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No, I've got a Discovery, DnD, and that's a lot earlier and a totally different flavour.

I Googled Diplomat apple variety Weedo, but without much success. I haven't heard of it and it seems the rest of the world hasn't either.

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I just looked up Katy and I don't think it's that, and it's not a Cox as the colour is wrong. Every apple is a deep maroon red with just a hint of green at the stem end. It doesn't really matter of course, but it is a bit annoying not to know. As it was from Lidl I would have thought it would be a m...

Hello Ascerti, welcome to our forum.
I hope you find some of our posts useful and to give you some encouragement to follow your dream.
You are among like minded people here.

I have an apple tree that I have no idea what variety it is. It was bought from Lidl at an end of season sale price, I think I paid a Euro for it and it was labelled as a Bramley. The rootstock is very dwarfing, it's about 10 years old now and it has grown no taller than 1 metre, and is loaded with ...

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Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:05 pm

It looks to be missing us out, for once. I hope your travel plans go to plan.

Not necessarily Maggie, this is the long range forecast for Thursday midnight.
We are sailing on the Dublin > Holyhead ferry, so not as exposed as further south.
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Well it looks like the summer calm is soon over with Hurricane Helene about to come calling. Murphy has dictated that it will hit Ireland next Tuesday just when we are due to catch the ferry to Wales. Maybe it will be delayed a bit, or better still wander off and annoy someone else. :iconbiggrin: . ...

I would advise against getting a "proper job" I wasn't really serious Weedo, I haven't had a job, proper or otherwise, for 25 years and I aint gonna start now. Not that I had many proper jobs before that, as I was mostly self employed. So yes, that allows me to play and try growing new things, just...

I know, I should get a "proper job", Flo.
Never mind, winter is coming and I can play with my radios instead and leave all those poor defenceless plants alone.

Also of note, I finally have a pineapple with roots.
That's something I did on purpose, and have tried before and failed.

But why do you want to grow an avocado? There's self sufficient and being completely .... See point 7 of my instructions, Flo. Probably because I'm soft hearted when it comes to plants, frinstance I sow more tomato seeds than I want, they all germinate and so I HAVE to grow them all regardless. Suc...

'Tis easy. 1 .. Remove stone and eat your Avocado 2 .. Throw stone and skins into your compost bin 3 .. Leave for 6 to 9 months 4 .. Next winter empty compost bin and spread on polytunnel beds 5 .. Wait 2 years and then notice a strange growth in corner of polytunnel 6 .. Dig up strange growth and p...

Still picking white grapes for sultanas, I would think we are about half way through.
The black grapes were finished a few weeks ago, not such a good crop as last year for some reason, but we have just over a Kilo of raisins from 7 Kg of fruit.

Hi there Twizzle, welcome to our forum.

Plums ... Plums .... Plums That reminds me of Spam ... Spam ... Spam (or am I showing my age? :lol: ) Would you believe I have a glut of ..... TOMATOES. I grew fewer plants this year and now have all that we need preserved; dried, bottled puree, bottled chopped, bottled whole, with just the require...