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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: mark45 on October 12, 2008, 17:28:49

Title: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: mark45 on October 12, 2008, 17:28:49
hi all if you remember i got my plopt late this year so didnt have much of it, as you know i new to all this, i have now put in for the winter some winter onoins and garlic as advised from you guys on here, so what else can i put in guys i got lots of room  on the plot at the moment so please advise away lol
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: manicscousers on October 12, 2008, 17:40:28
have you got a fruit patch, or strawberries in, they can all go in now  :)
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: mark45 on October 12, 2008, 17:49:06
yeah i got some strawberry palnts in the greenhouse all ready to go  so i can put them in now yeah ?
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: manicscousers on October 12, 2008, 18:04:50
we'll be finishing our strawberry bed off this week 
we've just planted some raspberry canes, too  :)
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: davyc on October 12, 2008, 18:12:14
// :) we made our bed last mth
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: mark45 on October 12, 2008, 18:16:29
wow i thought i have to leave them till spring thanks guys will be down the plot tomorrow putting them in lol
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: flossy on October 12, 2008, 18:59:18
  Hi mark45,

  I've just put in some broad bean seeds , and sown some winter spinach - have a look
   through the racks of seed packets and see what is for autumn sowing,  also , bit of advice
   - if you have cleared ground that you are not going to use until Spring,  then cover with
    permiable membrane [ lets the rain in ] or plastic ground cover, cardboard  - all sorts of
    reasons why you need to keep the weeds at bay. !

    You could hunt for some spring green plants,  in most garden centers - but you may be a bit late for
     them , also look for some green compost seeds  --  you sow these now then dig them back into the
     ground when mature.

     Have fun and good luck,

      floss x

   
   
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: KathrynH on October 12, 2008, 22:01:59
If you have gt some space that you won't be using over the winter sow some Hungarian Grazing Rye (grass) and then dig it in next spring. It's really good compost for the soil and cheaper than buying bags of it.
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: mark45 on October 14, 2008, 19:26:33
thanks guys i makeing notes of all this and yeah its fun lol
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: mark45 on October 16, 2008, 20:58:03
right guys up to now i put in winter onios,broad beans.garlic.strawberrys,wont do spinach as no one eat it in my house lol.so what else can i put in ?
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: telboy on October 16, 2008, 22:01:00
I think that you have done well!
I can't think of any plants at this time of year (depending where you live of course).
As for me, I've dropped a big self seeded ashtree on the allotment site, with permission, as it was a weed (female) which will give me fuel for 2 years. I've been offered as much rotted horse manure as I can collect, which I have started today. Blowing a trumpet I know, but I am one happy tired bunny.
Keep up with the good work Mark!
Title: Re: lol i new so please help lol
Post by: mark45 on October 17, 2008, 10:58:25
cheers mate. i live in selby North yorkshire uk, most of the guys on my site are growing the same as me for the winter, just wonderd if there is anything else i could put in. i love getting over there lol.