tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43998071378756967432024-03-14T07:16:11.793-07:00PAULS ALLOTMENT DIARYThis blog is to help me as a new veg exhibitor to keep a diary of my exploits and share the results with other likeminded peopleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754454171829668711noreply@blogger.comBlogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-31523349707228954832016-09-18T14:06:00.001-07:002016-09-18T14:06:25.207-07:00Media scramble Well I entered several classes at Harrogate in the giant veg section. and was very pleased with the results, to my surprise I won the heaviest cabbage and came 3rd in the heavy parsnip class only beaten by 2 experienced growers who are both world record holders. Since the win I have been on Radio Leeds, In the Sun newspaper and due to have a feature in the Huddersfield Examiner some photos of me exploits can be found below.I am already planning next year to try and build on my sucess.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754454171829668711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-48282408339667152522016-09-02T14:22:00.000-07:002016-09-02T14:22:05.124-07:00Giant veg Its been a long time but now I feel I have the time and enthusiasm to start posting on here again.I have become more interested in growing giant veg as well as the normal stuff. currently I am looking forward to Harrogate and have just filled in the entry form which is mainly for the giant veg side of things I have a giant cabbage which looks promising as its bigger than the one I entered last year and came a close second to Ian Neale who holds several world records.<br />
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I also have a cucumber for the long class which is currently at 24'' and still growing.<br />
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Then there are Parsnips for the heaviest class.<br />
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I also have runner beans at around 25'' for the longest class.<br />
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Last weekend was our local village show which has been going for over 100 years and was well supported this year. I myself entered. 43 exibits and won 19 firsts 12 seconds and 3 thirds which gave me 7 trophies some photos of my firsts are below.<br />
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I have the usual Onions from sets, I grow these every year for a specific class in our local show and I have won this trophy for 4 out of the last 5 years this years ones ar doing well considering the weather</div>
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I have 2 types of exhibition onion some sown by myself which are Dan Undsworth strain and some Kelsae plants which were bought in from Mr Fothergills. Both are a bit behind but starting to move a bit now so I should be ok as I am not looking for monsters.</div>
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I have 40 bags of Potatoes in total which are 5 varieties </div>
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They are all starting to show at the top of the bags which is good considering how cold it has been (we had frost here a couple of days ago )</div>
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I have 100 stations of Sweet Candle stumps growing nicely.I sowed more but had some misses due to using some old seed.I have re sown these with Pablo beetroot wich is the same that I did last year and got some cracking specimens with 2 foot tap roots </div>
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My 5 year old grandson Harley sowed40 stations with new seed and his have come through with a 100% sucess rate </div>
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My Celery is doing well although there is a long way to go as I suffer from heart rot nearer the show date </div>
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I sowed 40 show perfection Peas this week and they are already poking through.</div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Again Leeks are a bit behind some others that I have seen but on a par with my usual so not too concerned I did have a problem with thrips but that is now under controll </span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-8240224619717872902014-08-30T06:04:00.000-07:002014-08-30T06:04:03.334-07:00Showtime and Giant Pumpkin attemptIt has been a long time since I posted anything on here,a lot has happened and growing has had to take a back seat. I have however managed to grow some lovely leeks and some nice carrots onions from setts and a few other bits for my local show. I grew a few bits last year and managed to get a 4th place in the national championships with Stump carrots my first national and respectable 4th out of 20+ entries I nearly didn't bother as the carrots were the only thing I had, but I am glad I did.I have also been having a bit of fun trying to grow a giant Pumpkin with Grandson Harley. It is currently about 150lb which we are pleased with for a first attempt some photos are below. I will try to post some show photos after the judging .<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-2145648607964690622013-06-11T14:13:00.000-07:002013-06-12T01:19:24.302-07:00update long overdueIt has been a while since I lat posted, things have been a bit manic here with holidays and other commitments but here goes<br />
