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  Potato leaf varieties
Posted by: Small chilli - 08-05-2026, 08:31 AM - Replies (12)

I know potato leaf varieties are capable of crossing with normal tomatoes. Do they self pollinate or do they need other tomatoes ? 

Only ask as I have a potato leaf from my lucky dip collection. I planted it outside yesterday. As it was the only one out of the 170 that germinated and I can’t work out from my list of varieties which it is.  Just wondering if I isolated it somehow? So it didn’t cross with the other lucky dip plant. That it would still produce? 

Any advice welcome.

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  Happy 100th Birthday
Posted by: Small chilli - 08-05-2026, 08:06 AM - Replies (7)

Sir David Attenborough is celebrating his 100th Birthday today.
An amazing man, who has done so much for wildlife and educating people about it. 
I hope he has the most wonderful day.

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  2026 - Pumpkin & Tromba competition
Posted by: Veggie - 05-05-2026, 07:10 PM - Replies (13)

As is traditional, let's have a Pumpkin & Tromba competition. 
You can decide for yourself the category you're entering - largest, heaviest, longest, smallest, funniest - no rules, just somewhere to show off. Big Grin

Previous year's threads - https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2166

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Star 2026 - Tallest Sunflower competition
Posted by: Veggie - 05-05-2026, 07:04 PM - Replies (7)

The challenge is - to grow a taller sunflower than Vinny does. Big Grin 
Only teasing, Vinny!!

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  Happy birthday Vinny
Posted by: Bren - 30-04-2026, 08:51 PM - Replies (4)

Sending you birthday wishes Vinny bit late in the day though.

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  Swede Magres
Posted by: Vinny - 19-04-2026, 03:45 PM - Replies (6)

I have tried to grow decent swedes on my various allotments for many years without much success. I have tried numerous varieties but never Magres? I asked google what variety of seed the farmers grew for human consumption and these were what are appaently used?

The farmers close by grow fields full of wonderful swede which I have never been able to emulate.

I have ordered a packet, and hopefully Magres will assist me in growing what up until now I have been unable to achieve!

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  St. Mark's Fly
Posted by: Veggie - 19-04-2026, 12:00 PM - Replies (3)

Lots of these flying around the end of the garden. Didn't know what they were - shiny black flies with, I thought, a trailing tail, dropped below its body.
The Duck says that they are St Mark's Fly which appears around St Mark's Day, 25th April. Should I tell them to go back to bed for a few more days? 

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-w...ark-s-fly/

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  Marrows/Courgettes
Posted by: Veggie - 15-04-2026, 06:09 PM - Replies (6)

Daft question but you're used to that!
I have several packets of marrow seeds which I ignore every year because a marrow is a big watery thing. Right!
My question is - if they're picked when small are they the same as a courgette to eat and to cook with?

I'm sure your answer will be  - try it and see - but I'm hoping for a knowledgeable reply here. Big Grin

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Wink Permanent beds for each veg?
Posted by: Veggie - 05-04-2026, 12:33 PM - Replies (5)

Next daft questionWink

I don't know about you, obviously, but I have never followed any of the soil rotation plans  - where a specific group of veg move to another area each year - the theory being that each veg benefits from whatever was grown there in the previous year. Don't expect me to explain it  as its beyond me!
I've realised that I always grow beans in the same place - always grow peas in their own place, every year - because that's where the supports are.
Perennial vegetables - leeks, kale etc stay put and seem to thrive. ...............
.........So, why, are we advised to grow annual leeks and brassicas in a different place every year?

You can probably see where I'm going with thisWink........to create permanent "beds" for each veg that I grow. It would have the added benefit that self seeders would be in the right place to grow, year on year.

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