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Chit Chat Garden ~ 2020
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no Coriander blackbarn?
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Used to be one of the annuals, Delta! - But I originally planted it in the border where I originally grew my herbs before the containers - it is still there as it self seeds like anything.
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NO show from any of my tomato seeds so far.( 8 days ) NO show from my sweet pepper seeds( 8 days )
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Night Temps looking good for next week or so,gunna check my direct sown peas tommorrow, have them well wrapped, once through will need a wall of steel to prevent the mice/voles from doing thar usual, it's war time again, battle station time.
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Smar Tarse
Toms - hmm Peppers - ok  |
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PS
no rain again  till next w/e |
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I have got water butts all over the place, got some of them linked together with tank connectors and pvc pipe. Two of them i have on stands that i made so i can gravity water direct from them with hosepipe.
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I had the propagator in the polytunnel today, still no show from any toms or peppers yet......and i think i know why
 I took the lid off a minute ago and the smell of Jeyes fluid made my eyes water  The bottom of the propagator has a thick layer of felt, i washed everything in Jeyes fluid back in November(ish), i don't think i rinsed it very well  I will still treat them as if they were ok, just to see if anything shows.  |
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We've got a bare patch on the lawn where Mrs F spilt some Jeyes, it kills everything.
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I love Jeyes Fluid, it reminds me of our old Primary School in the fifties which smelt of this, wet gaberdine and the dung heap just down the lane.
I do use JF to clear the moss on my drive but I would not use it in the Greenhouse or on anything that might come near a plant. In fact I do not use any cleansing chemical on or in my greenhouse and haven't for nearly 30 years. I simply clean any green mould off the glass, and not even every year, with just hot water. The rest of the stuff pots, trays etc I wash with hot water and a few soap flakes. I am not organic, but see no need to introduce artificials where seemingly unnecessary. nb - eat yer hearts out! harvested 42 spears of Asparagus today. Peak day so far, although that's 2 days worth of six inchers tbf. |
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I am pretty sure i have never had Asparagus before
 I jet-wash the polytunnel with water only, but the pots and trays get "dipped" in a tub of diluted Jeyes or diluted bleach. Something went wrong with the propagator felt, i must have spilled neat Jeyes on it and then put it away without a rinse. |
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them tomatoes when the do come thru will taste rank
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blackbarn, I popped 6x Zeina seeds in yesterday, first of this year from the same original batch, fingers crossed.
are yours thru yet? |
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Mine are up too Delta - 100% germination - That was some seed you had.
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Deltâ 25 Apr 20 09:06
them tomatoes when the do come thru will taste rank I have done a few more pots now, but at this rate i might have to dust off the ode "pink light" to play catch-up |
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anyone got a weather station in their garden
any view/suggestions not Michael Fish type one just basis one tar |
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Woohoooo ! I can see Tomato seedlings
 Only from the newly potted Maskotka seeds though. |
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ericster
find the one original growth root, cut 6" out of it as low to the ground as you can - black bag over it [lower bit] and leave a year to die off, then take all dried stuff off above and hopefully below has dried off too its a pain |
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Thanks Delta, appreciated.
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The seeds i saved from a giant Dutch tomato (unknown variety) have germinated. Very dark-green fost leaves, i cant wait to see what i end up with
 Surprisingly the ever dependable Moneymaker are a no show. And needless to say nothing has come from the pots that were sat on a felt base that had Jeyes fluid spilled on it last year |
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blackbarn, my Q's havent popped thru yet
where/how do you usually start yours off? |
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I reset the temp gauge in the polytunnel yesterday thinking we had a cold night to come, and woke up to quite a frosted over white lawn this morning! The temp gauge registered a low of -1.6.
How did you southern softies do, any frost ? |
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Polytunneling ain't gardening, grow up
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Frost here in the foothills of the Pennines .
Spuds are in a raised bed which appears to have left them ok. Earthed them up yesterday for first time. Peas and beans doing ok. I grow them in pots which spend the evening on top of the various wheely bins , worked a treat last year keeping slugs and snails at bay. Got some NZ yams growing indoors . They go out after last frost and you don't harvest till the frost kills them. The 'spuds' don't grow till the nights close in . |
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I have Spuds, Courgettes, Radish, Lettuce, Rocket, Spinach and Runner beans all outside in various types of containers.
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Well that frost has killed my Courgette plants, it has "burnt" my Potato plants, and my runners look terrible
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can we have some rain please
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