tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post8833038753122292708..comments2024-03-15T22:09:38.879+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: ABC Wednesday 5: D is For...VPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-40891856432055380802009-08-15T10:03:25.026+01:002009-08-15T10:03:25.026+01:00Update - further research shows it's a magnesi...Update - further research shows it's a magnesium deficiency as the <i>older</i> leaves are affected, so I've updated the article to reflect this new-found knowledge.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-44113448729882687862009-08-13T22:29:01.051+01:002009-08-13T22:29:01.051+01:00Colleen - brilliant! I do like it when a post and ...Colleen - brilliant! I do like it when a post and its comments help someone else :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-17675427879629570682009-08-13T22:24:56.385+01:002009-08-13T22:24:56.385+01:00You are a star! I now know what the problem is on...You are a star! I now know what the problem is on the Isle of Dogs. I guessed it was some kind of deficiency but had not linked it with the alkalinity of the soil. Never heard of sulphur chips before and will be on the look our henceforth. <br /><br />Thanks all...colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02484411878651364981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-27088697225848674422009-08-13T22:06:40.287+01:002009-08-13T22:06:40.287+01:00Jay - nice try, but as you say, not so good for th...Jay - nice try, but as you say, not so good for the peat bogs.<br /><br />Soilman - thanks for the tip. I'll keep a look out for those. I'm not sure if I've seen them locally, but that's probably because I've not been looking. See you in October?<br /><br />Roger - thank you :)<br /><br />Tumblewords - I'm glad you like them too. We've just had some of the jam I made yesterday :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-40761166430135688522009-08-13T19:10:49.587+01:002009-08-13T19:10:49.587+01:00A plant doctor, you are! I have several raspberry ...A plant doctor, you are! I have several raspberry stalks and they produced well this year, so guess I should be knocking on wood - Nice post!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-63129372731650318532009-08-13T17:37:25.328+01:002009-08-13T17:37:25.328+01:00I'm not a horticulturalist, but you seemed to ...I'm not a horticulturalist, but you seemed to suss it out yourself, so bravo to you.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-68916444696969341572009-08-13T17:09:37.265+01:002009-08-13T17:09:37.265+01:00Hiya VP
I sprinkle sulphur chips around the base ...Hiya VP<br /><br />I sprinkle sulphur chips around the base of my rhododendrons and camellias to keep them happy. I have slightly alkiline soil, and this seems to work extremely well – shrubs look very healthy. Also the sulphur chips are fairly cheap and last for ages. May work for your raspberries.Soilmanhttp://www.soilman.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-64046069099176078682009-08-13T12:39:29.627+01:002009-08-13T12:39:29.627+01:00How about you use some peat-based grow bags for sh...How about you use some peat-based grow bags for short term crops like tomatoes or lettuce, then dig the peat into the soil around the raspberries? It's a win-win situation .. except for the peat bogs. <br /><br />You could also save all your old tea bags to mulch the raspberries, or dig old pea and bean roots into the area. Apparently nitrogen acidifies soil too!jayhttp://www.thedeppeffect.com/1318/abc-wednesday-from-the-archives-d/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-76954840885131811492009-08-13T09:32:37.129+01:002009-08-13T09:32:37.129+01:00Note
I had a couple of spam comments yesterday as...<b>Note</b><br /><br />I had a couple of spam comments yesterday asking for visits to blogs of a certain nature. I've removed these comments as soon as I found them and I've also reported the spam blogs to Blogger.<br /><br />This blog is a spam no go zone!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-86977261741828456172009-08-13T09:29:36.824+01:002009-08-13T09:29:36.824+01:00Anna - I'm having to make lots of jam, so that...Anna - I'm having to make lots of jam, so that tells you how well the crop's doing!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-8881900753016457132009-08-12T21:17:20.989+01:002009-08-12T21:17:20.989+01:00Sounds as if you have deduced what the problem is ...Sounds as if you have deduced what the problem is VP. Glad to hear that it has not interfered with raspberry production.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-4787329311470289972009-08-12T19:58:34.933+01:002009-08-12T19:58:34.933+01:00Oh and 3C - I was going to talk about viruses too,...Oh and 3C - I <i>was</i> going to talk about viruses too, but found I didn't have any up at the plot to take a picture of for comparison. However, I did find <a href="http://www.scri.ac.uk/scri/file/events/softfruitforum/Virusesinrasps.pdf" rel="nofollow">this useful link</a> about raspberry viruses when I was researching this post.