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Thread ID: 115683 2011-01-30 06:19:00 Tomatoes TideMan (4279) PC World Chat
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1173731 2011-02-05 02:50:00 You want two broccoli plants, then plant 4 seeds.
Seed raising mix (Black magic) is best to start them off, then compost and ****. Manure that is. Blood and bone is good too.

Nothing grows in winter. It may sit over winter waiting, or it may be ready in winter but nothing actually grows.
pctek (84)
1173732 2011-02-05 03:10:00 You want two broccoli plants, then plant 4 seeds.
Seed raising mix (Black magic) is best to start them off, then compost and ****. Manure that is. Blood and bone is good too.

Nothing grows in winter. It may sit over winter waiting, or it may be ready in winter but nothing actually grows.

Many thanks :D
I just got myself a small bag of black magic, I also asked for guidance with the lady.

I was looking at snow peas and they say planting in winter ok ..
www.gardengrow.co.nz
Nomad (952)
1173733 2011-02-10 07:09:00 Just picked this lot tonight .

The tomatoes are Moneymaker and the cherry tomatoes are Sweet 100 .

And that's the end of the sweetcorn . . . :crying

The beans have been (no pun intended) terrible this year . . .
johcar (6283)
1173734 2011-02-10 07:20:00 Well the beans have been amazing this year, we grew purple climbers, the spare freezer is full to overflowing as well as all the ones already eaten. Oh and did I mention cucumbers SWMBO planted 5 and I'm the only one who eats them so if you want some.... gary67 (56)
1173735 2011-02-10 09:14:00 A worse practice is distributors keeping them in a coolstore.
Once thawed out they go rotten within a few days.

One variety of Tomato I can recommend is the English variety "Sleaford Abundance", they are a dwarf bush , grow about 2 ft high, but one gets a good bucket full off the plant over a summer. Fruit about the same size as Moneymaker.
They were quite heavy croppers in even an indifferent Yorkshire summer, so they would grow well in NZ as an early tomato. Seeds available in the UK from Dobies. Don't know if they are available in NZ
KenESmith (6287)
1173736 2011-02-10 09:56:00 Gaspacho - cold Spanish tomato soup.
That's what to do with a surplus of tomatoes.
TideMan (4279)
1173737 2011-02-10 10:43:00 Just want to say that my 6 broccoli seeds, 5 has germinated in less than a week, 2 of them like half a week. :clap
That Black Magic stuff is some strong ####.
Nomad (952)
1173738 2011-02-10 10:52:00 I have got Tomatoes growing like nothing here. QW. (15883)
1173739 2011-02-10 18:44:00 That Black Magic stuff is some strong ####.

:cool:

Yes, we like it over other seed raising mixes.
pctek (84)
1173740 2011-04-01 00:31:00 We are going to get some evil pesticides now . . . .

See the pix . Half the leaves are gone and one other the newest one all the leaves are gone . We now have 8 brocolli plants and 8 snowpeas with 8 more inside soon to be taken out :D Wasn't my idea to do the latter 8 .
Nomad (952)
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