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flossy

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Re: It's an uneven battle.
« Reply #20 on: July 06, 2009, 19:08:45 »


   My Piccollo are nearly as big as my plums,    Piccollo plants --  not !

   Lots of flowers but the were a bit lanky when planted, don't '  bud out ', just

   want fruit !

    floss xxx
Hertfordshire,   south east England

tonybloke

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Re: It's an uneven battle.
« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2009, 15:59:07 »
i got my gardeners delight up to 16 ft last year, by growing them on strings, and laying them down around the greenhouse, like the commercial folks do!! ;)
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Re: It's an uneven battle.
« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2009, 17:01:42 »
i got my gardeners delight up to 16 ft last year, by growing them on strings, and laying them down around the greenhouse, like the commercial folks do!! ;)
I'm interested to hear that, thought about trying it but never been quite brave enough. What was your feeding regime?

tim

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Re: It's an uneven battle.
« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2009, 17:13:18 »
Did they all ripen?

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Re: It's an uneven battle.
« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2009, 20:18:54 »
yes tim, they all ripened, was harvesting 'til late november.
feeding regime was weekly with comfrey juice, mulched with comfrey.
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Re: It's an uneven battle.
« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2009, 06:10:04 »
Clever clogs!!

 

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