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Hi Charles

I find the Forum very interesting and supportive. It is nice to think you are not along with gardening problems. I will not use Facebook due to its bad reputation for nasty posts .

I do so hope you can keep the forum going.

Best wishes from the Cotswolds.
Jacqui

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Charles
Thank you for your reply.
I have just found your video which was very interesting and answered my question.

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Hi I think the seedlings have run out of nutrients in the compost. If they have a good root system I would be inclined to plant them out. Dip a hole and pop the whole individual module of seedlings into the hole.
They will grow all together just fine. Maybe give them a boost with diluted seaweed feed.
They only grow to pencil size if you sow direct into the soil and transplant them into deep holes back filled with water. The traditional way.

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Hi HeatherWayles
I follow Charles advice about when to sow seeds etc .
I also use GrowVeg garden planner to help work out how many of any particular vegetable I can grow in the space. https://www.growveg.co.uk/gardenplanner/gardenplanner.html#
You draw out the dimensions of your vegetable garden. You then drag and drop particular vegetables onto the design and stretch the shape depending on how much space you want to use to grow that vegetable. The software then tells you how many plants that would be.
You can edit the spacing if you want to and it gives an idea of harvest dates etc.
There is a small cost to subscribe but I find it very useful.
It also gives you a way of recording notes and printing out for future reference.
I always sow a few extra so I can choose the strongest seedlings. So say I want 2 courgette plants I might sow 4 seeds.If they are all strong then I give spares away to friends who may not have a greenhouse.
Hope that helps

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Thanks Cleansweep for the advice

I have a 2 very large pots and so am planning to fill them with good compost and grow carrots in one and parsnips in the other this year just to prove to myself that they are forking due to stones in the soil in the beds.
Now I have switched to no dig, hopefully over the years the stones in the soil should be buried under layers of garden compost/manures.
However I am worried that the level of soil in the deep beds will increase year on year and will become higher that the sides?
The trees in the neighbour’s garden have now been cut back since this photo which should let more light and rain onto my vegetable garden.

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What sort of mesh do you use?
Would it also act a shading?

I have delayed planting out purple sprouting and kale due to the heat and lack of water.
They are in modules growing in a cold frame covered with green shading mesh at present where I can water them easily.
Thanks for all your advice.

Jacqui from Gloucestershire

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Here in Gloucestershire it has not rained for weeks and the water butts are bone dry.
I sowed cabbage , kale and broccoli on 24th June and have just pricked on. I normally sow in the greenhouse but that is like an oven at present even with all windows and doors open and shading painted on. So I decided to sow in seed trays in a cold frame which I have covered with Greenhouse shading mesh which should also keep the cabbage white butterflies out. So far so good but also the cold frame has been moved to the side of the house which gets less sun. So here’s hoping.

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second picture.
Thank you for any advice .

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My Purple Sprouting broccoli also has tiny flowering sprouts. I thought it was just me doing something wrong.
I have netting on mine as otherwise the Pigeons eat all the brasiccas.
It is interesting to hear how other gardeners are doing.
The first snow nearly broke the netting due to the weight.

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