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I lost all my own onion plants and had to get some from Dan in February he was able to spare 12 which are now doing well in the tunnel. As I only have the 12 I have spaced them wider apart in the hope of getting larger bulbs<br />
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Shallots were put out in January and stood under snow for several weeks but they seem to have picked up now<br />
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Vento onion plants from Medwyns due to loosing my own are also now starting to bulb up<br />
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Carrots have all been thinned and are also doing well, i have planted some beetroot in one of the carrot beds to see if I get longer straighter tap roots </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-45358323626981030522013-01-01T12:23:00.000-08:002013-01-01T12:23:50.245-08:00Potting on and Pricking outToday the apprentice and myself headed for the garden to undertake the task of potting the leeks on and pricking out the onions, this was duly undertaken and I now have my quality onions 50 in total which I will grow on and pick the best 30 to plant in to the soon to be revamped bed.<br />
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On the leek front the 24 plants all have healthy well developed roots and are now in larger pots, I will be starting to lengthen them in a couple of weeks time.this will be when I return from a family holiday in Malta.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-42842042303043722792012-12-26T12:15:00.003-08:002012-12-26T12:15:56.484-08:00Annual Pilgrimage across the PenninesIt is the time of year to turn my thoughts to next season and in particular leeks and Onions. I spent half a day last week sorting out the lighting and heating in the growing shed, all has been working fine since then so i decided to collect my Pendle leeks from Dave Metcalfe in nelson.I was accompanied on the trip by Harley which meant a halfway stop at Mc Donald's for a happy meal. Daves leek plants are in good order and equally as good as previous years I collected 24 in total and will be growing the best 15 for next years shows the rest will go outside for kitchen use<br />
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the plants will now go in to the shed and receive 12 hours daylight using grow lights the timings will be 630 am to 630 pm. this will continue till 17th march when we will have 12 hours natural daylight.they will then be planted in to the bed in the tunnel with background heat till the risk of frost subsides.<br />
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I also sowed onion seeds a couple of weeks ago, my quality onions will be mt own saved seed from the 10.5 lb onions I grew in 2011 and managed to get seed from this year.I will also be sowing Toughball onion seed for the 250g class,I usually grow vento but as I was beaten at Harrogate by Toughball I am giving them a try this time, we will see how I get on fingers crossed ` <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-32750827532760912912012-10-31T12:59:00.004-07:002012-10-31T12:59:43.131-07:00First Planting for next years showsI spent a couple of hours yesterday planting Japanese over winter Onion setts, regular readers will know that I do this every year in order to have a set of 3 out of the ground and ripening a month before the spring planted ones.I have won the class and respective trophy for the past 3 years. I have decided to try a different variety this year mainly because the shape looked good on the packet. The variety i have chosen is Troy from Thompson and Morgan I bought 2 packets and picked the biggest 50, these have now been planted in one of my unheated tunnels and spaced around 6" apart<br />
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I also planted out in the garden 50 cloves of Elephant garlic these are purely just to build up stock for future years.<br />
I have harvested next years runner bean seeds which were selected by leaving all the remaining pods which had nice hooked shaped ends on the plants till they turned brown and the seeds dried out,I ended up with around 30 nice uniform sized beans to plant next year<br />
I also harvested some onion seeds which were from the 10.5 lb onions I grew in 2011 and re planted this spring they produced loads of flower heads but not many ended up getting pollinated due to the poor summer and lack of bees I still managed a couple of hundred seeds some of which have been sent to <a href="http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dan</a> as he is going to have one final go at the 10lb club. I intend to use some of the rest for my large exhibition onions for next year,these will be sown at the end of November and grown through the winter under lights the parent plant had a great shape so hopefully the resulting onions will replicate this. more on this as i get underway<br />