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-29209772982066532332009-08-12T19:54:06.341+01:002009-08-12T19:54:06.341+01:00Hi Jacob and welcome! Blackberries don't seem ...Hi Jacob and welcome! Blackberries don't seem to have the same kind of problem as raspberries do.<br /><br />Mara - welcome too. Oh yes, we have oodles of raspberries. I'm making raspberry jam tonight :)<br /><br />Benjamin - we have exactly the same kind of soil, Sometimes I've had to hammer out my late potato crop, and hammer in my later plantings such as leeks. Unfortunately I can't take your approach, so I'm stuck with digging in lots of organic matter...<br /><br />3C - my book (<i>RHS Pests and Diseases</i>) lumps both of them together, but I vaguely remember something about one deficiency affecting young leaves and the other older. However, I can't remember which deficiencies they are. The pine needle solution's a bit of an experiment. I think they'll need a while to compost. I've used them previously as part of my weed suppressing path mulch, so I know they do rot down eventually. I'm not sure about the plant poison bit, I've only ever seen them as a no-no for composting because of their effect on acidity levels and therefore suppressing the good hard working bugs and animals that help to breakdown the compost. Perhaps that's the poison? My RHS book suggests acidic materials such as composted bracken or conifer bark when planting raspberries, hence my sudden interest in what conifer leaves might be able to do...<br /><br />Frances - I like the Semi solution! Gypsum's suggested as a solution for clay soils here as it helps to clump the clay particles together, so they're no longer clay. However, I think getting hold of some gypsum might be a more expensive solution than lots of good old hard work and organic matter...VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-23860755067996390862009-08-12T19:38:43.736+01:002009-08-12T19:38:43.736+01:00I love your solution, VP, doing nothing. We call ...I love your solution, VP, doing nothing. We call that the Semi school of gardening after my daughter Semi. She does absolutely nothing, the weeds are sky high and the blooms are amazing. Sometimes life isn't fair. ;-) Come to think of it, when we lived in alkaline sandy soil of Texas, we added gypsum to the soil, which was supposed to help the nutrients get into the roots better, somehow.<br />FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-61898881751795146142009-08-12T18:56:23.514+01:002009-08-12T18:56:23.514+01:00I am going by my book rather than by proper knowle...I am going by my book rather than by proper knowledge but . . . the picture in my book suggests manganese deficiency which (when talking about roses . . . but, well, anyway) it says, unlike with iron deficiency, affects the older leaves worst. (Only with better grammar.)<br /><br />I'm interested in the pine needle solution. I hadn't previously known one can compost pine needles. Sometimes there's a suggestion that they might contain some kind of plant poison . . . ?<br /><br />Interesting too that, on the whole, soft fruit discussions tend to think that everything which ails a raspberry comes down to a virus. But, again, that depends on which books one happens to have on one's shelves!3chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048900092251377796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-44895112018685098292009-08-12T18:24:14.938+01:002009-08-12T18:24:14.938+01:00Send some fo those pien needles across the pond. I...Send some fo those pien needles across the pond. I have very heavy clay soil (moist in spring, then can't even shovel it in summer it's so dry). I have a couple trees which are either ticking me off as they try to establish. We can't fix the clay unless we haul it all away. I'm gonna go rent a tractor.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-42363980888349123312009-08-12T17:31:21.398+01:002009-08-12T17:31:21.398+01:00Well, as long as you get those oodles of raspberri...Well, as long as you get those oodles of raspberries...Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-52983938102916152742009-08-12T16:28:59.208+01:002009-08-12T16:28:59.208+01:00It's a shame about the soil. I have blackberr...It's a shame about the soil. I have blackberry thickets (under control) which do very well in our supposedly clay area. It's probably due to the previous owner adding who knows what to the planting beds.<br />I've been toying with the thought of making a pine needle composting pile for those acid loving plants, but not just yet.Jacob Royerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103073402661183447noreply@blogger.com