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    Hello from the REALLY sunny Malmesbury in South Africa

    Hi all

    I have been looking in at your site for a while! I have been gardening most of my life! From helping out as a child to having a garden service, to becoming a one girl gardener for a few customers! Now I am trying my hand at something a bit larger! One of my clients has asked me to establish a veggie "farm" but so far we have only done garlic, now 4 months old, kale and a few others!

    So far I have encountered PROBLEM after Problem, but I suppose that is what it is all about! Mice, bad water, too little water, too much water...

    Is it rude to start out ASKING FOR ADVICE? If not, anybody know what is wrong with my Kale? It started of VERY well, then after a few months this happened! I pulled out the first lot, but it is back! Turns yellow / dry around the edges and gest yellow spots!

    Thanks in advance for any help!
    Julie
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    Welcome to the vine AR......sorry I can't help with the Kale problem but there is some info here which may help:

    http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docush...PP-7666web.pdf
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      Thanks for your welcome! And the info!

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      • #4
        Hello Julie and welcome from Sunny South Wales (yes, honestly...........today).
        I'm growing lots of kale this year but the bits of leaf that the caterpillars haven't eaten looks green enough.
        I'm guessing its some deficiency in the soil..........
        ........and No, its not rude to ask questions, we lurve questions

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        • #5
          Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
          Hello Julie and welcome from Sunny South Wales (yes, honestly...........today).
          I'm growing lots of kale this year but the bits of leaf that the caterpillars haven't eaten looks green enough.
          I'm guessing its some deficiency in the soil..........
          ........and No, its not rude to ask questions, we lurve questions
          Thanks so much! I was worried it was a fungus? It all starts off really well, then this!

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          • #6
            Toys!

            My toys! And the garlic! That now has rust, due to lots of late rain! But it is far enough along, I hope! At the moment I am just cutting out the worst leaves! There seems to be enough decent green left to get the cloves to maturity!
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            • #7
              You're going to make a lot of people very envious with those landrovers

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              • #8
                Welcome, At least you have a couple of decent vehicles, i used to own a fergy and and landrover just like those.
                I agree that it looks like a deficiency, if your going to grow commercialy it would pay to have a soil analysis, sometimes fertilizer companies will do it free in the hope of sales. Fisons did one on my farm once. The soil looks interesting, not a stone in sight and very sandy. At least you must have plenty of elephant poo lying around.
                photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html

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                • #9
                  hello and welcome to the vine Julie
                  Location....East Midlands.

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                  • #10
                    It puts a whole new slant on manure collection Julie.............
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                    • #11
                      I also do vermicomposting! I adore my worms! A friend has acess to Zebra poo! They LOVE that!
                      Will get the soil analysed! Though this little venture is organic! The hard route, but that is how it is!
                      My cabbages looked like hell on the outside but were little jewels inside! Spitzkop cabbages, smaller than normal and a very different flavour!
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                        You're going to make a lot of people very envious with those landrovers
                        The Land Rovers are also a PASSION! They get used hard!
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by africanrain View Post
                          I also do vermicomposting! I adore my worms! A friend has acess to Zebra poo! They LOVE that!
                          Will get the soil analysed! Though this little venture is organic! The hard route, but that is how it is!
                          My cabbages looked like hell on the outside but were little jewels inside! Spitzkop cabbages, smaller than normal and a very different flavour!
                          Hello, sorry can't really give much advice, others here are much more experienced than me,but I just got excited because my son, partner and my little grandson live in Cape Town, I love South Africa, beautiful country.

                          Am sure you will get some really helpful advice from the forum.

                          I do have an allotment, and love it, this is my 3rd year.

                          DottyR


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                          • #14
                            Hello and welcome from the also sunny French Pyrenees
                            Le Sarramea https://jgsgardening.blogspot.com/

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                              Hello and welcome to the Madhouse!

                              LOOOOOOVE the Series Is!! We had a SI 88" 'Shed' (no side windows) that old girl went everywhere without complaint. Once, even with water deep enough to reach her headlamps. How we miss the old dear!
                              All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                              Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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