Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: muntjac on April 01, 2007, 15:08
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cornfed
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
Posts: 1
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: turnip growing!!
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hi ive been told that turnips will not grow on our allotment, by all the regulars, our soil is dark and heavy and will grow anything except turnips, is there a secret to growing turnips as i would to prove them all wrong.
thanks cornfed
this post transfered from poulty section
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they dont like heavy soil so put loads of sand and compost in to lighten the clay or heavy loam up ,then sow . mark a bed specifically for next year and throw old growbags and any other sand compost in it rotavate it or dig it in really well :wink:
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I never knew that - thanks Munty.
(God he'll go mad now)
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I never knew that - thanks Munty.
(God he'll go mad now)
who me? :lol:
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no cornfed
why as cornfed got your likkle picture :?
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cois i copied i from her/ his post to the grow your own section and it goes through my id for some reason... its genuine folks honest :lol: nowt to do with april 1st and alll that :)
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yer right
is he sitting next to you ? :lol:
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they dont like heavy soil so put loads of sand and compost in to lighten the clay or heavy loam up ,then sow . mark a bed specifically for next year and throw old growbags and any other sand compost in it rotavate it or dig it in really well :wink:
Grow better on ridges too.