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  • #16
    Very cheering, we're at a similar stage, thank you so much for words of encouragement/solidarity

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    • #17
      I too only have a small patch of garden for growing veg (and there's only me and a teenager (girl) who eat it) - how about some pics Broadripple et al ? I love looking at other peoples gardens.

      francesbean
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      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...log_usercp.php

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Jo Sara View Post
        Potatoes in bags take a LOT of compost
        They can do, and it's expensive.
        This year I have a lot of my homemade leafmold (at last) and that has really eked out the mpc. I also earth up my spuds with grass clippings and chopped comfrey or borage leaves, that feeds the spuds whilst saving on mpc too.
        I think it was Alys Fowler who "earthed up" her spuds with shredded newspaper
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by gan heather View Post
          Have you thought about "wall gardening" to give more space?
          I used to only have a small balcony to grow on (8' x 3') - I had a photo somewhere but can't locate it; it's possibly in one of my albums on here.
          I grew the usual salads in pots, plus made hanging baskets out of old 2, 3 or 5 litre water bottles (the bigger the better: less watering). I suspended them from a cradle that I crocheted, but you could construct similar just by knotting some twine around & above the pop bottle. I put a used teabag in the hole to stop the compost falling out.

          You could attach some batten then metal mesh to a wall so that you can wire some plant pots onto it. Pots take a lot of watering though, so make use of water retaining granules and/or shredded washing up sponges
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #20
            Jono, what kind of quantity of pea-plants do you put in containers, and how much do they produce? Mine have been pathetic and I don't know whyyyyyyyyyyy...

            oh, and which varieties do you use?

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            • #21
              Broadripple,

              I grow peas in containers at SWMBos insistence. 2 containers with about 50 plants in each.

              I have to be honest and say if you are short of space I would not grow peas. The harvest unless you grow tall varieties is not that great per square foot of space used.

              I grow Kelverton Wonder it grows about 2`6" high but at least this year I shall get 2 plantings as it can be used as an early and late sowing.

              Colin
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              • #22
                hello - very useful thank you. I was suspecting something along those lines...very impressive containers btw! how big are they? they look HUGE!

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                • #23
                  They are quite big each one is 3ft x 2ft like I say a lot of space for not a large crop.

                  If you grow peas in containers I think it is for more of a treat than a food crop.

                  Colin
                  Potty by name Potty by nature.

                  By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


                  We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

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