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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by Goosegirl on May 19, 2024, 09:18 »Cumberland pie with pots and creamed leeks with a side spoonful of Stokes red onion marmalade. That's me sorted.
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General Gardening / Re: Getting grown plug plants out of modules.
« Last post by Goosegirl on May 19, 2024, 09:17 »MB, that's what I used to do but the module tray is so flimsy that if I get my hand underneath and squeeze the whole lot might fall out! 
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General Gardening / Re: Hard pruning a rose in Summer
« Last post by Goosegirl on May 19, 2024, 09:14 »Sounds like a modern hybrid that can also be grown as a climber like my Gertrude Jeykll. You may lose some flowers but it shouldn't kill it.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Slugs (again)
« Last post by Goosegirl on May 19, 2024, 09:09 »That's a great idea!
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Grow Your Own / Re: Royal sovereign strawberries.
« Last post by Goosegirl on May 19, 2024, 09:08 »I once grew them but they weren't that prolific. May I recommend Elegance as a big fruiter with a great taste. There's also Marie du Bois which is also a good one. I have both here.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Magpies eating slugclear?!
« Last post by Blewit on May 19, 2024, 07:25 »Maybe eating it for the grit content, birds need grit to grind their food.
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General Gardening / Hard pruning a rose in Summer
« Last post by hasbeans on May 19, 2024, 07:19 »I have rose bush that really needs taming. Normally I would just dead head after first flowering (flowering now) and get a second bloom end of summer. I'd really like to prune it back hard to about 3ft tall as it's currently got quite a few stems waving around about 9ft up! Will I kill it if I cut back hard after flowering in summer. I'd like to get it down to below first leaves. Not sure what type it is, vigorous, a modern hybrid I think.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Sunchocola Tomato
« Last post by AnneB on May 19, 2024, 06:05 »My new variety is Costoluto Florentino on the recommendation of this forum.I'd guess you are a fan of Real Seeds.
As I already grow Stupice, Galina, Black Krim, Honeycomb, Sweet Million, Tigrella, Orange Banana (not grown for a few years and giving another chance) , Grushovka & Latah, Crimson Crush and primabella I don't have a huge capacity for new varieties!
[can anyone work out which seed company I'm a fan of]
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Grow Your Own / Re: Royal sovereign strawberries.
« Last post by hasbeans on May 18, 2024, 21:40 »I pulled this from a retailers site:
'not a heavy cropper but a gold medal for flavour. Needs regular spraying for Mildew and other diseases. Difficult but still superb when grown well.'
Perhaps the moderate harvest combined with being more prone to pathogens than modern cultivars just makes it a less attractive crop?
'not a heavy cropper but a gold medal for flavour. Needs regular spraying for Mildew and other diseases. Difficult but still superb when grown well.'
Perhaps the moderate harvest combined with being more prone to pathogens than modern cultivars just makes it a less attractive crop?
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Grow Your Own / Royal sovereign strawberries.
« Last post by Wayward_Colonial on May 18, 2024, 20:42 »Just wanted to start off saying hey. I'm a gardener from USA. I was hoping yall could help point me in the right direction.
So I've been looking to add a strawberry patch to my garden and in doing some research the Royal sovereign variety seems to be what I want as it's an old cultivar with as if read amazing flavor.
The trouble is that it is impossible to find anyone growing them in US or Canada
And from what I've seen not very many places in the UK sell them. The ones who do sadly don't ship outside UK.
I was wondering why does it seem that such an amazing strawberry has such limited regional and global distribution. Is it particularly hard to grow or is its quality over stated? Or just a nich plant that only some people are interested in?
Sorry for the long winded first post. Hope yall are having a great weekend.
So I've been looking to add a strawberry patch to my garden and in doing some research the Royal sovereign variety seems to be what I want as it's an old cultivar with as if read amazing flavor.
The trouble is that it is impossible to find anyone growing them in US or Canada
And from what I've seen not very many places in the UK sell them. The ones who do sadly don't ship outside UK.
I was wondering why does it seem that such an amazing strawberry has such limited regional and global distribution. Is it particularly hard to grow or is its quality over stated? Or just a nich plant that only some people are interested in?
Sorry for the long winded first post. Hope yall are having a great weekend.