Remember to hit SUBSCRIBE BUTTON and also BELL ICON to be notified when each new video is uploaded * Welcome to both old an new subscribers….many thanks for watching!!! 🌻🌻Nigel.............MuddyBootz Allotment🌻🌻
My second year trying to grow mini munch, still no luck at getting them germinated and or keeping them growing. Nice update Nigel. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Hi Terry, cucumbers were my nemesis but I think I’ve got them sorted now. I germinate the seed at 20-25C. Some took over 10 days to show and only water from the bottom. In early days I did have lots damp off but now I remove the top cover ASAP
Hi Nigel Now that was a great tour of you allotment and home garden. I do not know what I would do without my automatic watering system for my hanging baskets and my quod grows for the tomatoes and chillis. Take care mate. 👍👍👍👍👍
I really enjoyed the tour, it was over too soon for me! Sorry you missed your strawberries and broccoli while you were away! I hate being away from the garden in the summer, I just won’t do it, I’m glad my wife understands😅. Klaus
Hello Nigel. You have certainly got a productive plot. The greenhouse is bursting at the seams, magnificent crop of cucumber. The home garden is looking very neat and colour full. Excellent tour. Take care, keep safe and keep smiling. Cheers. Pete.
Hi Nigel pleased your daughter came and had the strawberries as they looked perfect, We have grown aubergines outside they were in supermarkets flower pots did quite well , you have quite a selection of the crimson crush family there something for us to think about for next season,
Never had success growing aubergines outside. Limited success under a polythene low tunnel and in my main poly tunnel, but very successful in the greenhouse. I think you need a bigger pot. I grow mine up strings, sideshooting the same as my tomatoes.
Great tour Nigel, shame you missed your broccoli, it must have waited for you to go away! My main apple tree has done the same as your pear tree, lots of blossom but very little fruit. Your cucumber plants are really doing well. I am wondering about getting rid of the bed in my greenhouse and investing in some quad grows instead 🤔 Might put my mind at rest when I'm away. Take care 😊
Plot and garden looking fantastic Nigel I grew aubergine last year in the beds of the polytunnle and they were fantastic mate they can grow to some size 5 or 6 ft if you let them the roots systems were amazing and went deep
Finally caught up with your films. My small veg plot a few weeks behind you in Yorkshire. Have to say my pear tree had loads of blossom and fruit. Then suddenly down to just three fruits😮 My russet and other apple tree though both loaded. Must be an apple year
Hello Nigel I've got to say thank you for introducing me to the Mini Munch variety of cucumbers. It's the first time I've grown them this year & by 'eck they're prolific producers alright, I've had an enormous harvest of them already from three plants & they're lovely eating too. Will definitely be growing them from now on.🙂
Had to laugh, Nigel. Both ads at the start were for those illegal electric bikes that everyone is promoting! I thought, not Nigel surely LOL Great video buddy!
Hello mate the straw on top of the potato buckets could be sucking in the nitrogen out of the compost in the bucket. We have this happen when we grow wheat and we chop the straw and plough it in. I’m getting jealous with your parsnips. I forgot to put mine in. All looking good mate hope all the rain we are having doesn’t damage your crocs . All the best, Nic 👍
Hi mate, I use straw on top of the spuds every year and never had any problems. It just lies on the top and is not rooted. It is sterile animal bedding that I got from the pet shop. The wheat has rooted down so it could be that???
Love your plot! Have taken loads of tips from you since we started a year ago! You do an amazing job and it's so inspiring so thank you for sharing your experience 🎉😊 Rach & Eric
@@MuddyBootz 😊 thanks although we've lost a lot of brocolli as it all went to seed so I've had to start again 😢 but I'm looking forward to using your technique for my leeks 👍🏽
Have you tried eating the cherries before they are fully red, I love them that way. I notice your strawberries are incredibly healthy looking, mine are well over now and I cut the tops off today, mine are an early variety too though : all the best - Steve
Hello Tracy. I have just sown some cabbage and cauliflower to grow over winter. Most of the beds with remain empty because I need to replace the raised bed surrounds over Autumn and Winter 😊
Everything is looking lush Nigel! It's been such a strange year. 2017 my pear tree was smothered in baby pears one day, and the next they'd gone, and I still don't know where :)
Hi Nigel, I have a pear tree that has never flowered, its about 4yrs old, what do you suggest I do to get it producing? Nice tour around, lovely delphiniums, mine just get eaten.
Give it another couple of years. I had a Conference Pear in my garden. Took 6 years to fruit and then had to dig it out when building work was done 😖. Also what variety is it??? It may need a pollinator tree nearby
@@MuddyBootz I'm not sure what variety it is but it has never flowered, the leaves are very light in colour, almost yellow, then get eaten and turn brown. What do you suggest I feed it with? I give blood, fish and bone but maybe that's not what it needs.
