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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 3:30pm |
I dug quite a bit of my compost up when we dug our new vege garden up. I put some in with my new carrot patch and then a whole heap into the new garden so I could start planting in it now (which I have done). The other day we found some random plants growing and we have worked out what they are...
Pumpkins  . I threw out an old pumpkin that had gone mouldy and the seeds have given me some plants  . Hopefully they grow well.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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aimeejoy
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 4:30pm |
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YAY! Yeah I have heard about that with pumpkins! Am hoping my compost bin grows some as I put all our vege scraps in there, including heaps of pumpkin seeds.
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 4:33pm |
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Hey Becks a bit OT, but can I ask you about potatoes? I have had some seed potatoes in the shed getting sprouts on them, and I think they are now ready to plant. They are quite big and I read somewhere you should cut them into smaller pieces, as long as they have at least one sprout they will be ok. So is that what you did? And do I plant them with just a bit of soil over the top and keep adding more as the sprouts shoot up? When do you know they are ready? Sorry for all the q's...
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 5:38pm |
Just leave them whole and put the biggest sprouts pointing towards the sky do you get what I mean?? The other sprouts will grow off to the side which is fine.
Put quite a bit of soil/compost/potting mix over top of them. Once they sprout up you can put grass clipping/soil/sompost around them to help grow.
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 7:11pm |
Awesome thanks, will plant them tomorrow.
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 7:36pm |
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Composts are the best places to grow pumpkins!
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 8:25pm |
If you want next time you are in Palmy come around and have a look at what we have done.
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Posted: 11 December 2007 at 11:39am |
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Cool, I will do that. Maybe when we have our December meet up?
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Posted: 11 December 2007 at 3:59pm |
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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My compost is good to me.