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03-10-2008, 08:00 PM
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03-10-2008, 09:14 PM
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| Am off this week to start getting the new lottie sorted a bit more. Plan to get a few so that at least the soft fruit end will be looking good.
__________________ Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now. Which one are you and is it how you want to be? |
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03-10-2008, 10:03 PM
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| I ain't got no Blueberries  ...............maybe now's the time to change all that .........and YES I know they are ericaceous!
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03-10-2008, 10:11 PM
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| wot's that mean then?? oh cool thanks i was going to Asda tomorrow, lidl is on my way, i may get a few of those 
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04-10-2008, 12:44 AM
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| Oooh finally I know something ericaceous just means they like acidic soil. I bought some ericaceous compost on Tuesday for my three new blueberry bushes. Going to grow them in pots
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04-10-2008, 12:48 AM
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| word of warning - my redcurrants from Lidl planted last year fruited this year but were whitecurrants 
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04-10-2008, 01:01 AM
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| that's ok i don't really mind what they are ........ cool can i pour vinegar on the soil to make it acidic?
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04-10-2008, 07:49 PM
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| Before anyone goes rushing off this w/e they not in til Thursday!
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04-10-2008, 07:57 PM
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| Try this: Prepare the ground by digging in composted sawdust, composted pine bark. If none of these are available, you can use peat or ericaceous compost. Plant bushes after leaf fall (November - March). Tip back the branches and remove any flower buds before planting, so that the plant can concentrate on establishing its roots in the first year of growth. Addition of manure to the planting hole is not advisable. Mulch newly planted blueberries with composted sawdust, sand, leaf mould, chipped pine bark, or peat (if no alternative is available). |
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04-10-2008, 08:09 PM
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05-10-2008, 12:34 AM
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 take it they didn't have any then?
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06-10-2008, 12:28 AM
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| Beware buying fruit trees from Lidl. In 2007 I bought two apple trees - a Cox's Orange Pippin and a Granny Smith - and a cherry tree from the local Lidl store. The cherry tree died. When the apple trees produced their first fruit I discovered that the Cox's Orange Pippin is actually a variety called Ellison's Orange, and the Granny Smith is Spartan!! After much correspondence I did get a refund. The apple trees are producing but the fruit is not very flavoursome and, more to the point, not what I wanted. Cheap is not always cheerful!!
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06-10-2008, 01:45 AM
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 ........ not a one actually as i don't posess any kind of fruit bush or tree, i don't really care what they are, i have plenty of space and at £1.29 if they taste crap, i'll pull em up and plant something else
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06-10-2008, 09:29 AM
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06-10-2008, 03:40 PM
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| Just thought I would mention! It might be worth checking in your area when the offer is running! It differs depending if you live inside or outside the M25 area! I saw Pauls message on Sat morning. I went post haste to my local Lidl Which is South Ockendon in Essex! The Offer there starts this Thursday 9th Oct!! There are other plants on offer as well all at the price of £1.29 each! Also 10 Panzy plugs for think is £1.99 Now you all know where I will be bright and early on Thursday morning, banging on lidl's door at one minute to eight just b4 they open!
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06-10-2008, 10:48 PM
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| I think that the offer starts everywhere this Thursday, Paul had just posted the link after the general Lidl's up and coming e-mail came out.
__________________ Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now. Which one are you and is it how you want to be? |
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06-10-2008, 10:53 PM
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| yep di pointed that out ...... after i'd been
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09-10-2008, 04:31 PM
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| went to lidls today and got my plants, 3 of each, except gooseberrys cos they are horrid, also got a bargain in wilkies, the garden arches were half price, so £2.50 each, they are big ones ....... got 3, so i'm gonna plant the bushes, cover them with the arches, and put netting over the top ...... complete fruit bed for under £30
__________________ http://teachy.myminicity.com please visit my town and make it better http://quiz.ravenblack.net/blood.pl?biter=teach_me please sign up to be a vampire, i get 10 pints of blood if you do, and it's fun as well ....... i have an interactive map if anyone wants it. |
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09-10-2008, 05:59 PM
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