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I certainly wouldn't, mainly because it must hurt.
I do trim them with scissors every now and then though, otherwise I would end up looking like Denis Healey.

Hi there Rainbow P, welcome back.
If you like I could reactivate you old account, complete with all the posts you made before, plus you could choose which username you like best.
Anyway, nice to see you again

Ah well .... You will have to study the catalogues for small varieties. Of course you are lucky as there are very many tomato varieties that have been bred for container growing, along with other tender veg, courtesy of modern UK homes with about a square metre patio for a garden. Years ago there we...

I'm not as disciplined as Odsox Neither is Odsox :lol: The one downside is the growing area isn't deep enough to hold a cane so we've got some barely supported plants. So the project for next year is to devise some sort of external frame. Nah, what you need is a lean-to greenhouse on the other side...

When I got some equipment a few years ago I mistakenly bought what I thought was an airlock bung. It looked like one but it fitted over the demijohn neck instead of inside (like a cork) That might be what you want. https://www.homebrewwest.ie/carboy--demijohn-rubber-cap-60-mm-with-hole-for-airlock-4...

sususanan wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:55 pm

It looks like it's just the one plant.

In that case all those totally green leaves will variegate as they age.

It's the same down here, funny how opposite ends of the British Isles can be so similar. Your Cleg is known as Doctor Fly here, but is the same nasty vicious beastie. I am a magnet for them and a quick bite causes a nasty blister which takes ages to heal and you can still see the red scar 3 months l...

Green Aura wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:17 pm

Looks like a Tradescantia to me.

Yes, especially the variegated leaves. Is there one plant or two?
When I was a good deal younger it was called Wandering Jew, but that's probably not politically correct now.

Those onions at the beginning of this thread were harvested on 21st of June, about a third were given away and the rest are now in our larder. Today I harvested 2 varieties of garlic and my shallots (early this morning and still got covered in sweat) I for one will be happy when the temperatures dro...

Obviously we are not self sufficient in rainfall at present Well I sort of am. I have a couple of 1,000 litre tanks that are filled with rain falling on my barn roof for polytunnel irrigation, although I only have one tankful at the moment. The house supply is from a spring that is on it's last leg...

Yes, I read that too. I also learnt that chicken are apparently "stunned" using CO2, although I would have thought "suffocated" would be a more accurate term. As to meat packaging, I assume the CO2 is in the blister type packs that supermarket meat is packed in, probably to stop it oxidising and kee...

I actually like weeds in my lawn. It's chock full of daisies, red clover, white clover, buttercup, celandines, violets, self-heal (both blue and the rare white), plantain (although that's not so welcome), plus tiny milkwort and a large patch of wild thyme. Oh, and a couple of primroses that I have t...

diggernotdreamer wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 25, 2018 3:56 pm

I thought there might be a film or some pictures, the title 'Fly Strips', got me intrigued

No it would be X rated and us Mods would have to censor it.

I don't think it's a case of flies flying into it, more a case of them being attracted to it by the sugar content.

happyhippy wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:44 am

Is there such a thing as frost resistant plants?

No, none of the curcurbit family are frost resistant.
There are small bush varieties of courgette and butternut squash that can be grown in largish pots, that way if an early frost is forecast you could bring it indoors for the night.