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Help! Black speckles on my potatoes plants!
Today when I was out inspecting my container potatoes I noticed one of the plants has black speckles on the leaves. The yukon golds in another bin just put out small flower buds last week. ( I planted them last fall) Should I dig up the infected plant? and keep the others? Should I dig up all the plants and harvest whatever potatoes I can on the non-infected ones? I know that I can't re-use the potting soil if the potato plants did indeed get a disease, but what about the containers. I'm assuming I'll have to sterilize them some how. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sara

Re: An Interesting Question,...
Check out this website! http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html its about this book called the humanure handbook by Joseph Jenkins. You can also use human urine for fertilizing plants as well. Im not sure how much, but i know you have to water down the urine, or you may burn the plants, and kill them. I know your supposed to just pour this mix on the roots, because it can still burn the leaves. Supposedly this adds lots of nitrogen to the soil. good luck!

Re: Wellcome On Dragonmill.
I'm was Born in Sweeden Myself. And I'm engaged to a Man Who's Mom and Dad we're Born in Porto Rico.A really nice Latino guy.His Name is Moonbeam Rodregius.

Re: Wellcome On Dragonmill.
Are You talking to Me or the German Guy?

Re: Wellcome On Dragonmill.
tell us more...

Re: An Interesting Question,...
the best especially if vegan/vegit don't forget the urine... this was a whole theme of one of my books but since you cared to bring it up...

An Interesting Question,...
Here's an interestin question. Doese Human Poop make good Fertilizer?

Re: Wellcome On Dragonmill.
That is a really Beautiful Website! Amazing Artwork on the Homepage. And I just LOVE You're Profile photo!

Re: Earth Fare
Thay have a store like that where I Live. It's called Durham Whole Foods.

Re: NO ACTUALLY I DON'T LOVE THIS
You're rong Fifi. It's not spam. It's just common sense.

Re: NO ACTUALLY I DON'T LOVE THIS
Well...the way it's posted does serve it up like it's spam since it's just purely promotional and the person who posts it doesn't stick around to participate in the actual tribe. That said, it seems to be more or less on-topic and not actually selling anything (that I can tell but then I haven't bothered clicking through since the person posting the link doesn't do more than cut and paste promotional material). I'll be interested to see if they actually show up in this thread or if it's just purely promotional spambotting....

Re: Chicken Manure
One thing that makes really good Organic fertilizer is Bat Manure,also called "Bat Quano". It has a very high Nitrogen and trace mineral content.

Re: Chicken Manure
Ok,........I'm assuming You're using the word "Tea"very loosely dakotta.Not the best term to use since some of Us drink tea.

Re: NO ACTUALLY I DON'T LOVE THIS
i agree...I liked the links...didn't seem like spam to me...

Re: NO ACTUALLY I DON'T LOVE THIS
I thought it was charming. I think its important for us to get out of our own little world and see what other people are doing. Each piece is brief but I get names and places to Google and learn more. Thanks for posting the link.

Horticultural
'You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think' - Dorothy Parker

Herons, sheds, and other works in progress
(Let me say, before we go any further, that the willow sculpture you see here is a heron. A HERON. Not a giraffe.) I made this chap at a willow sculpture workshop taught by Hazel Godfrey at Albion Arts in Harpenden a few weeks back. I don't know what you think of my efforts, but I was rather pleased with him. My friend Sarah also did the course at the same time and made a heron, which you can see below. It was interesting how everyone in the group followed exactly the same instructions, yet everyone's sculpture came out different....

Book review: How to Grow Fresh Air by BC Wolverton
I've been delaying and delaying getting a plant for my desk at work, but I am starting to regret that having started to read Dr BC Wolverton's book How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 Houseplants That Purify Your Home or Office. The author carried out research for Nasa looking at air quality in spacecraft and for potential lunar bases, in the process discovering that certain houseplants are brilliant at filtering pollutants that are rife in modern homes, such as formaldehyde, xylene and benzene. A range of health complaints are attributed to exposure to these pollutants, found in everything from particleboard...