Hi Nigel…plot is looking great & I’m always envious of your brassica growing. Someone locally is selling mushroom compost at a very reasonable price but I’ve never used. Quite a few of my beds need topping up & I wasn’t sure whether to invest in this or just use some horse manure mixed with shop bought compost?? My plot has clubroot & I’d read mushroom compost might help?? Thanks in advance. 😊
Mushroom compost is good , but you may get the odd one or two pop up in the soil.. but that’s no problem For clubroot treatment, try adding garden lime as a top dressing in Feb/March to the brassica bed and allow the rain to wash in. Do not add manure and lime at the same time as they fight each other (opposite ends of pH scale) also add some garden lime to planting hole when final planting the plants. There is a product called PERLKA which you top dress the soil and this is good barrier against clubroot 😊
@@MuddyBootz thanks Nigel. Think I’ll get some of the mushroom compost to use as a top up mulch where the beds have dropped (£10 for 150L seems too good an offer). I do use lime in the hole and root when planting bit will look to dress in the new year & read up on Perlka. Perhaps some resistant varieties too. Thanks again.
@@vanessawilkinson7089 Some good clubroot resistant varieties I can recommend. Sprouts - Crispus Cabbage - Kilaton and Kilastor Cauliflower - Clapton and Cordoba.
Can you help please? I have my lettuce in one of those planters with the lid on, but tonight ive noticed i have what looks like white flies all over my little gem lettuce and white bits in the soil. Im gutted 😢 Can you shed any light on what they might be and can i get rid of them? Or shall i empty the planter and start again ?
So far had good return on my crops. For a real test should have compared treated v untreated with same crop. Didn’t get it until late so just treated all of the beds
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Same here!
Lovely tour , Nigel Thank you
Thank you, excellent tour
Wow greenhouse is loaded like a jungle house 😂. Fantastic tour Nigel you should go away more often 😂😂. Have a great week, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
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lovely tour
Another great video Nigel, your greenhouse looks like a backdrop for Jurassic park😂
My second year trying to grow mini munch, still no luck at getting them germinated and or keeping them growing. Nice update Nigel.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Hi Terry, cucumbers were my nemesis but I think I’ve got them sorted now. I germinate the seed at 20-25C. Some took over 10 days to show and only water from the bottom. In early days I did have lots damp off but now I remove the top cover ASAP
@@MuddyBootz 👍❤️❤️👑👑👑❤️❤️👍
It's astonishing how behind we are over here in Southern Ireland. Your plot is always a joy to see.😊
Hi Nigel
Now that was a great tour of you allotment and home garden.
I do not know what I would do without my automatic watering system for my hanging baskets and my quod grows for the tomatoes and chillis.
Take care mate.
👍👍👍👍👍
I really enjoyed the tour, it was over too soon for me! Sorry you missed your strawberries and broccoli while you were away! I hate being away from the garden in the summer, I just won’t do it, I’m glad my wife understands😅.
Klaus
Hello Nigel.
You have certainly got a productive plot. The greenhouse is bursting at the seams, magnificent crop of cucumber.
The home garden is looking very neat and colour full.
Excellent tour.
Take care, keep safe and keep smiling. Cheers. Pete.
Many thanks Pete 👍🏻
Hi Nigel pleased your daughter came and had the strawberries as they looked perfect,
We have grown aubergines outside they were in supermarkets flower pots did quite well , you have quite a selection of the crimson crush family there something for us to think about for next season,
Great tour Nigel
A good show buddy well done
Outstanding!!!
Never had success growing aubergines outside. Limited success under a polythene low tunnel and in my main poly tunnel, but very successful in the greenhouse. I think you need a bigger pot. I grow mine up strings, sideshooting the same as my tomatoes.
Great tour Nigel, shame you missed your broccoli, it must have waited for you to go away! My main apple tree has done the same as your pear tree, lots of blossom but very little fruit. Your cucumber plants are really doing well. I am wondering about getting rid of the bed in my greenhouse and investing in some quad grows instead 🤔 Might put my mind at rest when I'm away. Take care 😊
Plot and garden looking fantastic Nigel I grew aubergine last year in the beds of the polytunnle and they were fantastic mate they can grow to some size 5 or 6 ft if you let them the roots systems were amazing and went deep
Finally caught up with your films. My small veg plot a few weeks behind you in Yorkshire. Have to say my pear tree had loads of blossom and fruit. Then suddenly down to just three fruits😮 My russet and other apple tree though both loaded. Must be an apple year
Hello Nigel I've got to say thank you for introducing me to the Mini Munch variety of cucumbers.
It's the first time I've grown them this year & by 'eck they're prolific producers alright,
I've had an enormous harvest of them already from three plants & they're lovely eating too. Will definitely be growing them from now on.🙂
You are very welcome. Glad they worked for you. Remember to keep feeding them about once per week
Thank you
Had to laugh, Nigel. Both ads at the start were for those illegal electric bikes that everyone is promoting! I thought, not Nigel surely LOL
Great video buddy!
