[jawilliamsParticipant]

I was at Clumber Park last week and I noticed that they make their own ericaceous compost using pine cones and rhubarb leaves. Did it possible then to make a blueberry feed from rhubarb leaves? Perhaps in the same way as one would make a nettle or comfrey feed.

[jawilliamsParticipant]

I have just bought new blueberries. I was wondering if you followed the advice given and didn’t prune.

[jawilliamsParticipant]

I shall be trying to tame my gooseberry this year. It’s bearing lots of fruit already -and very tasty they are too. However the thorns are agony! Any particular pruning advice welcome.

[jawilliamsParticipant]

Thanks for that. I can see shade being an issue and will consider this when spacing. Being able to put beans next to onions, two of my favourite crops, will help with getting the most from my half plot allotment

[jawilliamsParticipant]

I am also growing a dwarf variety for the first time. I want to use mine as a dry staple for winter and would be grateful for any advise.

[jawilliamsParticipant]

If you propagate gooseberry by layering how do they take before the layered branch grows roots? How then do you move your new plant to its own growing space?

[jawilliamsParticipant]

I will need to show patience and wait before planting. I find supermarket Mooli so dry.

[jawilliamsParticipant]

Thank you for your timely advice. I’ll give the Sungold a go next year however I’ve had great success this year with Gardener’s Delight and Moneymaker. This was probably down to the great summer we’ve had.

[jawilliamsParticipant]

Thank you for your speedy reply. It’s great that someone with your great knowledge is willing to share it so freely with us novices!

[jawilliamsParticipant]

How lucky you are to have no diseases I should make the most of it. Wow to go from a small growing area to 3 acres is quite a leap. Best of luck

[jawilliamsParticipant]

Thank you for your speedy reply. I would have pull them all out in my ignorance!

[jawilliamsParticipant]

I have heard that coffee grounds deter slugs. How does this work? Is it the surface roughness or does it dry up the ‘slime’?

[jawilliamsParticipant]

My first year of being an allottmenteer has been a hard one. An extremely dry winter and early spring and then an aweful soggy summer. My potatoes ended up covered in 20 cm of water as the allotment flooded. I rescued some of my crop but the others succumbed to blight. Should I not plant potatoes this year because no matter the weather, the blight is omnipresent?

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