i make a solid jam from them: peel and deseed, add a speck of water and boil until reduced a bit, add 40% sugar by weight to the quinces and...
6oz 137cm Natural Hessian Jutethis company sells jute which you could try for mulch. not sure if the grubs could eat into it, doubt they could...
Maybe a solid mulch would help as theyll struggle to dig through the soil. youd do that in winter to stop the last generation digging up. slate...
Try adding some elder flowers or syrup this year, really yummy combination.
Ive heard a winter wash with vinegar or a mild alkaline might kill the overwintering fungus which lives on the bark for PLC. youd do it in say...
Marshalls Garden has canes on sale still, for pretty cheap. The gooseberries I bought from them all turned up alive so seems trusty. I think ill...
You need two plants for decent pollination!
I sowed quite a few but none came up :( might have some seeds extra but its a little late
Nothing has happened to mine either, it appears some of them started leafing when bare root and the leaflets died :( my gooseberries are all...
Managed to get my kiwis in, as well as my black currant bushes. My peas out the front are doing well but the back is nada, might turn into salad....
Good luck with more! We have a kiwi as an ornamental but it hasnt flowered in years. Its in the shade but I think we prune it incorrectly: From...
Yes Actinidia Arguta. supermarket kiwi is Actinidia Deliciousa. Golden Kiwi is A. Chinensis (theyre all from china though).I think you can grow...
Finally got around to purchasing some hardy kiwis for the sunny side of our house. I got "Issai", "Kens Red" and male "Weiki" to pollinate it....
Funny how slugs and snails go for peppers, but ive never seen them on my tomatoes. The worst is they go for the fruit itself!
Lovely. the fat frog i sowed at christmas is just opening its flowers bow. i think the 2 L pot is just a bit too small, perhaps 4 L. Keeps drying...
tomatoes dont like to be cloned ive heard, year 2 isnt as good for some reason. not seen any proof of this yet though :mute: peppers and physalis...
tell us how it went at end of the season! @THFC
I have tavor I sowed in winter but I transplanted them a while ago and all died, ive heard they dont like being grown indoors then transported due...
Agree cut the grass or put mulch around itIt will eventually outcompete the grass though
welp... saw a big shelly boy(-girl?) that had nibbled a pea in half. my guy started with the stem :mad: thats enough of that! no pesticides just...
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