Due to my leeks not producing any grass this year I have ordered 2 punnets of plants from Dave Metcalfe which i will be collecting late November or early December I will now await his call.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-48450716450646899382012-09-26T11:40:00.000-07:002012-09-26T11:41:04.754-07:00Harrogate and Leeds Its been a while since my last post due to my busy schedule. I exhibited in 3 classes on the NVS. side of the show at Harrogate these were Stump rooted carrots under 250g onions and the 3x2 collection also known as the BBC. short for bullshit bloggers challenge which was won again by <a href="http://smithyveg.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Smithyveg</a> if you have read his blog he may have mentioned his victory.I have come to the conclusion that I need to keep some of my better veg back for the challenge instead of showing it at local shows. It was close this year with only 2 1/2 points between us he was harping on about only dropping 3 points on his celery but failed to mention I only dropped 3 points on my stumps.Me and Dan came joint second but Smith decided to give me the third place medal due to my leeks having thrip damage which to be honest was a fair call.I did however manage a 3rd for my 250 g onions which is 1 better than the fourth I got last year in the same class also the second place went to Sherie Plumb so I am not far off the mark.<br />
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Dan also got 3rd for onions Smithy only managed a fourth but is claiming it beats our thirds due to it being for a collection.I had a few mishaps along the way firstly I have to own up to locking my keys in my car in the middle of staging this had a knock on effect making me mix up my carrots meaning that I staged the wrong 3 in the stump class I only realised after the show and am sure that I would have got a card but you live and learn.<br />
I did however stage the correct set at Leeds in the West Yorkshire District NVS show and got a second which I was well pleased with.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-6905679149029127972012-08-28T11:55:00.001-07:002012-08-28T14:19:29.193-07:00Local Veg ShowSaturday saw the 105th annual show in my village the entries were down on previous years which mirrored other shows this year. I managed to stage 25 entries, quite a few less than last year I managed 10 firsts 8 seconds and 5 thirds I won the Blue ribbon for best in show with my collection of 4 plus the top tray and another 4 trophies <br />
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Beans flat Dwarf<br />
collection of four veg<br />
Turnips<br />
Carrots<br />
Onions from setts<br />
Lettuce<br />
Marrow<br />
Broad beans<br />
Top Tray<br />
Blanched leek<br />
Seconds<br />
Lettuce<br />
Cauli<br />
Marrow<br />
Cabbage as grown<br />
Red Cabbage<br />
One flower and one veg<br />
Flat dwarf beans<br />
Thirds<br />
Turnips<br />
Carrots<br />
Peas<br />
Onions from setts<br />
Red Cabbage<br />
all in all not bad in a difficult season with limited time on the garden<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-53333102929150781442012-08-10T16:15:00.000-07:002012-08-10T16:15:13.121-07:00Rotten heartThings come along to try us from time to time but we just have to get on with it I have grown some of the best Celery ever this year which have now ended up with heart rot I seem to have this problem every year so this year I grew them in the tunnel to reduce the risk of slug damage which can be a factor in causing heart rot but still ended up with it<br />
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I have now lifted my Vento onions which had stopped growing and have some good specimens bang on the weight and a few have gone over<br />
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Leeks are the best I have grown sized wise with a small amount of damage from thrips even though I have used predators which has kept them clean for the last 2 years again must be the weather<br />
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for Harrogate I have some nice onions leeks and blue belle spuds with some Caulis in reserve this should be enough to beat Smiths Radishes but we will have to wait and see<br />
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Most of my onions are also lifted and I will be lifting the rest on Monday I have a few nice ones that match each other the ones left to lift had there split skins removed last week in readiness for lifting.<br />
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Parsnips are a write off again this year as they have been attacked by carrot fly which is my fault for not covering them with enviromesh I just did not have the time but rest assured I will cover them next year. <br />
