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by jennyjj01
Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 678
Views: 39716

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Whatever you see fit. The seeds right on the end though , grow like billy o ! Sorry, what do you mean by "The seeds right on the end"? Do you mean the ones to the outside edge of the cluster with new ground available to them? I guess I should harvest from the middle of the patch because t...
by jennyjj01
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:34 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 678
Views: 39716

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Reporting in on the egyptian tree onions..... With some questions... Of the 10 or so that survived initial growing. there's now about 8 big chunky and well established multi bulblet plants. I gave the treetop bulbs extremely little help and it looks like 3 or so set themselves down and prospered. S...
by jennyjj01
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 678
Views: 39716

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Optimistically I chucked some protective net over. Should I have raised that off the ground a bit? Beginners question on protective netting over seeds..... should it be propped up like a gazebo/canopy or am I ok just laying it on the ground and whipping it off when the seedlings sprout through ( ca...
by jennyjj01
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:47 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 678
Views: 39716

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

We have just eaten perennials Welsh onions. Other perennials are on the way soon! Zero problems with growing. Perennial plants are the winner. Reporting in on the egyptian tree onions..... With some questions... Of the 10 or so that survived initial growing. there's now about 8 big chunky and well ...
by jennyjj01
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:08 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 678
Views: 39716

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

ONIONS Rest In Peace :D Dammit, the wind has done for me again! I had germinated a window propagator full of onion seeds and had given them a week in my poly greenhouse shed thingy and all was well. My tray of tomato seedlings were also put out there to acclimatise. And what do i find this morning? ...
by jennyjj01
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:43 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: 24hr Spot prices Live
Replies: 89
Views: 77199

Re: 24hr Spot prices Live

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by jennyjj01
Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:51 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 269
Views: 17488

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Mr A accused me of being a "doomsday prepper" the other day just because I bought 4 jars of cranberry sauce. They were cheap as it's now the season of eggs, bunnies and hot cross buns and not Christmas. They have a long shelf life but won't last that long because I love the stuff. Do you ...
by jennyjj01
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 678
Views: 39716

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Possible problems Too cold - this will encourage fungus Old seed - germinates more slowly/unevenly letting fungus take a hold. Too wet - seed drowns. tisfsue or compost should be damp not wet. Probably all of the above, especially too wet. If you try again use cooled camomile tea to water Useful to...
by jennyjj01
Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 678
Views: 39716

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Reporting my failure:- I thought I'd give you a laugh at my expense. Cress: Simplest microgreen to grow. Ideal candidate for hydroponics. Kids can do it. Pathetic and abject failure image below. Failed again. How hard can it be to grow enough cress for an egg butty? This time I used a bed of coir c...
by jennyjj01
Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:59 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Value Range foods compared
Replies: 301
Views: 14055

Re: Value Range foods compared

A quick comparison of Bolognese sauces. Candidate #3 : Cucina bolognese sauce from ALDI 65p Dolmio £1.50 : Baresa 49p : Cucina 65p It's 18 months on since I taste tested these pasta sauces and prices have lurched ahead, typically doubling. Even at Lidl. So today, a heads up...... Cucina pasta sauce...