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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 12:06 »Sitting in the garden with cups of tea, sunbathing etc !!! not likely, I must be on another planet 
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Grow Your Own / Outdoor Tomatoes
« Last post by juvenal on Today at 11:08 »Has anyone risked putting tomato plants out yet, please?
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s the weather like where you are? 2024
« Last post by mumofstig on Today at 09:43 »11C grey, drizzly - miserable, says it all 
9C overnight low in the greenhouse.
9C overnight low in the greenhouse.
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s the weather like where you are? 2024
« Last post by Hampshire Hog on Today at 09:27 »Wet and grey 9 degrees!
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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 08:48 »Started out overcast then the sun starts to peep through. Not as warm as yesterday so no sunbathing for me today.
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 08:47 »The rest of the quiche with baby pots and creamed leeks again.
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General Gardening / Re: Post-plugs
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 08:45 »Ah, that's really helpful somewhat. Although my post plug plants of antirrhinums and lobelia are just about ready to plant out, my begonias seem to have come to a standstill. I have given all of them a dilute feed of Tomorite as I potted them up in John Innes No. 2 so thought they might need a little boost in case they'd run out of nutrients. Can't explain the difference between them though.
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Grow Your Own / Re: trouble with courgettes
« Last post by coldandwindy on Today at 07:36 »I find they don't do well just sown into compost & put on a heated tray. I don't think the actual compost gets hot enough for them done like that.
I put them on a big wad of folded kitchen roll, very damp, slide it into a freezer bag, fasten the top of the bag to keep moisture in & then lay it directly on my heated tray.
They make roots in just 3 or 4 days. When the root is about an inch long I transfer to compost & they grow away well.
Hope that helps.
I put them on a big wad of folded kitchen roll, very damp, slide it into a freezer bag, fasten the top of the bag to keep moisture in & then lay it directly on my heated tray.
They make roots in just 3 or 4 days. When the root is about an inch long I transfer to compost & they grow away well.
Hope that helps.
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by New shoot on Yesterday at 19:12 »HM baked beans from the freezer, which I did actually bake with cheese on top. HM meatballs and chilli cheese bread to go with them.
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Grow Your Own / Re: What I did on the plot today 2024
« Last post by vikingraider on Yesterday at 18:43 »Another superb day, planted the little gem I had in plugs next to the peas under the pea netting. Did more hoeing. Also turned my hot compost bin - what a smell!!