oh and if you had not noticed Yorkshire have more olympic medals than Australia. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-28617953225101534572012-07-04T14:05:00.000-07:002012-07-04T14:05:06.530-07:00Belated updateApologies yet again for not posting but it is all I can do at the moment to keep things ticking over on the plot.I will only be showing in a couple of shows this year due to other commitments,mainly the restaurant.<br />
As some southerners still keep winging on about the rain, we in Yorkshire have just been getting on with things.<br />
On the veg front things are ticking away nicely<br />
Onions are now 15" circumference and a nice shape I've not even had to bring them in to my consevatory <br />
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Leeks are also looking good I am pleased because they are mostly from my own grass the collars have an internal diameter of 42 mm and most of them have filled this and are pushing it apart the length of the pipe lagging is 18" I have started using Predators as they were starting to get thrip damage. Just hope they dont go to seed like last year.<br />
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On the Celery front I have plants at 3 different stages of growth,the biggest being the ones in the photo below .I am growing these inside as an experiment and all seems to be ok I am flooding the bed every day and it seems to be working<br />
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Parsnips are doing ok i have one bed with 50 plants and only need a pair for Harrogate </div>
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Stump carrots are doing ok in both beds 100 plants in total sown in 2 stages a fortnight apart</div>
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Broccoli coming along nicely </div>
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Potatoes are now earthed up bags are full to the top I need to spray them against Blight as I keep getting warnings from Blightwatch about Smith periods high risk periods </div>
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Garlic has now been lifted and it is the best I have ever grown </div>
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The Giant sweede seeds that came from Dan have started to produce some reasonable sized ones</div>
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Sorry for not reporting sooner but I have been away working plus running the restaurant this post is for Smithy to find out how I am doing so here goes<br />
large Onions are doing better than ever hope they keep going I intend to show the best 2 on my collection at Harrogate<br />
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I managed to get a free afternoon 3 weeks ago and planted up 70 bags of spuds in peat with some powdered Vitax q4 and some seaweed meal I planted 6 variety's and they are now showing through the peat I will be topping up the bags early next week<br />
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I also tidied up my Vento which were suffering from neglect I managed a card at Harrogate last year with this variety they had been left to their own devices till last week when I managed to support them </div>
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Leeks are now in 32mm diameter collars which are 18" high they are looking good but did get a check earlier in the year so I am still thinking they may go to seed but time will tell<br />
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I have also being trying to perfect growing a giant potato using condor seed potatoes and Peter Glazebrooks method I first planted the seed potatoes in to compost then removed the shoots and planted them in pots.Today I removed the plants from the pots and removed all but one of the developing tubers.The plants were then planted in to a raised bed. Time will tell if it works<br />
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Parsnips are also doing nicely 50 plants in total all to pick from come Harrogate so should get a nice pair</div>
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Dan sent me this the things you see when you have left your gun at home lol.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-78593839563004507882012-05-01T14:52:00.001-07:002012-05-02T01:02:39.195-07:00About timeAs Smithy pointed out this morning that I have not posted for a while by asking if I was dead I have decided to post something to keep him quiet. Today was my first productive gardening day for a while I managed to get all my leeks collared up with 22mm pipe lagging 18" long this will be the finished length and all that will happen from now will be changing the diameter of the lagging as the plants grow.<br />
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I also started to draw the length of my first sowing of celery which are coming on nicely I do this by cutting the bottom of some old plant pots it works well for me Smithy even copied the method last year<br />
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Kelsae onions are also doing well in the heated tunnel they are on a par with Smithys sorry Helens as are the vento<br />
