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Garden - My Allotment.
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awesome dawson
Mitchell Thomas
Hudd looks like that soil could do with a turning?
Superhudd
Simon Davies
Don't it once already, the soil is a bone of contention right now. What to do, not to do. Very clay soil. Tempted to do it one plot at a time, have a ton of grade 1 topsoil tossed on my drive. Then big bag it and take it to the allotment whilst taking out a good foot deep on each plot and replacing with the topsoil with a compost mixture. Or just chucking ontop a compost and turning it over... and over... and over... and over until the consistency is better.
When taking those shots I was doing the weeding and paths around the edge and they were lets say a fricken nightmare. A lot of the earth I tossed into the bed ready to be sorted, hence the large clumps. Had not weeded or broke it down when the photo was taken.
Around the edge this is what is being taken out of around an area of a foot by 4'
It seems to be coming from beyond the plot which is a bit of relief but still.
When taking those shots I was doing the weeding and paths around the edge and they were lets say a fricken nightmare. A lot of the earth I tossed into the bed ready to be sorted, hence the large clumps. Had not weeded or broke it down when the photo was taken.
Around the edge this is what is being taken out of around an area of a foot by 4'
It seems to be coming from beyond the plot which is a bit of relief but still.
Superhudd
Simon Davies
I will post some more pictures at the end of next week. More progress is being made.
Put up a cold frame/greenhouse polythene walk in which I will be planting or sowing the veg to get them going. Contains Potatoes chitting (sounds painful), and did the onion sets today, only a 100, debating to do more, fcuk it I have to.. just realised it is 50 onions, whilst the other 50 are banana challots. haha.
Will be doing the garlic tomorrow. Garlic is very easy, take a clove, poke finger in earth down to knuckle, place clove in hole, flat end down with the tip pointing to the sky, then push clove down with finger... down to knuckle not showing above ground, then fill in. Job done. Should get a whole bulb.... I said should.
Everyone should try it, go to the cupboard, see if you have garlic, take the biggest clove and do as I suggest. When time comes everyone on here compares bulbs.
Put up a cold frame/greenhouse polythene walk in which I will be planting or sowing the veg to get them going. Contains Potatoes chitting (sounds painful), and did the onion sets today, only a 100, debating to do more, fcuk it I have to.. just realised it is 50 onions, whilst the other 50 are banana challots. haha.
Will be doing the garlic tomorrow. Garlic is very easy, take a clove, poke finger in earth down to knuckle, place clove in hole, flat end down with the tip pointing to the sky, then push clove down with finger... down to knuckle not showing above ground, then fill in. Job done. Should get a whole bulb.... I said should.
Everyone should try it, go to the cupboard, see if you have garlic, take the biggest clove and do as I suggest. When time comes everyone on here compares bulbs.
Superhudd
Simon Davies
I lay on it, bit of plywood.. on my side and weed. Had one walk on it when I did the initial turn in the first week in Jan, although did stumble once and my foot sank 12" when I kept my balance when doing the paths
Picking up the water container tomorrow. Time to harvest the rain water.. Probably have a drought from tomorrow!
inkpenspur
Allan Nielsen
Try buying some asparagus roots... you'll need to put a heap of horse manure down first, they take a season to bed in, but then crop really well. I have a small raised bed that I made three four years ago, and the last two seasons I have had lovely fresh tips twice a week for five months. Makes your **** smell, but tastes cracking and really easy!
Superhudd
Simon Davies
Cheers mate..
Latest photo, things done.
Rotovated the soil
First layer of Wood Chip wit membrane down
Water storage sorted behind shed, 1000L IBC tank sits ontop of three layers of bricks and 4x4 old fence posts
Shed guttering connected to IBC tank
Manure placed at end of left hand plots for the runner beans, peas, broad beans etc
Next jobs,
Build the supports for the beans etc.
Continue to rake, in order to break down the soil more.
Add blood, fish and bone to plots and rake in.
I'll post pictures of all the seedlings I got going tommorrow.
Superhudd
Simon Davies
Didn't bother with the blog, with work, a youngster in tow and the work on the allotment, my time was somewhat limited.
