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Post by wilbarra on Jun 11, 2017 13:23:37 GMT
having to share the strawberries that came from the plants stuart gave me,
with a couple of blackbirds and a squirrel.
when i go onto the patch i get screamed at by the blackbirds,while the squirrel
carries on taking one strawberry at a time and going onto the road before eating it.
still i suppose they have as much right to produce grown by mother nature as i
have.
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Post by bridgey on Jun 16, 2017 16:03:48 GMT
just had my first picking of strawberries from the ones
willbara gave me.
A very good crop from just six plants.
very healthy looking plants,with runners showing already
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Post by wilbarra on Jul 22, 2017 16:01:52 GMT
GETTING ANOTHER BATCH OF PICKING FROM THE STRAWBERRIES
I THOUGHT THEY WERE FINISHED FOR THE YEAR BUT THEY HAVE
BLOSSOMED AGAIN AND I HAVE HAD ANOTHER SESSION OF PICKING.
JUST FINISHED PICKING THE BLACKBERRIES A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
AFTER THE BEST CROP EVER.
WE NOW HAVE 23 ONE POUND BAGS OF PEAS SAFELY STORED AWAY IN
THE FREEZER.
THE VARIETY THAT I ALWAYS GROW IS THE OLD VARIETY, CHAMPION OF
ENGLAND.
GROWS TO BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX FOOT AND STARTS PRODUCING FROM
ABOUT A FOOT FROM THE GROUND UNTIL IT FINISHES GROWING.
A WONDERFUL PEA.
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Post by jane on Jul 23, 2017 6:01:20 GMT
I never have any luck with peas! Either the birds rip up the young plants or the slugs get them. If I get past that stage they are weedy pathetic plants! What do i do wrong!
Have tried growing them up teepees, netting - all methods fail.
Perhaps I need to give them more room? Perhaps they need lots of manure?
Help please!!!!
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Post by wilbarra on Jul 23, 2017 10:17:52 GMT
i have always grown the tall varities .
such as Champion of England, Prince Albert and Ne Plus Ultra and
have always had good results from them.
i sow them singularly in three inch pots in January and put them
in a cold greenhouse, cover them with glass and a piece of fleece.
I aim to get them in the ground as early in the season as possible.
that way they have produced pods before the hot weather comes.
peas hate really hot weather and love lots of water at their roots.
I grow them up canes,one cane to each plant and tie the plant to the
cane.
after that they make their own way up the sticks.
thats about it really.
sounds a lot of work for a row of peas but the results are well worth it.
I grow the tall varities because they only take up the same amount of space
as the dwarf varities with three times plus in their yield.
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Post by bridgey on Jul 23, 2017 13:48:41 GMT
what about that wonderful pea quite content?
the best pea ever bar none.
remember the slogan on the packet.
you will be well content with quite content
and we were.
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Post by jane on Jul 23, 2017 20:44:15 GMT
Thanks Wilbarra and Bridgey. Will give it another go!!
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Post by wilbarra on Jul 24, 2017 9:01:40 GMT
WILL SET THEM ALL UP FOR YOU NEXT YEAR
I GROW ENOUGH SEEDLINGS FOR SIX PEOPLE ON THIS SITE AND SEVEN ON OTHERS
ONE MORE WONT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
I LIKE DOING IT
ITS MY WAY OF GIVING SOMETHING BACK FOR ALL THE HELP I WAS GIVEN WHEN I FIRST
STARTED MANY YEARS AGO
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Post by jane on Jul 24, 2017 16:19:23 GMT
gosh thanks Wilbarra..... will take you up on that really kind offer!
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Post by bridgey on Aug 6, 2017 20:14:40 GMT
Picking beans and peas has become a real chore.
never had such crops as I have had this year.
nothing I have done.
just one of those years.
soft fruit too has been brilliant
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Post by murrayc on Aug 7, 2017 12:12:19 GMT
Picking beans and peas has become a real chore. never had such crops as I have had this year. nothing I have done. just one of those years. soft fruit too has been brilliant It has been great,bridgey, but down on the plot this morning had an autumnal feel about it. The heat brought on so many things so quickly that the crop has been exhausted a bit early, and now the recent rains and high winds have beaten down so many plants. Still time for the weather to improve and get a late second crop perhaps. |
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