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Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Hanneke May 2020 8:52pm, 23 May 2020 70,571 posts	0 Hanneke I am mrs no dig, cardboard is my friend, I even have a designated cardboard bin where I keep boxes etc for future use as weed suppressant. I tend to put it around newly plated trees too and weigh it down with mulch. That auto-mulches the tree and keeps grass and weeds down immediately around them long enough to establish them well I have been into ton and feel like I have been to the Malvern Show! A heads up for ALDI, who have tomato sp[irals! I have desired those for many years but never found them in this country. I also bought pots and plants, a couple of specila things: a succulent for my collection and a type of bottle brush. Morrison's had dwarf fruit trees on offer so I got a peach and an apricot to join my nectarine. Got the apricot free, as it had a few broken branches. All pruned now and looking fine! Two more fruit trees for the growing collection!
Rosehip May 2020 8:59pm, 23 May 2020 16,173 posts	0 Rosehip Hanneke - odd Q, but did you used to (still be?) On Downsizer?
Rosehip May 2020 9:01pm, 23 May 2020 16,174 posts	0 Rosehip I have some tomato spirals that came from Aldi about 5-7 years ago - shame I can't fit the tops to the bottoms any more as they've rusted up. Might have to brave Aldi to get some new ones, thank you
Fragile Do Not Bend May 2020 9:16pm, 23 May 2020 6,030 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend I’ve never heard of tomato spirals, are they the things called spiral plant sticks on the website?
Rosehip May 2020 9:24pm, 23 May 2020 16,175 posts	0 Rosehip yes
Dvorak May 2020 9:30pm, 23 May 2020 19,793 posts	0 Dvorak Are they proper dwarf trees Hann, or just currently small? I had a look at some somewhere recently (would like another 🍐), which might have been Morrisons; but the labels indicated that they were, perhaps, half-standard. It has remained rainy throughout the day - I've left the garden to simply get wet. Water bin filled up, anyway.
Angus Clydesdale May 2020 9:32pm, 23 May 2020 18,211 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Very little rain left by the time the clouds reached us. But it’s been blowing 40-50 mph winds. Which is miserable at this time of year.
jacdaw May 2020 10:30pm, 23 May 2020 3,052 posts	0 jacdaw Does anybody have advice on buying a poly tunnel? I'm thinking of getting one in time to plant some quick growing harvest in autumn crops. How big should I be thinking? Any good brands? Is it a good idea...
D2 May 2020 12:30am, 24 May 2020 11,688 posts	0 D2 I have this one; aosom.co.uk I've had it around ten years and this year replaced the cover for t he first time mainly because of damage to it caused by my neighbour's trees, other than that it would have gone on longer. They come in different sizes, this one is big enough for me and i have found it perfect from my needs which is mainly growing tomatoes and cucumbers. Some people dont like the look of this and I know there are fully transparent options which may be more acceptable if you have neighbours to consider. As to what size you should get it really depends on what you want to grow, i think i would get the biggest i could afford and could fit in the available space!
Flatlander May 2020 9:22am, 24 May 2020 1,703 posts	0 Flatlander I use these bought from my local garden centre haxnicks.co.uk I have the Giant versions. As the illustrations show, they can be concertinaed to fit the amount of ground you want to cover, and extended to cover successive sowings. If required, they can go around curves. They are large enough to have covered some of my potatoes during the recent frosts.