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Tilth trouble
How do you get a fine tilth?
I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. -- Chris |
Tilth trouble
On Mar 15, 12:38*pm, Chris ] wrote:
How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. -- Chris Pop down to Lidl and buy one of their cheap electric cultivators - it works for me. |
Tilth trouble
"moghouse" wrote in message ... On Mar 15, 12:38 pm, Chris ] wrote: How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. -- Chris Pop down to Lidl and buy one of their cheap electric cultivators - it works for me. The day after a heavy downpour while the soil is beginning to drain nicely, I find that it breaks down quite well. Bob Flowerdew would tell you not to dig and then you don't get clods. |
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Chris wrote:
How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. If you cannot get a fine tilth make a vee channel about 1-1.5 deep,fill it with seed compost and plant the seeds in that..Always works for me.. -- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Using Jaunty Ubuntu Linux |
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On Mar 15, 1:38*pm, Chris ] wrote:
How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. -- Chris Wha's a "clod" |
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from aquachimp contains these words: On Mar 15, 1:38*pm, Chris ] wrote: How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. -- Chris Wha's a "clod" If tha doon't kna, 'appen tha is? -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk |
Tilth trouble
"Chris" wrote .. How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. A fine tilth, what's that then? I garden on clay/silt and only managed to get my last allotment to a tilth of any sort just as we all got moved off. Present plot is just as bad so what I do with Parsnips is ... Push a strong stick into the ground, wiggle it around to make a deep conical hole, fill hole with old fine potting compost, plant 3 seeds on top and just cover, only leave one seed to grow if more than one germinate. Carrots, I plant in a square so I can fence against fly and, after sowing, I cover the seed with old potting compost. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Rusty_Hinge wrote:
The message from aquachimp contains these words: On Mar 15, 1:38 pm, Chris ] wrote: How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. -- Chris Wha's a "clod" If tha doon't kna, 'appen tha is? LOL! |
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On Mar 15, 6:03*pm, Rusty_Hinge
wrote: The message from aquachimp contains these words: On Mar 15, 1:38*pm, Chris ] wrote: How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. -- Chris Wha's a "clod" If tha doon't kna, 'appen tha is? -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Koud I have that e-ninglish plees |
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On Mar 20, 10:58*pm, Bigal wrote:
aquachimp;833712 Wrote: On Mar 15, 6:03*pm, Rusty_Hinge wrote:- The message from aquachimp contains these words: - On Mar 15, 1:38*pm, Chris ] wrote:- How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. -- Chris- Wha's a "clod"- If tha doon't kna, 'appen tha is? -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk- Koud I have that e-ninglish plees My father - God rest his soul - had an old border fork with the tines bent at rightangles half way along their length. Such tools exist. I don't know what they're called. I just tried doing a search to find you a photo of one, but all I managed to find is what looks like an adjustable bow saw (which I've been looking for, but on the abbey tools site they call it a combination saw) (least, I hope it turns out to be what I'm looking for) I have the fork . Well, a smaller version of the normal one which is great for fishing out stuff from ditches and I use it as you describe. I'll fish it out over the weekend and take a photo to show you. Unless someone beats me to it and posts a link to such an tool. * To prepare a seed bed he would walk along the line of it lightly 'hoing' the soil with the fork to about 2 - 3 inches deep. * As he walked forward he trod on the area he had just loosened. Perfect. Works too for when preparing to lay a lawn too. * He then raked this surface and ended up with a beautiful tilth. * It worked on clay as well. * I have wondered if a rake would do the same job, but I think that the fork being heavier would penetrate the soil just a little bit deeper. A stone rack does the same job. Your dad's fork just adds a dimension, whilst loosing another in terms of lawn preparation Bigal -- Bigal |
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from aquachimp contains these words: My father - God rest his soul - had an old border fork with the tines bent at rightangles half way along their length. Such tools exist. I don't know what they're called. I just tried doing a search to find you a photo of one, but all I managed to find is what looks like an adjustable bow saw (which I've been looking for, but on the abbey tools site they call it a combination saw) (least, I hope it turns out to be what I'm looking for) The word 'grape' springs to mind. -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk |
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On Mar 21, 12:04*pm, Martin wrote:
The word 'grape' springs to mind. grapes of wath? Nah! Grape appeal. |
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On Mar 21, 1:04*pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:03:01 GMT, Rusty_Hinge wrote: The message from aquachimp contains these words: My father - God rest his soul - had an old border fork with the tines bent at rightangles half way along their length. Such tools exist. I don't know what they're called. I just tried doing a search to find you a photo of one, but all I managed to find is what looks like an adjustable bow saw (which I've been looking for, but on the abbey tools site they call it a combination saw) (least, I hope it turns out to be what I'm looking for) The word 'grape' springs to mind. grapes of wath? -- Martin wine? |
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On Mar 21, 9:22*am, aquachimp
wrote: On Mar 20, 10:58*pm, Bigal wrote: aquachimp;833712 Wrote: On Mar 15, 6:03*pm, Rusty_Hinge wrote:- The message from aquachimp contains these words: - On Mar 15, 1:38*pm, Chris ] wrote:- How do you get a fine tilth? I'm having trouble! Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below. Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots. -- Chris- Wha's a "clod"- If tha doon't kna, 'appen tha is? -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk- Koud I have that e-ninglish plees My father - God rest his soul - had an old border fork with the tines bent at rightangles half way along their length. Such tools exist. I don't know what they're called. I just tried doing a search to find you a photo of one, but all I managed to find is what looks like an adjustable bow saw (which I've been looking for, but on the abbey tools site they call it a combination saw) (least, I hope it turns out to be what I'm looking for) I have the fork . Well, a smaller version of the normal one which is great for fishing out stuff from ditches and I use it as you describe. I'll fish it out over the weekend and take a photo to show you. Unless someone beats me to it and posts a link to such an tool. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=9hoxnr&s=5 http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2qd26w6&s=5 * To prepare a seed bed he would walk along the line of it lightly 'hoing' the soil with the fork to about 2 - 3 inches deep. * As he walked forward he trod on the area he had just loosened. Perfect. Works too for when preparing to lay a lawn too. * He then raked this surface and ended up with a beautiful tilth. * It worked on clay as well. * I have wondered if a rake would do the same job, but I think that the fork being heavier would penetrate the soil just a little bit deeper. A stone rack does the same job. Your dad's fork just adds a dimension, whilst loosing another in terms of lawn preparation Bigal -- Bigal |
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