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Comment by Richard Partridge on Friday

I spray all my fruit  trees and budding veggies with a very weak mixture of "jeyes Disinfectant" and water, it seems to do the trick for me.

Comment by Liz Bewell on Thursday

Hi All,

Those horrid aphids are back and on my Broad Beans. In the past I `ve used washing up liquid and water solution in a sparay bottle which has worked but this year I had a bottle of Savon Noir in my house cleaning cupboard. I remember reading that this can be used int he garden did some research and found that it could, diluted with water and sprayed onto the aphids. Has anyone else used Savon Noir? And what did you think about it, what did you use it on and did it help? 

As we have sold have of the garden, long story but a good one, I have moved one of the compost bins and put the contents on the garden!  I emptied a good bucket full int he space where 2 tomato plants are now growing, all good stuff!

HAppy gardening everyone!

Comment by Richard Partridge on April 18, 2012 at 12:54

To Shelia,

If you go to Leclercs  or a Garden centre look for packets in the seed dept with "GAZON" printd on them, that is grass seed and  usually somewhere near that you find a Blue( in colour) plastic bag with " Engraiz Gazon" written on it, this is a prilled type fertilser used for establishing grass seed, its a good mixture to use on all plants, but use spareingly, I would suggest  a table spoon full roughly once a month to six weeks and water it in. Remember though , once summer is over to seal the bag otherwise if the damp gets in it will go hard

Facilitator Comment by Sheila Walshe-Blackmore on April 18, 2012 at 12:17

Thanks Richard.  Very good advice.  What product would you use to feed and can I use it on both flowers and tomatoes?

Comment by Richard Partridge on April 18, 2012 at 12:11

to Simon O'cora,

My allotment is totally organic, and I have never had a problem with soil bourne diseases.

All I do is plant my seeds etc in furrows approx  18" to 2' apart, (enough t get a small rotovator down the "walkways", the following year I plant the seeds where the walkways were, hope your'e following this.

The third year instead of planting from ,lets say, north to south, I plant from 'east to west", follow the same proceedure as before and just keeep going that way.

I would certainly rationalise on what you are planting though, as some herbs are very invasive,certain  veggies can be shy to grow if they have strong competition from other things .

My advice would be, grow flowers in a flower bed seperate from veggies, and isolate a little of your allotment in order to grow Bush fruits, i,e, raspberries.

Comment by Richard Partridge on April 18, 2012 at 11:56

Try looking on the bag for N.P.K, (Nitrogen --phosphate and potash) that tells you the percentages, (for example --- Phosphote 0:7%) , you DON'T need a high Nitrogen content one as that encourages growth and not substance. The NPK information is usually in small print so you have to look for it..Or look for "Fumier de Cheval"  (processed horse manure) ,

Go to a garden centre if you have one near you, they usually have these "Tomato growing pots) you can buy and then just fill it  with the horse  whatsit, plant the tomato plant of your  choice and away you go.

Most people like to have a hanging plant in a window box so I would suggest either a couple of  rock growing plants that spread quite quickly, trouble is they don't stay long in flower, or, i would think a hanging geranium plant, these are plentiful in your garden centres and they last a very long time, and don't need bountiful sunshine, just remeber to "feed and water them.

Facilitator Comment by Sheila Walshe-Blackmore on April 18, 2012 at 11:21

Hi all.  Looking for a bit of advice.  We have no garden, but have a roof terrace, and 4 windowsills which would accommodate a windowbox each.  Only two of the windowsills get any sun.  I would like to plant up the windowboxes, and would also like to try growing basil and tomatoes on the roof terrace, which has one corner which gets sun most of the day.  I went to the local Brico, thinking I would just wander out to the garden section and pick up some potting compost and a grow-bag, but was met with a bewildering display of bags.  What should I be looking for?  Any advice appreciated.  Thanks.

Comment by Andy McNee on March 26, 2012 at 21:19

Simon, the organic gardening wisdom is to rotate your veg crops. The easiest thing would be to split your plot into four, three for rotating your crops and the fourth for your fruit trees flowers and herbs. Put paths between them to avoid walking on the soil.

http://www.allotment.org.uk/vegetable/crop-rotation/three-part-crop...

Comment by Simon O'Corra on March 26, 2012 at 20:08

I have a new plot ready for vegetables, herbs flowers and fruit bushes, is it possible to have them all in one plt 6 x 6 metres

Comment by Patricia Anne HARVEY on March 16, 2012 at 17:35

Just to say that 'small live xmas trees' have a habit of growing very tall hence our inherited tree in our garden now standing at around 25-30' high and with a very wide girth!!  French neighbours tell us that a previous owner planted it following one Christmas and it never stopped growing!!  Now looking very scrawny and brown in the middle so we are looking to fell it this spring (with expert help I have to add).  I've also just lost 2 miniature conifers although 2 have survived brought (out from the UK two years ago) so I don't know why they survived last winter but not this one?  

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