I am sorry mate. I wonder what happened then, beans have been my most reliable crop.
Turns out pinot grigio is an anti-histamine. Ner'y an itch! Chin chin!
I am sorry mate. I wonder what happened then, beans have been my most reliable crop.
Turns out pinot grigio is an anti-histamine. Ner'y an itch! Chin chin!
chez poulet after yesterdays hard work
Gorgeous chickens, and they have so much room. Will you be increasing their number?
Awww... I want comedy bird chasing!GRR amost had an escapee.... Im going to need to rearrange the fencing at one end of the run
A mate of mine runs this group on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=282731713618
thought peeps here might like to join. Its aimed at grow your owners as well as smallholders
Some strawberries nearly ripe.
Just have to get to them before the birds do this time.
A shame it has to be arsebook.
IME they don't want to be particularly well watered when first planted, just warm. If you think about it, they don't have any roots, so have no way of absorbing the water pretty much until they're showing above the soil, at this stage they're almost entirely using up the energy contained within the bean rather than absorbing water and nutrients from the surrounding soil.As an experiment, this morning I sowed a replacement set of French and runner beans in well-watered fibre pots of compost in my indoor sowing cabinet.
I don't want to take any chances this time. How can I possibly have managed to kill 18 bean seeds is beyond me...
Ironically, I think I may try and find some cheap plastic pots that they will just fit in so that they don't dry out too much in the initial stages.
I've just googled and people are talking about cutting them up a bit before planting .
By all accounts the biggest problem is if you leave the rim above the ground when you plant so the moisture wicks out ...
IME they don't want to be particularly well watered when first planted, just warm. If you think about it, they don't have any roots, so have no way of absorbing the water pretty much until they're showing above the soil, at this stage they're almost entirely using up the energy contained within the bean rather than absorbing water and nutrients from the surrounding soil.
watering them too much at this stage is likely to make them rot I reckon...
A mate of mine runs this group on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=282731713618
thought peeps here might like to join. Its aimed at grow your owners as well as smallholders
As an experiment, this morning I sowed a replacement set of French and runner beans in well-watered fibre pots of compost in my indoor sowing cabinet.
I don't want to take any chances this time. How can I possibly have managed to kill 18 bean seeds is beyond me...
Ironically, I think I may try and find some cheap plastic pots that they will just fit in so that they don't dry out too much in the initial stages.
I've just googled and people are talking about cutting them up a bit before planting .
By all accounts the biggest problem is if you leave the rim above the ground when you plant so the moisture wicks out ...
I planted mine by shoving them into plastic pots of damp compost and leaving them on the windowsill. Then I planted them out at easter, have ignored them ever since and they are flowering beautifully.
You can overthink this gardening lark you know.................