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Winter pansies
Baz wrote:
Caullis are a bit difficult I know and I am pathetic with them. Actually they can be planted in Sept. to overwinter in a bed with some frost protection to give them an early start in spring. Have you done this before? Have you found it useful to overwinter? So far my attempts at overwintering (onions, broad beans, peas) have all been disappointing. I kind of overwintered sprouts last year, as mine decided to stay tiny, and instead of pulling them up in the spring when they should have been finished, I left them in and they are now finally getting to sensible size! I suppose effectively that is my first successful overwintering. I bought the plants on a whim to see what happens. At ?1.50 for 20 plugs it would be rude not to. It would. :-) You might not have good results because they need to be planted very firmly indeed. I mean plant them and really stand or stomp around them.(as with all brassiccas) Someone told me "firm root, firm fruit" and that has been true with cabbages and brussels sprouts, and the odd caulli I have managed to get to the kitchen. You may be right. I've seen this mentioned a few times this year. I'll try harder next year! Maybe that's why my sprouts took a year longer than they should to get going! Don't give up, keep on trying because I can see a day in the future when you might need your home grown veg! I have plenty of homegrown veg, I'm just not too good with brassicas. Or carrots. |
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Winter pansies
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:37:51 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote: On Sep 17, 9:32*am, Pam Moore wrote: On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:37:34 GMT, Baz wrote: If I can buy some, when would be the last time to plant them in UK, N.Lincs? I have trudged the web and nothing has been said as to when. Thanks Baz There were lots on sale in a town market last week, going cheap. Pam in Bristol How chick That would be "cheep"! LOL Pam in Bristol |
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Winter pansies
"Pam Moore" wrote Dave Hill wrote: Pam Moore wrote: There were lots on sale in a town market last week, going cheap. How chick That would be "cheep"! LOL Finding bargain plants was a bit of a coup. -- Sue |
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Hope this helps, happy planting
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