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    I have a few of these small yellow disc type things growing on my plants that are about 2 " wide. Can I eat them ?

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    Yes, although earlier in the season I would leave them to grow to more like 3 or 4 inches diameter.

    Mine are growing so slowly at the moment I'm taking them at 2 inches before the slugs are getting them.
    The proof of the growing is in the eating.
    Leave Rotten Fruit.
    Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potasium - potash.
    Autant de têtes, autant d'avis!!!!!
    Il n'est si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle.

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    • #3
      give them a good watering for a few days...they should bulk up a bit more!
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4
        Shall i cut a lot of the leaves off so energy will go to the fruit ?

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        • #5
          I wouldn't - I tried that last year and it slowed the plant down completely.
          http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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          • #6
            If you cut the leaves off tomoto plants youbring the fruit on so why not with squashes? Shall i also give them some comfry?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Marb67 View Post
              If you cut the leaves off tomoto plants youbring the fruit on so why not with squashes? Shall i also give them some comfry?
              It doesn't make the tomatoes grow any bigger by cutting off the leaves, it lets the light get to them for ripening. Plants need leaves to photosynthesis.

              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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              • #8
                Keep. A close eye on them Marb,cos the slugs like them, and go for the middle. I've harvested all of mine, some are very small, but nice roasted, the slugs did have quite a few this year. Why not use some now, 2 inches is fine.
                DottyR

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                • #9
                  They are not even 2 inches on closer inspection and some fall off easy. Watering every day but not making any difference.

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                  • #10
                    At this point I'd pick em off and eat them and bin the plant. The plants may well be slowing down now anyway with the decrease in light. I wouldn't be watering every day with the temperatures we have.
                    http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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                    • #11
                      Keep going Marb, I am really looking forward to you having some success this season. I wait with anticipation for a post from you that says you have harvested some

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                      • #12
                        Well i have had a great harvest of toms which have just about come to an end. Runner beans as always still going strong. Kale plants getting bigger so hope to be harvesting leaf veg through winter as they keep growing.

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                        • #13
                          Hi Marb

                          That's really good news, I know you have had a hard time this year but it is really satisfying to know you have had some success.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Greenleaves View Post
                            Hi Marb

                            That's really good news, I know you have had a hard time this year but it is really satisfying to know you have had some success.
                            Hear, hear!
                            My Autumn 2016 blog entry, all about Plum Glut Guilt:

                            http://www.mandysutter.com/plum-crazy/

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