'growing your own veggies' (year 2) - Page 2

flashy · 01-02-2009, 18:17

clever arse

now can someone please help me out with my original question?

pipinfort · 01-02-2009, 18:18

pps ........if any accywebbers have any olive tree advice i`d be grateful..

pipinfort · 01-02-2009, 18:20

I`ve broken my garlic bulbs down into cloves and put them in a cool, light area in a tray with my onion sets so when the weather improves and the soil gets warmer i`ll just pop them in the ground and off we go....nowt to it.....

Neil · 01-02-2009, 18:22

Why don't you plant in the ground Shaz instead of the tubs?

flashy · 01-02-2009, 18:26

Neil, i'm lazy and can't be bothered digging up that crappy stuff they call soil, plus i can move the tubs about depending on where the sun is

if they've been in the sun too long, i can move them to the shade for a while (dont want them getting sunburnt)

Pipples, do i have to have some sort of green shoot on the garlic before i can plant it?

pipinfort · 01-02-2009, 18:29

Nope...straight in and the shoots will appear, the ones i planted in november are firing up, even in this cold weather............they are roughly the size of spring onions at the moment

flashy · 01-02-2009, 18:31

so, i break a whole bulb of garlic up, and just plant it? just like that? no peeling or owt?

pipinfort · 01-02-2009, 18:32

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Originally Posted by flashy

so, i break a whole bulb of garlic up, and just plant it? just like that? no peeling or owt?

Thats exactly right.................

pipinfort · 01-02-2009, 18:33

Pointy bit up and a couple of inches down and give `em a bit of room...........oh and by the way is it just shop bought or seed garlic.?

flashy · 01-02-2009, 18:46

shop bought

Retlaw · 01-02-2009, 18:49

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Originally Posted by flashy

clever arse

now can someone please help me out with my original question?

I've already told you, even in tubs outside its still too cold, you can start things inside in pots, to transplant when it comes warmer. Tubs are ok and so are the plastic bags you get builders sand in, but its still too cold, just be patient. Wait till your chest gets better.

Guess who popped out of hiding.

flashy · 01-02-2009, 18:52

WALTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

i grew EVERYTHING in the tubs last year without any trouble at all, planted the spuds in tubs in February last year and they where perfect by July

now shut up about that bloody chest freezer

its gone and your not having it lol

pipinfort · 01-02-2009, 18:53

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Originally Posted by flashy

shop bought

Just asking as the seed garlic is just a bit better for being pest resistant, my shop bought has done ok , The range had seed garlic for £1.99 for 2 bulbs and i think they had a couple of different varieties

flashy · 01-02-2009, 18:55

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Originally Posted by pipinfort

Just asking as the seed garlic is just a bit better for being pest resistant, my shop bought has done ok , The range had seed garlic for £1.99 for 2 bulbs and i think they had a couple of different varieties

ahhh, might pop down to the range this week then, its literally a 5 minute walk from my house, i'd never have thought about buying veggie stuff from there (says her who buys her compost from the range and comes home with a free trolley in the car)

david1 · 01-02-2009, 18:55

read this flashy ; how to grow garlic

growing garlic