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- Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:57 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Pak Choi Flea Beetle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3560
Re: Pak Choi Flea Beetle
Thank you all! I have a very gung-ho approach to food in general - much to my partner's disapproval - which generally involves scraping off the mould and getting stuck in . But after a diagnosis of blastocystis hominis on return from Africa, I now get a bit paranoid after the event! But everyone's r...
- Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:39 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Pak Choi Flea Beetle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3560
Pak Choi Flea Beetle
I am trying Pak Choi for the first time, and I'm having a little trouble. The leaf growth is good, but they are bolting rather fast. I understand this is to do with it being too light and warm, and perhaps were sown a little early (mid July I think). But more annoyingly, I think the Flea Beetle have...
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:36 pm
- Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
- Topic: suspected plum! Identity help needed!
- Replies: 1
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suspected plum! Identity help needed!
I have taken to running the parks of London with my nose in the air at this time of year to spot the trees ripe for foraging. And I've just returned from a sweat around Wandsworth common and have found two trees. One with a red plum-like fruit and reddish leaves - this one is dropping fruit, but the...
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:53 pm
- Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
- Topic: can anyone identify the leaf of this (plum/damson)?
- Replies: 14
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Re: can anyone identify the leaf of this (plum/damson)?
I'm having equal difficulty. I have taken to running the parks of London with my nose in the air at this time of year to spot the trees ripe for foraging. And I've just returned from a sweat around Wandsworth common and have found two trees. One with a red plum-like fruit and reddish leaves - this o...