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Romanesco brocolli

Yesterday at 17:11:33 by plotstoeat
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Has anyone grown this successfully from seed? Is it best started in modules and then transplanted?

It's that time of year again

Yesterday at 14:20:55 by small
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I've had a wonderful asparagus crop this year, been picking since early April, and today, lo and behold there are the beastly asparagus beetles, I must have squished 50 or more. So the twice daily patrols will start....

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Home brew fertiliser

May 18, 2019, 22:33:42 by Tee Gee
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Was browsing for something else and found this ;

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0eiq_HXWs8M

New one on me might give it a go

These tips were on the same page;

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yNLrPb4100Y

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Net Gooseberry Standard

May 15, 2019, 19:01:04 by davholla | Views: 178 | Comments: 6

I have a Gooseberry Standard on my patio and last year it gave plenty of fruit to the pigeons.
It looks a bit like the ones in this article.
https://herbidacious.calamus.graphics/2010/05/11/standard-gooseberries/

How do I net it? Can I just drape the net over it and tie it at the base? Would this damage it? Any better ideas?

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