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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Soak in warm water until soft.
Mound round a pot, secure with string, let dry.
redlig
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Alternatively use egg cartons made from cardboardy stuff.
Onoff
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Off to try that now!
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Now I'm scared! 
I thought I'd seen whatever it is the other evening but now there is no mistake.
I was just out slugging on the bean patch. There was "something" on the ground about 4" long. As the torchlight hit it disappeared underground but so fast I thought I was hallucinating. Where it went underground was a say 5mm dia hole. I gingerly probed it with the Leatherman blade but backed off as it's dark and I've seen Tremors!
Any ideas?
I thought I'd seen whatever it is the other evening but now there is no mistake.
I was just out slugging on the bean patch. There was "something" on the ground about 4" long. As the torchlight hit it disappeared underground but so fast I thought I was hallucinating. Where it went underground was a say 5mm dia hole. I gingerly probed it with the Leatherman blade but backed off as it's dark and I've seen Tremors!
Any ideas?
Onoff
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tremors and you would have already been a goner
I only just managed to get back to the house by using a length of box section and vaulting between molehills...
After some checking it may be a western yellow centipede but a whopper. "Up to 70mm long" and the rest!
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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A relative suggested they've had excellent first years growing veg then the second year seen the plants decimated by pests. Maybe "they" are then in the soil, multiplying ready for next year?
More hair applied to the nibbled beans tonight, purple dyed hair to be exact!
Dyed hair withstanding I'm trying not to use anything artificial. That extends to oil used on the gardening tools. Rather than 3 in 1, WD40 etc is vegetable oil an option? Was even thinking to spray inside my box section frames.
More hair applied to the nibbled beans tonight, purple dyed hair to be exact!
Dyed hair withstanding I'm trying not to use anything artificial. That extends to oil used on the gardening tools. Rather than 3 in 1, WD40 etc is vegetable oil an option? Was even thinking to spray inside my box section frames.
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Sheep's wool is sometimes used for this!
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I have a rag soaked in Chainsaw Bar Oil to wipe the garden tools with when they are clean.
The Chainsaw Bar Oil I use is fully biodegradable stuff .
Trying Runner Beans for the first time this year, in the tunnel. They're climbing like mad and flowering, but no beans yet. French Beans started off behind the runners and have fewer flowers but beans are appearing.
But we're having a slug or snail problem. The climbers seem to be able to outgrow them, but dwarf beans got eaten to death.
But we're having a slug or snail problem. The climbers seem to be able to outgrow them, but dwarf beans got eaten to death.
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Had exactly the same issue last year with the dwarf beans and runners in big pots. The runners in the ground faired better.
I've nearly 50 green runners in plus a further 45 red tongue of fire ones just breaking the surface in little pots.
That's a lot of beans.
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Don't you dare use R40 that would be sacrilege unless it's in the petrol mower.
Lanolin? You'd have to heat it up to coat the insides.
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This morning I've officially given up with the cold frame. It's supposed to be lettuce, onions and chives, and it's mainly dandelion and fringed willowherb instead. I thought I had a couple of lettuce, but they look more like dandelion now, and I have chives growing up between some paving stones so I'll just have those instead. Perhaps I'll have another go with it next year. Irritating, as I'd gone to the trouble of sourcing some glass for the lid.
