's husband used to say, Ya could ate em like an opple!! Translation: You could eat them like an apple. :D
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Grow Your Own / Re: Best grow-bag?
« Last post by KalisDad on Yesterday at 19:14 »
My best sucess was clover 60lt salad and tomato bags, struggling to get them this year so have 3 new bags from last year and 3 peat free from this year, I'll let you know how I get on
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Grow Your Own / Re: Onions from seed?
« Last post by KalisDad on Yesterday at 19:04 »
Being in the west of Scotland, am I to late to direct sow onions, packet says yes, heart says no
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: WORDLE
« Last post by mumofstig on Yesterday at 17:33 »
Lucky guess 4 for me again  :D
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A few heavy showers with bright spots in between.   I do wish it would make up it's mind, I only work 3  or 4 days a week but would love to go outside and 'do' something. I've had my left knee replaced but the right one needs doing so holds me back.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Best grow-bag?
« Last post by New shoot on Yesterday at 15:00 »
Why do you find them a pain to use?

I haven’t bought a grow-bag since everything went peat free, but given the awful nature of most peat free multi-purpose, I can’t think things have improved.

The cheap small and thin grow bags were almost impossible to keep watered properly and the compost inside was dire.

The bigger and thicker grow-bags did have better compost and more of it, but were still not easy to keep watered, even with the green tomato ring pots stuck into the tops of them.  I also found they took up a lot of room.  I could fit 2 side by side along the glass in my greenhouse.  I can fit 6 builders buckets in, the plants are more evenly spaced and I can keep them fed and watered much more effectively.  I usually put a single tomato plant into a bucket, but I have done 2 cucumbers growing up a plant support in a bucket and that worked.  The bigger grow-bags have lines on them indicating you can cut 3 holes for plants, but in reality I found that is a push and 2 plants produce more than 3 competing with each other for limited resources.



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