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Mrs Ava
Hectare
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March 22, 2005, 12:39:56 »
I have a cardoon on the plot, thanks to the gorgeous smiling cat, and even tho it has suffered in the cold, it now has 2 thick shoots growing. Just wondered, is there anything special I should be doing for it now....feed etc?
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oubykh
Half Acre
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March 22, 2005, 14:08:06 »
the little i know about cardoons is that they are very thirsty, but quite easy managment, relatively pest free also.
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Carrie
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Re: Cardoooooooooooon
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March 29, 2005, 23:13:11 »
I have a couple of cardoons in the garden - just ornamental never quite sure what you're supposed to do with them - but they are hardly pest free - my local snails love them when it's a bit wet - my record was 40 off one plant!! >:(
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philcooper
Hectare
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March 30, 2005, 17:07:58 »
AS they stay in the same place for some time and prodcue lots of leaves, the normal treatment for herbaceous plants is a top dressing of FYM/compost and some balanced (organic of course) fertiliser
Phil
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Mrs Ava
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March 30, 2005, 17:10:40 »
Thanks folks. I can now get my hands on some lovely well rotted horsey poop so will put a couple of shovel fulls around it. I understand it is the stems you eat. Give anything a go me! :o
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Sarah-b
Acre
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March 31, 2005, 12:21:40 »
Yes me too EJ - I've got some cardoon seeds. In fact 2 different varieties (well it was a long dark winter and those damm seed catalogues!!) - apparently I need to sown them late April.
sb
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cleo
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March 31, 2005, 13:19:37 »
A feed would do no harm. My `babies` from the split are ready to go in again -one day I will actually trying blanching the stems.
Stephan
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