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PennyB · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:57 pm Post subject:

This site is quite good and gives some plant spacing

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wardy · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject:

yup, blatant clue is the seed packet Laughing

RHS don't mention parsnips in the list so they probably thought it not suited but bung a few in. She who dares .....

Last year I sowed broadies in bog rolls on Valentine's day and harvested them from the end of June. Can't remember when I planted em out though. Doh Rolling Eyes

daveandtara · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:00 am Post subject:

frenchchique wrote:

but...but...it usually says it on the seed packet Confused

doesn't it? Confused

ahhh! but loads of mine come from seed swaps and saves....they are mainly in ickle, pretty coloured envelopes that say 'broadies' or 'parsnips' and bugger all else Laughing

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reedos · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject:

These are available on the photobucket site too Very Happy

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wardy · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject:

genius, didn't I always say so Very Happy

daveandtara · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject:

you are a STAR! Very Happy

Thanks Andy....that's exactly what I was looking for
Laughing

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reedos · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject:

You're welcome Very Happy

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daveandtara · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject:

Delilah wrote:

why the eyes Lilo? Shocked

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Plum · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 700 Location: North Somerset

Does anyone know how many shallots to a square. Marked my first bed out today. Got spacing for most other things but not shallots

frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 3502 Location: Kent

as per Joy Larkcom 'for highest yields, space 18cm/7 in apart each way' Confused

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PennyB · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject:

If you put 'em in at 4 per square foot that's 6 inches each way Very Happy

which should be OK - Its what I'm gonna do if my shallots ever arrive Evil or Very Mad

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wardy · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject:

I do 7" but 6" sounds good for the square foot job. I even cut a piece of wood to size so I plant em exactly spaced out. Then the birds hoik em all out and I just bung em back anyhow Rolling Eyes

frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 3502 Location: Kent

Mine haven't arrived either Penny Confused

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wardy · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject:

well you plant em in Feb but the weather's threatening to get colder so I wouldn't worry. Mine planted in Oct/Nov are looking good. The Jermor look fab Very Happy

Plum · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 700 Location: North Somerset

Thanks, will put them in 4 to a square. Got mine from local shop, they get the same two union and one type of shallot every year. Same 8 varieties of potatoes.Local mature couple who grow their own and are very helpful so just assumed they know what grows well in the area. 2o for 88p so no bank breakers and weren't too bad last year.

frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 3502 Location: Kent

Sounds nice shop Plum Cool

One of my students brought me.... shallots this afternoon Laughing

Another allotmenteer Very Happy

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daveandtara · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject:

I was thinking 5 for shallots Confused

one in each corner and one in the middle Very Happy

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wardy · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject:

I think the rationale is 4 per 6 inches but then that would leave a gap in the centre so I'd bung one in. She who dares Cool

daveandtara · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject:

rationale be buggered,
there's 15 in me packet and four into fifteen don't go Cool

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wardy · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject:

Exactly

Which is why we aint rational, we're practical Very Happy

Mind you my pernickity lotty neighbour wanted even numbers of spuds (who'da thought it Shocked

) and I ended up with his odd uns which I plonked in a tub. Got some beauties anorl. His loss Very Happy

Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3359 Location: Herts

So have you got a 4 x 4 on your plot then Wards???

Might be quite fun to have one at the front of the plot just for show !! Rolling Eyes

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redimp · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject:

I think I may set Cizzy up a four by four. Very Happy

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wardy · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:17 am Post subject:

redimp · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:49 pm Post subject:

Do a square foot thingy on my plot for my youngest daughter Rolling Eyes

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