Growing Fruit & Veg
14 Cordon Tomatoes Trained up Haxnicks String on a Greenhouse Ridge
Fourteen cordon tomatoes trained up Haxnicks jute lines along one greenhouse ridge create a...
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Blight Resistance from Sarpo Mira Potatoes vs Maris Piper across a Wet August
Late blight can turn a Maris Piper crop into blackened stems in 10 to 14 days once August...
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18 Raspberry Canes of Autumn Bliss Tied to a Post-and-Wire Fruit Support
A row of 18 autumn-fruiting raspberry canes can sit on a simple two-post frame with three...
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Comfrey Bocking 14 Tea Brewed in a Water Butt for a 12-Plant Tomato Feed
Comfrey Bocking 14 leaves steeped in a water butt produce a potassium-rich liquid feed that...
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Espalier a Conference Pear on Quince A Rootstock into a 4-Tier Frame Against a Fence
A four-tier horizontal espalier needs about 1.8m of vertical fence and wires spaced 40cm apart,...
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40 Garlic Bulbs from Solent Wight Planted Through a Mypex Weed Membrane
Forty Solent Wight cloves were planted through black Mypex weed membrane at 15 cm spacing in the...
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Whitefly on Aubergine Moneymaker Cleared with Encarsia Formosa Cards Under Glass
One Encarsia formosa card carries about 60 to 100 parasitised scales, enough to start control in...
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24 Cloves of Elephant Garlic Planted Under Fleece Through a Winter Frost Spell
Twenty-four elephant garlic cloves went in 5cm deep at 20cm spacing, then under 30gsm...
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Split a Rhubarb Victoria Crown into 4 Sections with a Spear and Jackson Border Spade
A three-year-old Victoria crown can be split into four workable sections when each piece keeps at...
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