Hot Plot or not? Number 10 - The Christmas special, aka Wreath Idol
After having a field day with other people's gardens, I thought it was time to target the horticultural critiques a little closer to home. Given that my garden is under a blanket of snow right now, and is, anyway, nothing I'd proudly display, I thought I'd go a little off piste (fnar) with this entry for Hot Plot or Not. Above you can see displayed my efforts at a door wreath for Christmas. Now, rather unfairly I'd like to take a few words to explain myself - I know I don't offer this to the others who put themselves forward...

Hot plot or not? Number 9
Anne Wareham is the second brave victim with the guts to expose her garden to the sharp eyes of Horticultural readers. The picture (copyright Anne) is the vegetable plot at her Welsh garden, Veddw. As someone who has argued that gardens should face criticism rather than platitudes of "loveliness", ) is prepared to put her money where her mouth is. Good for you Anne! And what a mouth - Anne was recently awarded the prestigious title of Mouth of the Year in Martyn Cox's OMG awards. Just add your thoughts below: please start your comment with a "hot" or a...

Awards, sheds and silver birch wine
Sorry for the break in service. I've been focusing all my blogging energies on the Guardian gardening blog in a naked attempt to win the Garden Media Guild best blog award. Having been beaten to the line for a second year on the trot by the inestimable Mr James Alexander-Sinclair, I thought I'd retire to my personal blog to lick my wounds. Here's a potted summary of what I would have been blogging about, courtesy of a look back at my Twitter feed: - I've finally found a way of dealing with the fruit flies that seemed to be plaguing...

Hot plot or not? Number 8
Whatever you make of the garden, this house is one to go a little green at the gills over: lovely location right right near the park and the river, big Victorian pad, bet it's lovely inside. Does the front garden do it justice though? Just add your thoughts below: please start your comment with a "hot" or a "not" so I can tally the votes. Do send me a picture of your garden if you want to be subject to the scrutiny of the HPON judges (by which I mean, you readers). Reg Wickings did, and his garden, which was...

Anna Pavord on her new book, Bulb
I promised a blogpost on Anna Pavord's talk at the Garden Museum on October 1 and hey, presto, 14 days later, here it is! Anna was talking about her new book, Bulb, which took her four years to write, and you can see why - it's an erudite, beautiful piece of work that deserves to be pored over on many a cold winter's evening to come. The talk was full of gems - her bulb planting mix recipe (two scoops of John Innes no 3 to one scoop of 6ml grit), what bulbs to pick ("the simplest route to growing...

Hot plot or not? Number 7
The first brave soul to volunteer a picture of their garden for your appraisal is Reg Wickings of Sydenham, South London. He writes: I have a small garden, divided into two areas. I am interested in the Mediterranean and Japanese style of gardening and the gardens reflect these interests. I also a Buddhist and the garden has busts and statues of the Buddha and wood carvings from Buddhist temples. He sent a panoramic shot of his garden, which I've had to crop somewhat, but I hope it'll give you a flavour. But what do you think of Reg's efforts? (Do...

Hot p(l)ot or not? Number 6
Ok, this one's a pot rather than a plot, but hey, I make the rules, right? I spotted this container at Garden Organic at Ryton, near Coventry at the weekend. It's certainly got volume, but what do you make of the planting mix? I didn't manage to catch much of the pot itself, but as I recall it was a fairly plain terracotta or stone job. Just add your thoughts below: please start with a "hot" or a "not" so I can tally the votes. HPON? Number five, at Kingston Maurward in Dorset, was the first plot to get the...

Review: the Worm Cafe
When the people at Wiggly Wigglers offered to send me a new model of wormery to try out, I couldn't resist giving it a try: I've become a bit of a wormery enthusiast - it's an excellent way to deal with kitchen waste, and my daughter loves looking at the worms. Up until now, the Can'O'Worms was my wormery of choice: superior to all-in-one models in that the "tray" system made for easy harvesting of worm compost. I've had my Can'O'Worms for a year and a half and haven't had many complaints, but it does have a few shortcomings, which...

 

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