tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post637105682096803933..comments2024-03-26T17:53:49.471+00:00Comments on Mark's Veg Plot: Purple Sprouting BroccoliMark Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-36197603156817948362014-01-30T22:54:04.220+00:002014-01-30T22:54:04.220+00:00Also it could be the raised beds with thin soil Ma...Also it could be the raised beds with thin soil Mark.All my veg are much better now that I'm growing them on the allotment.Smiles ......David Shinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349275095909121230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-41529319065781208152014-01-30T22:46:23.623+00:002014-01-30T22:46:23.623+00:00Strange...I planted PSB and cavolo nero together i...Strange...I planted PSB and cavolo nero together in June again last year and the PSB have almost choked out the CN.<br />I've been cutting it for the last couple of weeks which might down to having an earlier variety (in 2013 I was still harvesting in May) or it may be due to a mild spell of weather up here in the North West! David Shinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349275095909121230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-63267614925151962882014-01-30T21:52:26.926+00:002014-01-30T21:52:26.926+00:00I like your last paragraph." vegetable-growin...I like your last paragraph." vegetable-growing you sometimes win and you sometimes lose, despite all your efforts. " That is the beauty of gardening.Awinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429470601606769862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-15540339304209966572014-01-30T20:16:19.919+00:002014-01-30T20:16:19.919+00:00Yes I see it now. Blogger seems to travel from one...Yes I see it now. Blogger seems to travel from one glitch to the next these days!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-39181195235585870272014-01-30T19:18:43.600+00:002014-01-30T19:18:43.600+00:00The plants pictured remind me of jungle looking ty...The plants pictured remind me of jungle looking type plants with the large leaves. I've near to zero experience with broccoli. I have some Red Arrow plants growing that were planted as plug plants given to me in December however they are very very small and don't look like much.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-41671571405298576482014-01-30T16:41:59.789+00:002014-01-30T16:41:59.789+00:00Hi Sue; Thanks for the warning about the picture n...Hi Sue; Thanks for the warning about the picture not displaying. I've deleted and re-entered it, and it looks all right now. Just the latest of Blogger's many glitches, I suspect!Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-13809711497509674892014-01-30T16:39:47.290+00:002014-01-30T16:39:47.290+00:00Hi Elizabeth, and welcome! Glad it's not just ...Hi Elizabeth, and welcome! Glad it's not just me with small PSB then... I hope you will enjoy my blog enough to return again.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-84442080336729992262014-01-30T16:23:53.420+00:002014-01-30T16:23:53.420+00:00Hi new reader here, my PSB is not growing to well ...Hi new reader here, my PSB is not growing to well either up in Cumbria, my plants are small compared to last year, do they like the cold better than mild winters? can't think of any other reason.Elizabeth Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01267834819003545732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-71616359479972285292014-01-30T16:03:53.086+00:002014-01-30T16:03:53.086+00:00I thinks it's like you say, you win some you l...I thinks it's like you say, you win some you lose some. Sometimes there's just no rhyme nor reason why something will do well one year and not the next. Whatever sort of crop you harvest, you'll have done better than me because I don't have any, but I plan to rectify that next year.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-43527531017085991282014-01-30T14:27:17.567+00:002014-01-30T14:27:17.567+00:00Not as bad as mine Mark I haven't got any this...Not as bad as mine Mark I haven't got any this year. If it managed to grow through the bad weather we had last year I'm sure it will pick up for you. Jo@awholeplotoflovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03525039817338877634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-37835200756016896032014-01-30T13:58:47.943+00:002014-01-30T13:58:47.943+00:00It's definitely a bad PSB year for us - you kn...It's definitely a bad PSB year for us - you know that due to my whinging about club root. BY the way your third photo just displays as a white box with a pale grey no entry sign in the middle. I thought it could be Chrome playing up but it's the same in IESue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com