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I have been waiting and waiting for the parsnips to poke through and finally after 3 weeks the pre chitted seeds have appeared with a 70% germination at the moment<br />
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My sweet candle first sowing of 50 stations have all come through and another 50 sown a week ago have yet to show<br />
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I have also got some giant strain veg on the go seeds were donated by dan there are large swedes and carrots, I have also been experimenting with Kondor potatoes which is the world record strain.After taking advice from Peter Glazebrook on the method I have now got 4 plants on the go<br />
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And finally anyone know how Man U did against City ?</div>
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First concrete 4 foot lengths of scaffold tube in to the ground at 5 foot centres the quantity will depend on how the finished tunnel will be. These tubes should be 3 foot long above ground<br />
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Next fix scaffold planks to the outside of the poles on both sides and the back using builders Band </div>
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Next put the 50mm water or gas or gas pipe over the scaffold tubes and push down to the top of the scaffold boards to create the hoops for a 10foot wide tunnel use 19 foot lengths</div>
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The hoops need bracing on the smaller tunnels I use 2x1 timber </div>
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on the larger ones I use the same cls as the framework just screw the wood in to the pipe </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-24587902475723354232012-04-07T14:56:00.000-07:002012-04-08T01:25:23.558-07:00Core blimey Carrot time alreadyToday I managed to get a full day on the garden and cored my first stump carrot bed. As my early shows are at the end of august I needed to get this done asap. as sweet candle take 22 weeks from sowing to maturity I am actually a week late.I have changed my mix this year and am using a variation of Ian Simpsons mix the mix I decided on is<br />
2oz Dolomite Lime<br />
2oz Seaweed meal<br />
2oz Nutrimate<br />
1oz Super phosphate<br />
1 oz Sulphate of potash<br />
4 gallons sieved peat<br />
1 gallon silver sand<br />
1 gallon fine Vermiculite<br />
1 gallon sieved bagged top soil<br />
this was all mixed up in my mixer for half an hour to ensure an evenly distributed mix. 4 mixes filled 45 holes I then sowed 2 seeds per station and watered well. It is now just a case of waiting for them to germinate then thinning them down to one per station.<br />
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Vento onions that were planted in to the tunnel last week have now settled in nicely despite the snow that we had this week<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-15716864976900357372012-03-28T10:12:00.000-07:002012-03-28T10:12:31.524-07:00Parsnips method and mixSaturday saw me remove the mixer from storage and commence mixing my parsnip mix. I have decided to simplify things this year due to lack of time because of work commitments,the basis of the mix is seived irish moss peat which I obtained locally in 200 litre bales it is lovely fine stuff with no twigs or rubbish in it<br />
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Peat sieved 10 litres<br />
Silver sand 10 litres<br />
Fine vermiculite 10 litres<br />
Sieved bagged topsoil 5 litres<br />
Westland no 2 10litres<br />
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4oz review 4 or vitax q4 ground up<br />
3oz seaweed meal<br />
3oz dolomite lime<br />
2oz nutrimate<br />
another important factor is to weigh all the fertilizers accurately to avoid getting different mixes,I use a digital scale for this<br />
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Each mix is then thoroughly blended in my mixer for half an hour. This is to ensure all the fertilizers are evenly distributed giving a uniform mix to produce uniform roots once I had enough mix I started the coring and boring process. Firstly I core out a 3" hole using old plastic drain pipe I then use a ling metal bar to deepen the hole and rotate it to make the top wider,this leaves a cone shaped hole which takes 6 litres of mix to fill .I use an old measuring jug to do this and when the holes are full I place a 4" plastic ring on top which helps with watering later on .<br />
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Also a mention to my mum and dad for keeping it all weed free and all the water barrels full while I have been away I would struggle without them, below is a picture of the weed free plot.<br />
