pumpkins

[snakeshack]

tuesday nights frost took out my corn and courgettes in the blowaway,destroyed my tomatos and peppers under water cooler bottles blackened half my spuds under two layers of 30b fleece and dropped all my cucumbers in the snakeshack in my back garden
My two pumpkins were under a cold frame and a very old plastic cloche planted out and look bigger and better than ever before....go figure!

[Kayleigh-M]

I put one of mine out 3 days ago and so far so good.

[Llamas]

The best sucess I've had thus far is a corgette under a big ol' milking glass, like the ones from a dairy. I direct sowed under this and popped a parsnip in the small opening at the top. A few weeks later and it hasn't looked back!

[Nordmead]

The best sucess I've had thus far is a corgette under a big ol' milking glass, like the ones from a dairy. I direct sowed under this and popped a parsnip in the small opening at the top. A few weeks later and it hasn't looked back!

milking glass? as in a milk bottle?

[Llamas]

sorry, meant to post a link! http://www.ans.iastate.edu/species/d...glass_milk.jpg They're bell-shaped glass jars, perfect little greenhouses for plants! I found one in one of the dairy barns on the farm and lugged it back. Don't know if they're available commercially, but I'd recommend them!

[danmon_81]

I use the water bottles you get in offices and water stations, cut the tops off...but dont tell anyone!

[Nordmead]

ohh i see.. was wondering how youd manage to remove a plant from a milk bottle

[pjh75]

I use the water bottles you get in offices and water stations, cut the tops off...but dont tell anyone!

I thought they recycled them?

[COMPOST CORNER]

I thought they recycled them?

They do, that's why you don't tell anyone.
I've been trying for ages to get some out of our office, but no luck.

[Llamas]

lol, imagining one attempting to smuggle one stuffed under shirt, to be pointed back to the office by exasperated door guard. hehe!