"Bertie Doe" wrote in message
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Thanks again all. I spoke with a few folk on the
allotments today and someone remembered the Beeb
doing something on CP's.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basic...lanting1.shtml

Yes Sacha, it's garlic for roses, leeks with carrots
and nastutiums with cabbage - well worth a look.

Bertie

This is interesting - the BBC site mentions "Asparagus
prevents microscopic nematodes from attacking the roots
of tomatoes"

a). I thought nematodes were good friends who dine on
slugs - same nematodes?
b). The bbc Asparagus link, refers to growing them in
raised beds or borders, no mention of greenhouses? Can
they be grown in g/houses with toms?
c). 4 and 5 years ago, I planted toms in growbags. I've
stopped using them nowadays, partly because of their
use of peat, but also on cost grounds. Sadly the crop
over the last 3 years, from toms planted directly into
the g/h soil, have been much less than the g.bags. I
wonder if this is due to nematode attack, which maybe
naturally present in the soil floor? Is a root attack
fairly obvious? If yes I'll study them a bit more
closely come December. TIA.

Bertie
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