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What shape are your gooseberries and currants in?

Cartoon about Pruning gooseberries and currants to a goblet shape

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Knees are now an official unit of measurement

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Achillea seeds propagating

Three days after sowing. Seedlings germinating nicely. Dobies seeds – sow from January-March #seeds #dobies #thewrigglers

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Warming up to prune your fig tree?

Pruning figs, wear gloves to protect against latex allergies

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Pruning stimulates growth and smiles at this time of year

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Crop rotation Omnibus

Here’s a summary of the last nine days of the worms talking about crop rotation – next week they’re back on pruning … A quick glance at the top few principles of Crop Rotation If you can, keep plants of the same family together Time wise, Keep as big as gap as possible between potatoes […]

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Companion planting in a crop rotation plan

Whichever crop rotation you’re running, do you use companion plants too? A quick glance at the top few principles of Crop Rotation If you can, keep plants of the same family together Time wise, Keep as big as gap as possible between potatoes occupying the same piece of ground. The same goes for brassicas … […]

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Could you do the five-year crop rotation plan?

The benefit of a five-year rotation is the length in time between replanting each crop in the same site, especially the cabbages and potatoes. Make a plan each year to help remember what’s planted where … it’s hard enough remembering what and where you planted it last year … A quick glance at the top […]

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The four-year crop rotation plan …

The benefit of a four-year rotation is the length in time between replanting each crop in the same site, especially the cabbages and potatoes. A quick glance at the top few principles of Crop Rotation If you can, keep plants of the same family together Time wise, Keep as big as gap as possible between […]

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Not all crops dig manure. The third rule of crop rotation …

Crop rotation helps deal with the build up of pests and diseases to specific crops. Then there’s soil. That opens a completely different can of worms …. A quick glance at the top few principles of Crop Rotation If you can, keep plants of the same family together Time wise, Keep as big as gap […]