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Ok I finally have an allotment well 1/2 an acre, the soil is excellent so any advice on what I can get in next weekend??
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You could plant some second cropping potatoes. broad beans are also a personal favorate although the manager of my test grounds will not allow
them to be grown as he reckons their to much work,
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Thanks!
I can also put in turnips and spring cabbages I think, and even a few salads under cloches later on, I can't wait.Wife, mother, reader, writer, digger so much to do so little time to do it! Follow me on Twitter @digdigdiggingComment
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Elmo, you can start preparing the ground for your autumn garlic and onions. These stay in the ground until about next July and are frost hardy.
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Onions?
Hi Bramble - Ive just ordered some garlic from a place on the IOW advertised in GYO. What type of onions do you reccommend? Thanks dexterdog
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Hi Dexter, I grew Radar & Electric last year & they were OK I think I lost about 6 out of 100 or there abouts.
Radar are a normal coloured one & Electric are Red. I certainly going to grow them again.ntg
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A bit boring but I have now grown Solent Wight for two years running from the Garlic Farm and they have grown really well. Have kept back two heads to try autumn planting - not done that yet.
GF's advert back in the Spring was that their garlic grew from the south of England to Orkney. I soon put them right about that
and they were dead chuffed!
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Hi Nick and Jennie many thanks for the advice - will do! dexterdog
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I grow the Japaneese to overwinter and got a really good crop of fine big onions.
And when your back stops aching,
And your hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.
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Hi, I was thinking of growing elephant garlic, I saw it in the Dobies catalogue that fell out of GYO last month. I don`t use a lot of garlic so wasn`t going to bother growing any, but then saw the elephant and it said it can be used as a roasted vegetable and that appealed to my taste-buds!!! So was wondering if anyone has grown it, any advice and most important does it taste good???!!!!
Thanks
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I was thinking about trying it to the garlic farm on the IOW have got a collection with 6 different varieties for £19.50 with elephant being one of them so I thought I might give that a go. It will be good fun just to see how big they do get
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