On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
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I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

Steve

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says...

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article , says...

Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
:

I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:53:21 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article , says...

Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
:

I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

I've no idea and neither does anyone else. The Met Office don't know
either.

Steve

--
EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com
SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com
JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:53:21 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article , says...

Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
:

I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

I've no idea and neither does anyone else. The Met Office don't know
either.

Gardeners first and last frost dates mean, the date at which you can
(roughly) anticpate frost in your area and plan accordingly.

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

Janet

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:01:51 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:53:21 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:33:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article , says...

Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
:

I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

I've no idea and neither does anyone else. The Met Office don't know
either.

Gardeners first and last frost dates mean, the date at which you can
(roughly) anticpate frost in your area and plan accordingly.

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

Janet

That's based on a year before 1930. The weather isn't the same every
year.

Steve



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JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com

In article ,
says...

In article , says...

Stephen Wolstenholme wrote in
:

I have vegetable bed that is clay soil. It hasn't been used for years.

Which vegetable can I plant in it at this time of year?

Steve


Depends how big the plot is.
I would sow some first early potatoes NOW, to harvest in Nov. or Dec.

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

Janet

Actually I live about 10 miles South of Manchester in sunny, tropical
Cheshire

and when is your first frost date? Because once it happens the
potatoes will lose all their leafy topgrowth and stop growing potatoes.

Janet

I've no idea and neither does anyone else. The Met Office don't know
either.

Gardeners first and last frost dates mean, the date at which you can
(roughly) anticpate frost in your area and plan accordingly.

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

Janet

That's based on a year before 1930. The weather isn't the same every
year.

Then in answer to your original question, I suggest now would be a
great time for you to plant bananas. Baz is the banana expert.

Janet

Janet wrote in
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Then in answer to your original question, I suggest now would be a

great time for you to plant bananas. Baz is the banana expert.

Janet



How could you possibly know that!!!???
Plantains, actually. Not in the UK, but Australia and New Zealand, years
ago as a young teenager.

So, I am not bananas, I am plantains.
You of all people ought to know that, being bananas AND a very clever person.

Baz