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  • Potatoes, which variety???  My friend has just returned from Peru and was amazed by the variety and taste of the potatoes they grow.  I intend growing earlies and main crop next year.  Which is the best flavoured potatoe anyone can reccomend?  I am more interested in flavour, rather than yield.

  • I think in the end the tomatoes in the grow bags did the best Michael. Can't remember which episode this was in, but most are still available on Iplayer.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mw1h/episodes/guide#b01r95fl

     

     

  • Hi Everyone.

    This may be a random stab in the dark but I was just wondering if I could get any help on a university project. I am looking to see if people who grow their own fruit and veg can be encouraged to donate any excess/waste produce to food banks. Any thoughts, advice, direction, ideas on this would be greatly appreciated.

    Many Thanks

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    We discussed this at the end of summer when gluts were common, but I understand that food banks will not accept fresh fruit and veg.

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    Hi folks, I hope you may be able to help 'sort out' these fruit trees which have sadly been neglected re: proper pruning for several years. My father has gardened here for over 50 years - but now it falls to me to try making sense of the overgrown trees. Unfortunately, I live over 200 miles away, so must time my visits for maximal effect. When would be the best time to prune and what are the key rules to follow?? I'm able to use various hand tools including extending pole saw/ lopper, but ladders are generally a 'nono' for me! (my fit & healthy 34yo son can assist on times, but even he is 90 minutes drive away from the mature garden in the English Midlands). Any Advice or pointers much appreciated....?

  • Sorry, my previous posting was incomplete: the trees I am wanting to prune include eating and cooking apples, damson (several), plus one pear and a youngish Victoria plum. The soil is a light sandy loam but generally has not had any 'enrichment' for an awful long time....! [The trees are still fruiting, but the damsons in particular are so tall that much of the fruit is well out of reach; so is left to fall of its own accord, such a pity that so much is going to waste.

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    David, It looks like they have had a severe cut back in a previous year. That has resulted in a lot of shoots. I would reduce all the new shoots back by two thirds and hope for formation of flower buds next summer. take out any crossing branches.

     You will get more replies if you start a new thread.

  • Thanks, FidgetB, I appreciate your pointers - fair comment about my starting a new thread rather than 'embedded' where it is!

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    Prune plums in summer to avoid silver leaf disease. The apples can be pruned  between now and march.

    http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=90

     

  • Wanted to say hello as a new poster on this site. I have a smallish garden but am lucky enough to have an allotment two minutes walking distance away. We first acquired the allotment in February this year so there's still lots of digging left to do for next year. I'm hoping for lots of advice from this forum.

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