Not me mate. My extension lead is only 10mtrs long 🤣
@@MuddyBootz 🤣😂🤣
Hello mate the straw on top of the potato buckets could be sucking in the nitrogen out of the compost in the bucket. We have this happen when we grow wheat and we chop the straw and plough it in. I’m getting jealous with your parsnips. I forgot to put mine in. All looking good mate hope all the rain we are having doesn’t damage your crocs . All the best, Nic 👍
Hi mate, I use straw on top of the spuds every year and never had any problems. It just lies on the top and is not rooted. It is sterile animal bedding that I got from the pet shop. The wheat has rooted down so it could be that???
interesting the difference in your fruit trees ..... looks like you will have plenty of apples this autumn
Love your plot! Have taken loads of tips from you since we started a year ago! You do an amazing job and it's so inspiring so thank you for sharing your experience 🎉😊 Rach & Eric
Thank you so much! That is nice to hear. Hope you have a good cropping season 😊
@@MuddyBootz 😊 thanks although we've lost a lot of brocolli as it all went to seed so I've had to start again 😢 but I'm looking forward to using your technique for my leeks 👍🏽
@@ericandrachallotmenteers let me know how you go on. I may sow a few more now for harvest next year 👍🏻
Have you tried eating the cherries before they are fully red, I love them that way. I notice your strawberries are incredibly healthy looking, mine are well over now and I cut the tops off today, mine are an early variety too though : all the best - Steve
Nice update nigel how old is that cherry tree looks amazing,
Hi Duncan I guess the tree is 15-20 years old. Was on the plot when I took over in 2012
I think the weeds in your potato buckets might be grains from the straw germinating, happened to me
I thought that at first but the straw is sterile pet bedding
I had autumn bliss raspberry Nigel but I swapped to "Polka" absolutely prolific and delicious 😋
Hi Nigel thanks for sharing. What are you growing to go in the ground next .
Hello Tracy. I have just sown some cabbage and cauliflower to grow over winter. Most of the beds with remain empty because I need to replace the raised bed surrounds over Autumn and Winter 😊
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Everything is looking lush Nigel! It's been such a strange year. 2017 my pear tree was smothered in baby pears one day, and the next they'd gone, and I still don't know where :)
It is strange. The previous 3 or 4 years it has flourished 😖
Hi Nigel, I have a pear tree that has never flowered, its about 4yrs old, what do you suggest I do to get it producing?
Nice tour around, lovely delphiniums, mine just get eaten.
Give it another couple of years. I had a Conference Pear in my garden. Took 6 years to fruit and then had to dig it out when building work was done 😖. Also what variety is it??? It may need a pollinator tree nearby
@@MuddyBootz I'm not sure what variety it is but it has never flowered, the leaves are very light in colour, almost yellow, then get eaten and turn brown. What do you suggest I feed it with? I give blood, fish and bone but maybe that's not what it needs.
Hi Nigel…plot is looking great & I’m always envious of your brassica growing. Someone locally is selling mushroom compost at a very reasonable price but I’ve never used. Quite a few of my beds need topping up & I wasn’t sure whether to invest in this or just use some horse manure mixed with shop bought compost?? My plot has clubroot & I’d read mushroom compost might help?? Thanks in advance. 😊
Mushroom compost is good , but you may get the odd one or two pop up in the soil.. but that’s no problem
For clubroot treatment, try adding garden lime as a top dressing in Feb/March to the brassica bed and allow the rain to wash in. Do not add manure and lime at the same time as they fight each other (opposite ends of pH scale) also add some garden lime to planting hole when final planting the plants. There is a product called PERLKA which you top dress the soil and this is good barrier against clubroot 😊
@@MuddyBootz thanks Nigel. Think I’ll get some of the mushroom compost to use as a top up mulch where the beds have dropped (£10 for 150L seems too good an offer). I do use lime in the hole and root when planting bit will look to dress in the new year & read up on Perlka. Perhaps some resistant varieties too. Thanks again.
@@vanessawilkinson7089 Some good clubroot resistant varieties I can recommend.
Sprouts - Crispus
Cabbage - Kilaton and Kilastor
Cauliflower - Clapton and Cordoba.
My pear tree is exactly the same. I wonder if we had a hard frost at blossom time 😢
Can you help please?
I have my lettuce in one of those planters with the lid on, but tonight ive noticed i have what looks like white flies all over my little gem lettuce and white bits in the soil.
Im gutted 😢
Can you shed any light on what they might be and can i get rid of them?
Or shall i empty the planter and start again ?
Try taking the lid off.. They have probably bred in there and can’t escape. Lettuce do not like hot temperatures. 😊
@@MuddyBootz thank you
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… but on a train with terrible wifi will watch later from the hotel 👍
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Supersoil? You used it. Any results yet?
So far had good return on my crops. For a real test should have compared treated v untreated with same crop. Didn’t get it until late so just treated all of the beds
I'd cut the stalkes of those potatoes that blight will spread it happend to me