Lesley Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 I'm still waiting for the strawbewrries as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Lesley, they are going to be the most expensive peas ever grown as when the snow etc was forecast I went out and bought a solid PVC cloche to put over them....It does have the added bonus of keeping chickens and pigeons off them, but even so they had better taste good I haven't put the broad beans out now having been a bit hasty with the peas. I am going to let them harden off some more in the cold frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 The cloche sounds solid enough to do you years of service so hopefully it will earn it's keep! They will taste good - guaranteed!! Ollie eats them straight off the plant as if they were sweets!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 That was my logic Kate...it will last for ages. I have order these little balls from lakeland to build a frame with bamboo canes to support wondermesh netting over the entire bed. the netting is so fine that even carrot root flies can't get through...or so they say....time will tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliviaDavies Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 My LSH (finally got the hang of these abbreviations!) has planted a whole row of box trees/plants today - had huge trouble keeping chickens away! I had to put them back in the run they were being SO naughty!!! Also, have taken delivery of another pug (called Doug the Pug) today (looking after it for poorly relative) so we are at bursting point with animals at the moment (THREE PUGS, 1 chihuahua, 1 budgie, two goldfish, two chickens) - HELP!!!! Olivia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Helen I saw the ball things in Lakeland they look really good....... Olivia it sounds like animal rescue at your house I like the name Doug the Pug .............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Helen - all our veg work out expensive for the same reasons! Our peas are under a pvc cloche as well. I've never cooked peas - we always sit and eat them in the garden. I am growing more though this year in the hope we can freeze some for winter. The Broad Beans have a piece of grubby fleece over them since the weather forecast said we were all going to get hail I took the fleece off the chard which is only being kept to feed chickens and is past its best. We have to keep chard covered because we have a huge flock of sparrows who just decimate it given half a chance - beautiful colours and we have to cover it BTO and RSPB keep saying sparrow numbers are down - they must all be hiding in our garden The Sparrowhawk is happy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenni Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 i'm so jealous!! i've always wanted a pug! i'd call him captain pugwash i'm planning on getting one as soon as i move out! jenni .x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Doug the pug Terrific name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Great names!! I'm so cross this morning. I transplanted 6 Gardeners Delight and 6 Tumbling Tom tomato seedlings into individual cells in the greenhouse yesterday and a slug has come and eaten 4 of them !! Typical! I threw the other seedlings that had germinated into a bucket waiting to go on the compost heap so they are all muddled up but I managed to retrieve replacements - which variety is which I don't know so it might end up interesting!! Slugs - where's a slug eating chicken when you need one !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Well that's two of us with a tomato problem then Kate. Carl moved ours into a different propagator and only saw one label - there were two We'll both be playing wait and see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Hi this is for all the slug haters. I was on a website looking for a blanketweed cure for ponds and I found a product called a slug ring you put your pot on it and if the slug crawls on it the ring kills it because it contains copper? Not sure how it works but the company is called Thompson and Morgan web address is http://www.thompson-morgan.com unfortunately it is not an easy web site I didn't find what I was looking for but I thought I would pass this along. If anyone goes and finds Pond Wizard can you let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Thanks for that Louise. I'd heard that slugs couldn't stand copper but haven't got any of the products. I believe there's some sort of chemical reaction between the copper and the slug which gives the slug a kind of electric shock and makes them move away!! I'm probably in the realms of fantasy (again) so I'll go now............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 For anyone interested in perennials and shrubs - perhaps to replace the ones uprooted by chickens , take a look at this site which my daughter uses. www.50for15.co.uk You can get 50 perennials for £15 and 12 shrubs for £15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I got my free Anya spuds today, they're sitting in the out house "Chitting"as I type. I haven't grown spuds since I was a nipper so I'm really excited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Ooo just send the website you mentioned Lesley, South Milford is just up the road form me and I never new they were there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen1 Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 Do slugs just go for tiny tomato plant seedlings, or do they still eat them when they're bigger? I've got mine in my greenhouse, and they're about 4 inches high. Do I need to put some kind of slug protection around them even though they're up on a shelf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Thanks Lesley it looks a good site, but I nearly jumped out of my skin when I clicked on Rhubarb I had the volume up very high............That buzzing drove me mad the sound is now on mute........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketty Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Karen 1 that's a good question. I've got seedlings coming through too. I have one of those little 3-tier greenhouses (plastic cover) They're growing really well, but will the slugs get them??? Anyone know? I'm very new to gardening. This is the first year I've planted seeds. Various herbs, and flowers. Hope they last a while before the chickens see to them. I'm a little concerned after reading so many related posts!! ha ha. I am planning on planting them in pots rather than the ground. Is this idea going to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I have a 3 tier greenhouse with the plastic cover too. My further on tomato seedlings haven't been touched (touch wood!) - they are about 4" tall but my little baby ones which have been out of the propagator for a whole week were munched off at soil level ! The slugs can slither up the greenhouse staging and up the sides of pots just as easily as they would over the ground so beware! The same goes for sweet peas, peas etc that are hardening off. We've lost a few sweet peas already to hungry slugs and snails . I chalk it down to experience and just sow a few more the next year now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketty Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Bloody slugs. What a pest. Ok, may have to put down some slug pellets. Not sure I want to do this though just incase one of my girls eats them!!!! Do you know if a) pellets can kill our hens and b) if it affects the tomatoes itself if sprinkled in the pot? I'm just not sure it's worth the risk? I'm off home now. Have a good night, and look forward to posting tomorrow. (I'm so addicted!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 There are alternatives to slug pellets if you'd rather not take the risk, Kerry. Crushed egg shells in the pots is one, dried coffee grounds, sharp sand - things like that keep slugs off as they stick to their horrible sticky bodies and they don't like it one bit! If you're worried, it's better to go for something safe as a deterrent rather than something potentially dangerous to your good garden wildlife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Snails and slugs will "slither" up walls, greenhouses etc, and will manage to get into anyting, even hanging baskets if their edges touch the wall . I have used pellets in the past (before Chooks) and used them very sparingly .. they do not have adverse effects on the plants, so long as they are applied to the surface of the soil. HOWEVER .... I would echo the sentiments of the great 1940's housewife and try to find a more eco-freindly bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Thanks Lesley it looks a good site, but I nearly jumped out of my skin when I clicked on Rhubarb I had the volume up very high............That buzzing drove me mad the sound is now on mute........... I didn't realise there was any sound, sorry! Sound doesn't work on my PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Snails ate everything in my plastic greenhouse last year I couldn't work it out there were no signs of them, then when I picked up the seed trays and pots they were all stuck to the bottom just waiting to munch my plants..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
