tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33700904.post361638318881202420..comments2023-05-03T15:19:55.068+00:00Comments on A Plot Too Far?: Summer time and the living is...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33700904.post-49599527837076051022011-09-02T20:58:08.949+00:002011-09-02T20:58:08.949+00:00So if I put several hundred in the polytunnel that...So if I put several hundred in the polytunnel that might work? ;>) Nice to see you back on the scene though Greenmantle, you gonna revive the blog?RobDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665704024069579251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33700904.post-66620605242639318482011-09-02T20:24:46.055+00:002011-09-02T20:24:46.055+00:00Erm....the banana thing works better if you actual...Erm....the banana thing works better if you actually PICK the tomatoes first, and put them in a drawer or box with it! Also, picking partially ripened fruit makes the remaining green one come on a lot faster. :)Greenmantlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869745942011646851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33700904.post-22700243558245680552011-09-01T08:03:05.271+00:002011-09-01T08:03:05.271+00:00Good to have you back Rob! We seem to have been l...Good to have you back Rob! We seem to have been luckier with the weather here, although it has been a bit of an odd year. It's turned cold now. Look at the pictures of my plum tree - similar colour to yours but perhaps more oval in shape. The banana trick worked, but I had to throw them away eventually as they turned into a fly factory.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456254553936196609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33700904.post-17460610915715390742011-08-30T09:18:17.711+00:002011-08-30T09:18:17.711+00:00The lack of rain and cool temperatures have really...The lack of rain and cool temperatures have really taken their toll this year. We seem to have a similar problem to you although our clay soil goes rock hard rather than sandy!<br /><br />AS for the plum tree - ours used to get lots of aphids that killed off the leaves in spring until we gave it a winter wash each year see <a href="http://glallotments.co.uk/WinterWash.aspx" rel="nofollow">this Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33700904.post-26231381771314011672011-08-30T08:09:52.405+00:002011-08-30T08:09:52.405+00:00Good point Mo, but it's barely rained all summ...Good point Mo, but it's barely rained all summer then starts just as my raspberries are ready, and I'm a gardener so I'm never happy with the weather!<br /><br />It'll be slugs, then frost next ;>)RobDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665704024069579251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33700904.post-61845211786856274182011-08-30T05:02:03.185+00:002011-08-30T05:02:03.185+00:00Good to hear how things are :) I love that you com...Good to hear how things are :) I love that you complain about the lack of water then blame the rain for spoiling your raspberries ;) I'm saying nowt.<br />Can't help about Plum Trees, we pretty much let ours 'do their own thing', we were just lucky this year. MoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252983027018111307noreply@blogger.com