Tubers

[Mordac]

You can make it with spuds though, and lots of other things. Maybe I can make it from compost?

Just don't try making it with the contents of your freezer, OK?

[SueEllen]

Ah but globosa isn't the normal Buddleia, that is purple and grows anywhere even half way up walls.

Parson Adam Buddle named several plants, including a large shrub with round orange flowers:



Just found a great little website devoted to Buddleia plants:

The Buddleja Garden

and at last, an image of what the seedlings are supposed to look like, so I can distinguish these from the weeds:



OH in "and next week Gardner's Question Time will be coming from ..." mode

Glad you've been doing your homework.

My buddleia is white though I was tempted by the tri-colour variety.

[milanbenes]

up the bluebell railway tunnel

Milan.

[xoggoth]

Xog, Vodka is a grain spirit

You can make it with spuds though, and lots of other things. Maybe I can make it from compost?

[OwlHoot]

WHS

You are suppose to prune (hack) Buddleia back to one -two feet every spring as it grows like a weed.

Ah but globosa isn't the normal Buddleia, that is purple and grows anywhere even half way up walls.

Parson Adam Buddle named several plants, including a large shrub with round orange flowers:



Just found a great little website devoted to Buddleia plants:

The Buddleja Garden

and at last, an image of what the seedlings are supposed to look like, so I can distinguish these from the weeds:



OH in "and next week Gardner's Question Time will be coming from ..." mode

[Mordac]

To make vodka with I presume?

Only potatoes I've got are the ones sprouting in the compost heap. Might be edible but there's some dead birds there too.

PS Poor little birds I've found in the garden, probably that have hit the window, not birds in the colloquial sense. I keep my dead prostitutes in the freezer, that way I can thaw them out and use them occasionally.

Xog, Vodka is a grain spirit. If you're making it with spuds, you're going wrong. Re. the rest of your post, you're also going wrong, but I so can't help with any of that. Except to humbly suggest you should never re-freeze once thawed. Hope this helps.

[xoggoth]

I had enough of planting potatoes back in USSR

To make vodka with I presume?

Only potatoes I've got are the ones sprouting in the compost heap. Might be edible but there's some dead birds there too.

PS Poor little birds I've found in the garden, probably that have hit the window, not birds in the colloquial sense. I keep my dead prostitutes in the freezer, that way I can thaw them out and use them occasionally.

[AtW]

I had enough of planting potatoes back in USSR, fecking queues too

[SueEllen]

Easy. The Buddlia will be over 10' tall by september!

WHS

You are suppose to prune (hack) Buddleia back to one -two feet every spring as it grows like a weed.

[RSoles]

Never really grown much in the way of spuds, except some blue/purple ones for a laugh.
Surprising how offputting bluish/purplish mash is....

My favourite though is peas straight from the pod. They never get as far as the scullery.
Need to succession sow them, otherwise they'll all come at once ( ooeer).

[RetSet]

Nah, my potato patch is sprouting from last year's growth.

I planted ten pots of chives in a flower bed last week, and they're doing well.

But not one of my Buddleia globosa seems to have germinated, unless they are hidden among the weeds in my pots. Trouble is, how does one tell the difference? They all look the same!

Easy. The Buddlia will be over 10' tall by september!

[pjclarke]

Yes, some earlies in the ground last week.

But only 'cos we're selling up and neat rows of stuff growing make a better impression than a bare plot. Spuds are a good example of the grow your own fallacy, just when you're harvesting your veg, it is at its cheapest in the shops. Spuds are about 10p per kilo in season, and I personally cannot tell any difference in flavour between farm and home grown.

Having said that I do grow herbs, salads, chillies, tomatoes, asparagus and various berries, for the flavour & freshness.

[OwlHoot]

Afternoon All,

I've got a 100 seed potatoes in the garage and the tubers are coming on very well.

They'll be in the ground in two week's time.

Anyone else planting potatoes this year

Milan.

Nah, my potato patch is sprouting from last year's growth.

I planted ten pots of chives in a flower bed last week, and they're doing well.

But not one of my Buddleia globosa seems to have germinated, unless they are hidden among the weeds in my pots. Trouble is, how does one tell the difference? They all look the same!

[shaunbhoy]

Anyone else planting potatoes this year

Milan.

I believe Paddy and his cousin darmstadt (both shown above) might have plans in that direction.

HTH

[milanbenes]

Afternoon All,

I've got a 100 seed potatoes in the garage and the tubers are coming on very well.

They'll be in the ground in two week's time.

Anyone else planting potatoes this year

Milan.