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    Anyone got any 'unusual' tips / tricks that they use to improve 'performance'?

    Saw a post by Potty (think it was) who has been using Rock dust with good results - there's also been some typically weird stuff used in one of the chilli threads.

    So - any techniques or products that enhance things for you? (To be clear, I'm referring to plant growing)
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  • #2
    Sorry don't have any. Except my grandads secret for amazing leeks (which I haven't tried yet).

    But I can't tell you that as it's a secret.

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    • #3
      I talk to them and stroke their leaves when they're growing well;
      say sorry when I prune them, as I'm sure it must hurt,
      thank them when I pick them

      and
      threaten them with a pointy stick if they don't grow as I want them to.
      They're all my friends who live with me in the garden - just one big happy family

      What time did you say the men in white coats arrive?

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      • #4
        I've been using SB Plant invigorator on my greenhouse crops.
        Fantastic results so far, packed out with mini cues.
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        • #5
          Festooning fruit trees definitely increases yields. Covering leeks with pipes increases blanching.
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          • #6
            I am using 'rock dust' for the first time this season as you say things are looking promising. But there are so many variables with gardening I will need a couple more seasons before I am sure its not the weather, good seed, plain good luck or what ever.
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            • #7
              I don't have any weird tricks. A couple of years back I started adding ash from our woodburning stove (we burn mostly hard wood) to the beds I grow alliums, legumes, cucurbits, tomatoes, aubergines and peppers in, and that has made a distinct difference. Improved harvests and healthier plants.

              I don't use foliar treatments because I'm worried about scorching the leaves if I do it in the morning or causing potential fungal problems if I do it at night.

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              • #8
                I use a weekly foliar spray of shropshire seaweed and I swear that stuff is magic

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by maverick451 View Post
                  I use a weekly foliar spray of shropshire seaweed and I swear that stuff is magic
                  Works well with powdered hens teeth.

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                  �I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
                  ― Thomas A. Edison

                  �Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Baldy View Post
                    there's also been some typically weird stuff used in one of the chilli threads.
                    Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                    I talk to them and stroke their leaves when they're growing well;
                    say sorry when I prune them, as I'm sure it must hurt,
                    thank them when I pick them

                    and
                    threaten them with a pointy stick if they don't grow as I want them to.
                    They're all my friends who live with me in the garden - just one big happy family

                    What time did you say the men in white coats arrive?
                    I use a combination of the above. So nothing weird

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                    • #11
                      I read the seed packet once and followed their instructions rather than the usual chuck where and when I think I will.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by burnie View Post
                        I read the seed packet once and followed their instructions rather than the usual chuck where and when I think I will.
                        Obviously didn't work out too well - unless you are intimating that you now do this all the time?
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                        • #13
                          Nothing I do is weird!
                          Honest!

                          Well...not as far as I'm concerned

                          Unique maybe
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                          • #14
                            Is growing carrots under fleece weird?...they do way better than just being left to do their own thing.
                            Maybe it's the trapping of some of the overnight moisture ?
                            Works well with parsnips too.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                              I talk to them and stroke their leaves when they're growing well;
                              say sorry when I prune them, as I'm sure it must hurt,
                              thank them when I pick them

                              and
                              threaten them with a pointy stick if they don't grow as I want them to.
                              They're all my friends who live with me in the garden - just one big happy family

                              What time did you say the men in white coats arrive?
                              Originally posted by Small pumpkin View Post
                              I use a combination of the above. So nothing weird
                              And do you call each plant by its individual name "nice shiny leaves Tarquin".

                              New all singing all dancing blog - Jasons Jungle

                              �I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
                              ― Thomas A. Edison

                              �Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
                              ― Thomas A. Edison

                              - I must be a Nutter,VC says so -

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