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</tbody></table>After wasting most of the day repairing the box I finally got the leeks and some of the onions planted in to their final positions the leeks now have a 12" collar which I hope to change in a couple of weeks.The tunnel has frost protection just in case the weather gets colder <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F8vsLmGtpWlkmoRHGITQ3UmmJHJPY2wr09Il66tDBu7cW_oq_74yKFOvoG-RVDlZYDIoceFECAGJJCH3oUmpixiw7eKZI1Nbukn04rlmlEBRoawz5F9bL6y96PNy0OpZQvFSdv-USNva/s1600/WP_000425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F8vsLmGtpWlkmoRHGITQ3UmmJHJPY2wr09Il66tDBu7cW_oq_74yKFOvoG-RVDlZYDIoceFECAGJJCH3oUmpixiw7eKZI1Nbukn04rlmlEBRoawz5F9bL6y96PNy0OpZQvFSdv-USNva/s320/WP_000425.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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I decided to have another try with 24 bulbs purchased from the GN. and after reading Medwyns article in aforesaid publication last week I decided to get them planted out.<br />
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My first task was to unload the van which was full of 40 litre tubs of mole hill soil 7 on total gathered from the grass verges around the north east where I have been working this week.I try to collect 250 litres a week as I need a substantial ammount to fill a new raised bed In the large tunnel,which I am hoping to use to grow show brassicas in a club root free enviroment,as the rest of the allotment is full of the desease which is nigh on impossible to eradicate.This new bed is 20foot long by 6 foot wide and 2 planks deep. I am hoping to have it filled for the end of march.<br />
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I then started sorting all the onions that are under the lights with the help of Kara we got all the Kelsae potted on and supported.The Vento were all re potted in to the same size pots,the object of this was to change the growing medium as they were in some B&Q compost that claimed to be John Innes numbr 2 it was total shite never again. They are now all in Westland and looking much better.<br />
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I have been eager to get going and sowed my first propper batch of seeds yesterday,these are mainly Brassicas for kitchen use. I did however sow a few Goldstar and cherry tomatoes,the giant sweede seeds sown last week are through already and have been potted on along with a few chillie plants.<br />
I also recieved some pot leeks from Dickie Walton on Thursday theseare Cumbrian and have now been potted up and are under the lights,There are no pot leek classes at the shows I attend but they are always a good bet in the any other veg class.<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-23499465682325588572012-02-19T10:41:00.001-08:002012-02-19T10:42:55.449-08:00GiantsI received an envelope in the post this week from my old mate <a href="http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dan</a> it contained some seeds for giant veg in particular Swedes and carrots these have now been sown and we will see what happens He also included a seed from a 170lb marrow which will be sown later on I was tickled by the note that was included in the envelope, what sprung to mind was that there is many a true word spoken in jest also the word mediocre sprung to mind.I have decided to share it with you see below.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJMp6P_NcKuECz9mpHfN3wiNlpQMBf63YhY_owSukupoS52kBOChUzsXQYna3fP2r7ozUh7FLkwvgTKaXEnjSZ-XtH5BrDB-nzMU4pBklptb9Ecn1lA96R6z3bce5IUdPtaWCpkm1eCga/s1600/WP_000384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJMp6P_NcKuECz9mpHfN3wiNlpQMBf63YhY_owSukupoS52kBOChUzsXQYna3fP2r7ozUh7FLkwvgTKaXEnjSZ-XtH5BrDB-nzMU4pBklptb9Ecn1lA96R6z3bce5IUdPtaWCpkm1eCga/s640/WP_000384.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have also got another experiment under way which started last year when I ended up with some Vento plants that did not get planted out these were uprooted and left to dry thus creating Vento setts I planted these up about a month ago and hey presto they are now sprouting both roots and green tops.If this works I will have Vento much earlier thus giving them more time to ripen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FuRVoeGn0AzkuYQKw3-_QzquQdziJX5IeDmZvrN4OuUllB7Co2q0ehPJedxE6NBRO1cUspsvLahT4tukUj4iRhx4q_xnSNkmGe-1qyIzW3hkR801kzmi0tHHP8xJ-6au5efKt4uPigWu/s1600/WP_000385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FuRVoeGn0AzkuYQKw3-_QzquQdziJX5IeDmZvrN4OuUllB7Co2q0ehPJedxE6NBRO1cUspsvLahT4tukUj4iRhx4q_xnSNkmGe-1qyIzW3hkR801kzmi0tHHP8xJ-6au5efKt4uPigWu/s400/WP_000385.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My greyhound cabbages are through these are just for table use as I prefer them for eating to the round hard varieties such as Kilaton.I do grow Kilaton for showing and also because of its club root resistance as my land is full of the disease and no easy way to get rid of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441227322992281964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399807137875696743.post-46436006047725967002012-02-15T11:49:00.000-08:002012-02-15T11:49:18.977-08:00Can't believe it - first Whitney Houston, now that bloke from Steps...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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