Raspberry / Royal Horticultural Society: "Pruning
Regular annual pruning will result in healthier plants, and better quality crops.
Summer-fruiting raspberries
Cut back fruited canes to ground level after harvesting; do not leave old stubs.
Select the strongest young canes, around six to eight per plant, and tie them in 8 –10cm (3–4in) apart along the wire supports.
Remove the remaining young stems to ground level.
Autumn-fruiting raspberries
Cut back all the canes to ground level in February. Reduce the number of canes slightly in summer if they are very overcrowded."
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Saturday 10 September 2011
Friday 9 September 2011
Green Tomato-Apple Chutney | David Lebovitz
Green Tomato-Apple Chutney
Four jars (about 1 quart, 1l)
I did try peeling the tomatoes first, dropping them in boiling water for a few minutes, thinking the skins might be tough. But the skins refused to budge, so I took it as a sign they weren’t meant to be peeled. In the finished chutney, they’d softened nicely so my concerns were unfounded. If you don’t have shallots, use one red onion, thinly sliced.
To make sure to stir continuously during the last few minutes of cooking, just to make sure nothing burns as the chutney turns jam-like. I’d didn’t preserve them in jars using any canning method, figuring I’d eat it within a month or so. If you want, there’s a link at the end of the recipe for more information about canning chutney.
Four jars (about 1 quart, 1l)
I did try peeling the tomatoes first, dropping them in boiling water for a few minutes, thinking the skins might be tough. But the skins refused to budge, so I took it as a sign they weren’t meant to be peeled. In the finished chutney, they’d softened nicely so my concerns were unfounded. If you don’t have shallots, use one red onion, thinly sliced.
To make sure to stir continuously during the last few minutes of cooking, just to make sure nothing burns as the chutney turns jam-like. I’d didn’t preserve them in jars using any canning method, figuring I’d eat it within a month or so. If you want, there’s a link at the end of the recipe for more information about canning chutney.
Nigel Slater's green tomato recipes.
Nigel Slater's green tomato recipes | Life and style | The Observer: "MIXED TOMATO CHUTNEY"
"I tend not to make gallons of chutney or jam or marmalade, but prefer to make smaller quantities, a couple of jars at a time.
It is essential to make sure your jars are spotlessly clean. I pour boiling water into mine and let them sit for a few minutes before carefully pouring them out and allowing them to dry.
Others put theirs into a warm oven for 10 minutes.
This will make a couple of jam jars' worth.
"I tend not to make gallons of chutney or jam or marmalade, but prefer to make smaller quantities, a couple of jars at a time.
It is essential to make sure your jars are spotlessly clean. I pour boiling water into mine and let them sit for a few minutes before carefully pouring them out and allowing them to dry.
Others put theirs into a warm oven for 10 minutes.
This will make a couple of jam jars' worth.
Saturday 3 September 2011
Monday 18 July 2011
Pick Your Own Blueberries.
Opening Times
We're open 7 days a week from mid February to May and again for October to December
We're open 7 days a week from mid February to May and again for October to December
Monday to Friday 8.30 til 4.30
Weekends 10.00 till 4.00
Weekends 10.00 till 4.00
For the rest of the year, our nursery opens Monday to Friday only.
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For Pick Your Own opening times in 2011, please contact Jeremy Trehane on 01202 873642
CURRENT PYO STATUS: Pick Your Own Blueberries will start on 20th July 10.00 till 4.00
- £6.90 per KG
- For around 5 weeks in summer.
You can sample the different varieties available on the day of your visit.
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Trehane Nursery
Stapehill Road
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 7ND
United Kingdom
Stapehill Road
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 7ND
United Kingdom
Saturday 16 July 2011
Grow blueberries
Varieties to try:
'Patriot' - a high-yielding, vigorous, hardy variety with medium to large blue berries and excellent flavour.
'Herbert' - arguably the tastiest variety of blueberry. It produces large berries and has moderate vigour.
'Ivanhoe' - mid-season, erect variety with large, delicious, dark blue berries. A vigorous plant with good autumn colour.
Where-to-buy:
Trehane Nursery.
Blueberries need the same soil as Rhododendrons and azaleas and are slightly more fussy on soil than camellias. If you're on chalk or clay then we advise against growing blueberries in the ground.
Growers have always recommended more than one variety to assist with cross pollination.
Pruning blueberries: "If in doubt, cut it out" as hard pruning only improves fruit size of whats left.
