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Got some plants out today guys, as suggested i made the holes in my 1st site bigger and ditched the fabric pots on the photos and put them straight into the ground, in much bigger holes, maybe i should ditch them on the autos too, i really dont know, ill probably do some of the autos in fabric pots and some straight into the ground.

 

I should have got them out sooner because i couldnt fit them in any carrier bags i had so i had to load them into a suit case, luckily i only walked past 1 person on my way into the woods but she was definitely thinking why does this mug have suitcase, hpefully she didnt think anything too sinister

 

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hopefully this one bounces back, to be fair im lucky only 1 broke and the rest only bent a bit 

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can any of you growers with some experience let me know if rusty chicken wire will cause me any problems large.60a53097e8e2c_site1.jpg

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These will be going out tomorrow but im not clearing the ground just going to clear small spots just big enough to translant from the pots,large.20210519_160928.jpg

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This soil is clearly full on nutes but its pretty much pure clay will maybe 10cm of topsoil, do you think i will ok planting straight into it?large.60a5356100a99_thesoil.jpg

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3 hours ago, CHUNK9420 said:

This soil is clearly full on nutes but its pretty much pure clay will maybe 10cm of topsoil, do you think i will ok planting straight into it?large.60a5356100a99_thesoil.jpg

Camo some in there mate. Don't upset the land as it looks good.

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If you've got heavy clay, I wouldn't plant into it without amending it with something; well rotted manure, compost, even topsoil from the local woodland. I have tried, it did not work, simply put. I tried 2 years in a row, same result both times; very unhappy plants. From what I've observed, if you do want to plant into the clay with no amendments, then do not dig a hole. Mound up some of the topsoil from the area and plant into the mound, that might work. 

 

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Been i while people i do appologise, wont bore you with reasons for not uploading in a while, i have i big old photo dump coming later just uploading it all now.

 

Why are wild rabbits such dickheads?!

  

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so heres a few pictures of plot 1 progress through june so far, out of 6 that went in here 4 are left, 1 was snapped in transport and never recovered and 1 was dug up by a fox or badger, i know for sure it wasnt pesky rabbits because they would have eaten all of them as you will see with the photos im about to upload of plot 2

 

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1st june

15th june

22nd june

im pretty confident ill be taking home somthing from this plot but i need to go and steak them with bamboo because there getting pretty heavy up top

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warning some viewers may find the following images distressing, had a total on 16 plants in this plot i think i might have saved 4 or 5 of them, leasons have certaintly been learnt this year, its hard to see the distuction in the wide angle photo of the whole site so i will dump a load of close ups in the post after large.60d1f575b2047_plot22ndJuneall16.jpgso at this point i had high hopes for this spot large.60d1f572c9281_hardtoseedestructionbyrabbitsmm.jpgnot sure if you can see but they have been totally ravaged by the bunnies, next post will be close ups of the damage, you have been warned haha

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the chicken wire was not high enough and there are literally thousands of rabbits in this field so yeah, leason learned, hopefully the 4 i have a higher fence around will pull through but im not expecting to have anything from these lot to be honest, spot looks perfect but just too many rabbits in the area, i suspect they will get through the higher wire eventually and have the last 4 toolarge.60d1f8b4f0287_thetwinseedlinggotmunched.jpglarge.60d1f8b2a2213_maybewillbesaved.jpglarge.60d1f8b1b9187_Ireallyhaterabbits.jpglarge.60d1f8b07c241_Ihaterabbits.jpg

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decided to do a big photo dump at the end so its not in the middle of the diary, plus it takes a while to resize them all so i can upload them so ill pick all the best ones and not upload every photo like i was planning on doing, 

 

peace out folks ill be leaving it a couple more weeks before the next upload.

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Not sure if 9420(0) is a postcode reference but if it is you're extremely close to us , good luck with your season ! 

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