courseadog 231 Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Poxy weather this year beans slow onions ain't really moving Carrots and parsnips looking good and lettuce doing great so once again some do well others don't 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) It has been very slow this year, the weather is cold to what it should be, that's why the plants are lagging behind. Give it another week and you will see a drastic change. Starting from Thursday on. TC Edited June 9, 2015 by tiercel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,535 Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Cheers missus bought a tray at garden center,I have had problems with my seed germination,i, am thinking of binning what's left and getting new in,as somes probably several years old,lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,211 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Youv'e got the dreaded. Pull one of them curly little bits of shite, peel back the outer layer and there, low and behold is the roote of all onion problems. That nasty little brown worm that's the scourge of the allotments. Must admit I left mine last season and didn't do too badly but the little fcker even got in my leeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,384 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Just a few bits today going to freeze some rhubarb. Picked up a few bags of well rotted chicken manure today had these sods behind me I was keeping an eye open lol. Farm said the bull is ok as long as you don't stare him down Going to layer both plots from end to end in shite then I can have onions like me neighbours instead of my silly things Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,384 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 dug the first of the new spuds red duke of york quite poor these were from about 6 plants. A couple of chaps have tried them up there before with a poor harvest so won't be doing them again. I remember tiercel saying they like a ph of around 5 and I am above that but as a comparison on the same patch we have the duke of york which are struggling and the kestrel looking much better. I like kestrel they make nice chips and roast well too spuds out and sprouts in Nice flowers on the peas 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Terry, the temperatures have been low this spring. This time last year farmers had been pulling potatoes for three weeks, with good yields. This year they are another couple of weeks from the first harvest.apart from that hot spell in April the ambient temperatures have been around 12C, too cold to get the potatoes going. So it is probably not the variety of potatoes thats at fault. TC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,535 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 They mentioned frosts on radio for this week,I hope not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whatdog72 287 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Polytunnel is finally finished and I can't believe the heat in there, Ive levelled off the floor with ply and covered with poly and capillary matting like they do in garden centres to keep the plants moist and it seems to be working. I just have top up the water tank about every 3 or 4 days 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,384 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 that is a smart job bet the plants will love that. Could get a few nice early spuds in there in bags next year Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whatdog72 287 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Got my chickens in my pen finally, took my time trying to get it fox proof as best I could as no ones ever kept chickens there before so I had to run it by the committee, a lot of the old boys voted against it because of the rats and foxes but just scrapped through so got some warrens, anyone else got any of these as they don't seem the brightest, put them in Sunday morning spent all afternoon down there, went for a few pints at 4.30 by 9.30 and a few of the lads winding me up about the foxes I went back down there and none had worked out how to get up the ladder into the coup so I spent the best part of half hour trying to catch the feckers with a belly full of carling 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whatdog72 287 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 that is a smart job bet the plants will love that. Could get a few nice early spuds in there in bags next year I've missed out really as I should of made the poly one of my first jobs to get ahead, I love sweet potatoes and I know they like heat so I'm going to try some see how I get on, it's my first year so I will be better prepared next season hopefully Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,384 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Yea seems its all in the planning. I just had a full tractor trailer load of manure delivered. Get that on and hopefully see the benefit next year. Chickens look good your leading the way there wonder if any one else will follow. No one on our plots mentions them but I doubt it would be allowed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whatdog72 287 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Yea seems its all in the planning. I just had a full tractor trailer load of manure delivered. Get that on and hopefully see the benefit next year. Chickens look good your leading the way there wonder if any one else will follow. No one on our plots mentions them but I doubt it would be allowed If you are on a council allotment you can have them as the rules haven't been changed since the WW2 each allotment was encouraged to have chickens and rabbits to help during and after the war with foodAs long as you are only keeping hens not cockerels and the eggs are you or direct family and not for financial gain, have a go they can only say no 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,426 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 How do you know when spuds are ready to lift? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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