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Originally Posted by MURFE 18  hi, i planted seeds back in march/april, beetroot, rocket,parsnip, carrot, to name but a few, the packets were new, but the germination of these seeds was very poor this time have replanted will wait and see what happens , now.
We never had much rain although i did water from time to time, that could have been the cause,
Has anybody else had the same problems,  |
I to planted in march but only reds/ turnips / peas and potatos come up , i did plant backups off all in the greenhouse . about 60 of each dif veg carrots /runners / etc and all come up then planted out on the 1st of april .
all doing very well atm . apart from some birds that have attacked my carbs and weevils that come up >.< ( my nemas weevil killers are in the post i hope ) Id resow or grow indoors atm as the weather is still very confused .
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Originally Posted by terrier Vegmonkey, I like the idea of using the copper strip but where do you get it? I was wandering if baking foil around the beds might have the same effect. |
needs to be copper i think terrier its somthing todo with a chemical reaction .U can buy them from many garden centres . wyvale sell them if u have one close . or u can do what i have if u have only copper pipe around use a jigsaw cut it in half all the way along them flatten with a hammer