Blood, Fish and bone is a natural fertilizer like Manure.
There is a rating system for Fertlizers, basically called N P K percentages
N = Nitrogen = Promotes Green growth, so would be good for like Cabbage, Brussels ets
P = Phosphates = Promotes roots strength
K = Potash = Ripening fruits like Tomatoes, strawberries
You may see things such as Tomato liquid feed, on the NPK scale look at this product. It shows a rating of 4 - 4.5 - 8. As you can see its high in Potash.
See the blood fish and bone I have and its more of a balanced feed. •Nutrient content NPK 5 - 5 - 6
Blood Fish and Bone is an organic product.
Next December I will after cropping and nothing left to harvest I will place a good 10 inches of manure on each plot. Cover with tarpaulin or weed membrane and let nature take its course... that being improve texture and feed it ready for next March/April.
Blood, Fish and bone is a natural fertilizer like Manure.
There is a rating system for Fertlizers, basically called N P K percentages
N = Nitrogen = Promotes Green growth, so would be good for like Cabbage, Brussels ets
P = Phosphates = Promotes roots strength
K = Potash = Ripening fruits like Tomatoes, strawberries
You may see things such as Tomato liquid feed, on the NPK scale look at this product. It shows a rating of 4 - 4.5 - 8. As you can see its high in Potash.
See the blood fish and bone I have and its more of a balanced feed. •Nutrient content NPK 5 - 5 - 6
Blood Fish and Bone is an organic product.
Next December I will after cropping and nothing left to harvest I will place a good 10 inches of manure on each plot. Cover with tarpaulin or weed membrane and let nature take its course... that being improve texture and feed it ready for next March/April.
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thingonaspring
Radek Cerny
i like this thread. i signed up for an allotment when i moved to finchley central. finally had the opportunity to get one, but it was just as i was separating from my wife, so i didn't take it on due to not having the time or inclination. now i can visualise everything i was planning on doing, without actually making the effort and doing it... 
Notmegov
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Great stuff, Just planted my peas out direct into the well rotted manure that sits on top of the soil. Also got the carrots and 2 types of beetroot in plus about a dozen other things in the green house and propagator.
Don't forget to not manure the bed where you will be doing root vegetables, beetroot can go in the 2nd season after manure but carrots should be left to the 3rd season.
Sorry if teaching egg sucking.
Don't forget to not manure the bed where you will be doing root vegetables, beetroot can go in the 2nd season after manure but carrots should be left to the 3rd season.
Sorry if teaching egg sucking.
Superhudd
Simon Davies
That's brlliant mate, all advice/help is welcome.
I think that its a problem more to do with urine in the rotted stuff. I came across this stuff whilst looking around. Of course the rotted stuff is great for the beans as you say.
http://www.6-x.co.uk/index.htm
I bought a couple of bags of it, because its sterilised I can use it throughout the growing summer as a feed I think.
A whole bag can cover 66 square metres.
I think that its a problem more to do with urine in the rotted stuff. I came across this stuff whilst looking around. Of course the rotted stuff is great for the beans as you say.
http://www.6-x.co.uk/index.htm
I bought a couple of bags of it, because its sterilised I can use it throughout the growing summer as a feed I think.
A whole bag can cover 66 square metres.
Superhudd
Simon Davies
Can I recommend the magazine Kitchen Garden, they have some great tips. I download it every month on a particular site (PM me) in pdf form.
Love this months advice on parsnips, using the tube method. If you ground is a little rubbish, then use a drainpipe 2-3" will do.. make hole in ground, put a little fertilizer in the bottom, fill with decent soil, compost. then put in your seedling. I think I am going to do the same for carrots. Doing this puts in decent soil to help break down the clay too.
The guy who suggested it said his whole allotment seems to have taken up this method.
Love this months advice on parsnips, using the tube method. If you ground is a little rubbish, then use a drainpipe 2-3" will do.. make hole in ground, put a little fertilizer in the bottom, fill with decent soil, compost. then put in your seedling. I think I am going to do the same for carrots. Doing this puts in decent soil to help break down the clay too.
The guy who suggested it said his whole allotment seems to have taken up this method.