Any good ericaceous compost will be fine, but you need to feed with a similarly ericaceous product. You can always acidify your water with vinegar if you have a supply that is slightly alkaline. Rain water is best. Mulching with bracken or pine needles also helps if you are pushed.
I always plant my bushes into planting holes filled with a mix of pine chippings and ericaceous compost.
To keep the soil on the acid side I water on sulphate of iron as per the makers instructions in early spring and in late autumn.
As they need acid soil to prosper and my soil isn't quite acid enough, I've dug out each planting hole and filled with a mixture of ericaceous compost mixed with about a quarter bark chippings.
I'll be mulching them too with coffee grounds and composted pine needles and watering them only with collected rain water if need be, to keep them happy.
Espoma's "Soil Acidifier."
It contains sulfur, derived from elemental sulfur and gypsum.
You can find this organic goodness at any respectable garden center. Application is a breeze: First, grab a measuring cup...
And fill it with the acidifying granules.
Then pour the granules in a circle around the drip line of each shrub.
The drip line is the outermost edge from which water would naturally drip from the plant.
Feeder roots are concentrated there.
Rates. For young shrubs, use about 1 1/4 cups acidifier. For larger shrubs, use 2 1/2 cups.
Repeat the procedure every 60 days or so, or until you achieve the correct pH for your blueberries -- 4.6 to 5.5. Watering-in.
'Patriot' - a high-yielding, vigorous, hardy variety with medium to large blue berries and excellent flavour.
'Herbert' - arguably the tastiest variety of blueberry. It produces large berries and has moderate vigour.
'Ivanhoe' - mid-season, erect variety with large, delicious, dark blue berries. A vigorous plant with good autumn colour.
Where-to-buy:
Trehane Nursery.
Blueberries need the same soil as Rhododendrons and azaleas and are slightly more fussy on soil than camellias. If you're on chalk or clay then we advise against growing blueberries in the ground.
Growers have always recommended more than one variety to assist with cross pollination.
Pruning blueberries: "If in doubt, cut it out" as hard pruning only improves fruit size of whats left.
Any good ericaceous compost will be fine, but you need to feed with a similarly ericaceous product. You can always acidify your water with vinegar if you have a supply that is slightly alkaline. Rain water is best. Mulching with bracken or pine needles also helps if you are pushed.
I always plant my bushes into planting holes filled with a mix of pine chippings and ericaceous compost.
To keep the soil on the acid side I water on sulphate of iron as per the makers instructions in early spring and in late autumn.
As they need acid soil to prosper and my soil isn't quite acid enough, I've dug out each planting hole and filled with a mixture of ericaceous compost mixed with about a quarter bark chippings.
I'll be mulching them too with coffee grounds and composted pine needles and watering them only with collected rain water if need be, to keep them happy.
Espoma's "Soil Acidifier."
It contains sulfur, derived from elemental sulfur and gypsum.
You can find this organic goodness at any respectable garden center. Application is a breeze: First, grab a measuring cup...
And fill it with the acidifying granules.
Then pour the granules in a circle around the drip line of each shrub.
The drip line is the outermost edge from which water would naturally drip from the plant.
Feeder roots are concentrated there.
Rates. For young shrubs, use about 1 1/4 cups acidifier. For larger shrubs, use 2 1/2 cups.
Repeat the procedure every 60 days or so, or until you achieve the correct pH for your blueberries -- 4.6 to 5.5. Watering-in.
"Gooseberry 'Whinham's Industry'
Monty's favourite fruit | Plant features | Plants | BBC Gardeners' World: "Gooseberry 'Whinham's Industry'
Grows well in shade and on heavy soil. It forms red berries that are ready to pick in late-July."
Измельченные стебли люпина, зарытые вокруг кустов крыжовника и смородины в канавки 10x10 см и посыпанные золой, увеличивают урожай в 1,5 раза.
Grows well in shade and on heavy soil. It forms red berries that are ready to pick in late-July."
Измельченные стебли люпина, зарытые вокруг кустов крыжовника и смородины в канавки 10x10 см и посыпанные золой, увеличивают урожай в 1,5 раза.
Sunday 10 July 2011
How to Grow Jerusalem Artichokes
Growing Jerusalem Artichokes - How to Grow Jerusalem Artichokes from Allotment Vegetable Growing Advice and Guides: "In the autumn the foliage starts to change colour and should be cut down to about 30cm (12') above the ground as a marker. You can leave them in the ground to dig as required. They are quite a productive crop, 3kg from one plant is typical so you don't need many seed tubers."
