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I have repurposed just removed bean poles and ordered both a whistling string and some shiny tape which neighbouring plot holders have used successfully. Will try to install so it is still possible to weed.
Decided against fishing line as I think I would get tangled in it as may the birds.

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R&A
Don’t think that would be very popular with the neighbours! If we didn’t have neighbours I would be out with a real one 😉

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Jez jez
That is what I would like to do but I have no idea how to go about it?

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yes Charles welsh onions are normally propagated by division, however they don’t get very big – fine as spring onions but you would need a lot to cook with to be equivalent to one ordinary onion. Hence my thoughts about crossing a Welsh onion with a normal one to see if you could get something bigger that is still resistant to white rot. However having never crossed anything plant wise in my life I have no idea of how easy or difficult this may be.

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I got mine from eBay sent from Spain but think it is available to commercial growers in uk.

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I grow perpetual strawberries. They are not daylight dependent like most, so even if you get a late frost you will still have them cropping periodically until autumn and you don’t have a massive glut one week and then none for months.
Crop will depend on weather and age of plants but to give an indication I have 10 plants that are in their 3rd year and probably produce 2 desert bowl per month on average late June to late september

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I was given a yellow climbing courgette which is in the corner of my tunnel. It took ages to get going and has stated producing at the same time as my green ones outside, which were planted significantly later. However it is now going mad and has leaves on it that are fully 18 inches across and is producing one courgette every 2 days.

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Just a note that field planted corn may not be grown for maximum crop! It is often planted to provide cover for game birds and so the spacing in fields may be to achieve different ends!

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Hi Stringfellow Be careful of terminology! I live near the greensand ridge, which is a mineral rich sand. That may not be what you are looking for!

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Thanks Charles
May still try as I have about a dozen that have run to flower, but good to know that I should probably buy some too.

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2 of mine have really picked up in the last week and are starting to flower (whoopee), there are 2 that look as if they are about to turn a corner and 3 that still look quite sad.
Interesting to note that the best looking ones are in the middle of the tunnel on the west side, where they are presumably just a few degrees warmer than the ones nearer to the doors.

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I have to say that the ingenuity of allotment holders never ceases to amaze me. We always get blight sooner or later on the allotments (although rarely at home which is only 600 yds away).
One plot holder has made a shelter that is about 5 foot tall by 6 foot long by 2 1/2 foot wide. this has a double diagonal batten that both supports the structure and provides an opening. the whole is covered in polethene and remains shut until tomatoes get to the top. Then the front half is hinged and propped up to provide a cover at about 7 foot with effectively a pitched roof to keep the rain off but an open front.
Last year when blight struck they didn’t get it. Such a simple idea but very effective.

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I have net curtains secured oh a wire top and bottom across my doors – primarily to keep the cats out and my. Neighbours laugh at me but a quick cheap solution.

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Clearly it has effected everyone! Garden centre had no grafted ones left but tried to sell me ungrafted ones that looked worse than mine.
Leif one of my sweet peppers is sulking too but I can live without sweet pepper
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Thanks Charles . Hard to know if it is you or the weather the first time round!
Off to invest in expensive grafted plants from garden centre tomorrow to ensure I have some aubergine to eat 😊

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