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Mudketeers diary – 6th May 2020

6th May 2020 Steve Ott Blog

Young lettuce planted out In April I sowed some lettuce in cell trays filled with multi-purpose compost. It is a good way to start lettuce off; getting them to a decent size before planting out. You avoid a lot of issues such as pests and poor weather that can affect direct sown lettuce. Once they are a couple of inches…

Mudketeer’s diary- 20th February 2020

20th February 2020 Steve Ott Blog

Chitting potatoes I have just bought my seed potatoes. I bought first earlies ‘Foremost’, second earlies ‘Charlotte’ and some main crop ‘Pink Fir Apple’. I have put them in seed trays and placed in athe greenhouse to encourage the chits, the shoots to start growing. We had a tip via Facebook about putting the potatoes in moist compost. This is…

Mudketeers diary -14th February 2020

14th February 2020 Steve Ott Blog

Lifting and planting strawberries A lovely day out on the plot before storm Dennis arrives. I decided to lift some strawberry runners to plant up in pots. The old bed is going to be dug up and used for vegetables but I wanted to keep some of the strawberry plants. I chose runners that had rooted and had good clean,…

Mudketeers diary – 20th January 2020

20th January 2020 Steve Ott Blog

Forcing rhubarb It was such a glorious day, the sky was blue with not a cloud in it and the sun was almost warm. I decided to tidy the rhubarb which had started sprouting well due to the mild weather. I pulled off the dead stems and also most of the larger red stalks. Then I covered the plant with…

Mudketeers diary- 17th April 2019

17th April 2019 Steve Ott Blog

Eggbox growing I decided to experiment this year with starting seedlings off in egg boxes. I bought 50 of them off Ebay and they worked out at 12p each. To give greater depth to the container I closed the box and then cut out the top. I half filled the egg box with compost and dropped a seed in each…

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21st December 2018 Steve Ott Blog, News

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