Friday 8 July 2011
Thursday 23 June 2011
Thursday 16 June 2011
Sunday 5 June 2011
Calçots - Blanca Grande Tardana from Lleida.
How to Grow Calçots:
In spring/summer prepare the bed where you wish to grow calçots. Enriching with at least 4″ of well rotted compost or manure. As with all members of the onion family, calçots enjoy rich soil.
In late summer/early autumn plant fully developed white onions in trenches 8″ deep. These can of course be home grown onions taken from storage and it matters not a jot if they’ve started to sprout. Beware commercially grown onions could contain sprouting inhibitors so you’ll have the most luck with traditionally grown specimens. In Catalunya you can buy specific calçot bulbs which are starting to sprout but any sweet white onion will work well. Here we plant in September.
The rows of calçots should be around 6″ apart.
In spring/summer prepare the bed where you wish to grow calçots. Enriching with at least 4″ of well rotted compost or manure. As with all members of the onion family, calçots enjoy rich soil.
In late summer/early autumn plant fully developed white onions in trenches 8″ deep. These can of course be home grown onions taken from storage and it matters not a jot if they’ve started to sprout. Beware commercially grown onions could contain sprouting inhibitors so you’ll have the most luck with traditionally grown specimens. In Catalunya you can buy specific calçot bulbs which are starting to sprout but any sweet white onion will work well. Here we plant in September.
The rows of calçots should be around 6″ apart.
Sunday 29 May 2011
Tomato 'Ailsa Craig'.
Solanum lycopersicum 'Ailsa Craig'
An excellent all purpose variety that produces a heavy crop of fine flavoured tomatoes indoors or out.
It's been around for more than 60 years - proof enough? Some say there is no finer flavour.
Suitable for both indoor and outdoor cultivation.
This is an indeterminate variety best grown as a cordon (vine).
An excellent all purpose variety that produces a heavy crop of fine flavoured tomatoes indoors or out.
It's been around for more than 60 years - proof enough? Some say there is no finer flavour.
Suitable for both indoor and outdoor cultivation.
This is an indeterminate variety best grown as a cordon (vine).
Tomato.
" Alicante": купила сегодня для сравнения какие будут лучше для меня.
Хотелось бы попробовать:
- Black Russian
- Sungold (cherry tomato)
- ‘Golden Nugget’
- ‘Ferline’
Сегодня у меня
- Gardener’s Delight
- Marmande
- Ailsa Craig - Cordon (Indeterminate)
determinate tomatoes bear their crop all at once,
while indeterminate tomatoes bear fruit over the course of a season.
Хотелось бы попробовать:
- Black Russian
- Sungold (cherry tomato)
- ‘Golden Nugget’
- ‘Ferline’
Сегодня у меня
- Gardener’s Delight
- Marmande
- Ailsa Craig - Cordon (Indeterminate)
determinate tomatoes bear their crop all at once,
while indeterminate tomatoes bear fruit over the course of a season.
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Mizuna.
is a leafy Japanese vegetable that is used in a Japanese soup called nabemono.
The taste is a combination of bitter and peppery.
The leaves are dark green and serrated; the stalks are narrow and white.
Both leaves and stalks are edible.
Can also be stir fried, pickled, and eaten in salads.
The taste is a combination of bitter and peppery.
The leaves are dark green and serrated; the stalks are narrow and white.
Both leaves and stalks are edible.
Can also be stir fried, pickled, and eaten in salads.
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Saturday 7 May 2011
Monty Don: Tomatoes.
I have tried lots of different sowing methods but seeds scattered thinly on to a seedtray filled with plain coir works as well as anything. Tomatoes need some heat (around 15C) to germinate, so bring them indoors or - and I strongly recommend this - invest in a heated propagating mat. Tomatoes germinate quickly and as soon as you can see two 'true' leaves with zigzag edges, carefully pot them on into large plugs with a richer compost. Standard non-peat potting compost is fine. Keep the growing seedlings warm and well watered.
Monday 2 May 2011
Saturday 30 April 2011
What plants grow well in allotment shade?
Here’s the list:
Lettuce
Broccoli
Swiss Chard
Parsley
Cauliflower
Spinach
Courgettes/Marrows
Kale
Radish
Lettuce
Broccoli
Swiss Chard
Parsley
Cauliflower
Spinach
Courgettes/Marrows
Kale
Radish
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