Comments on: Root Trainers aid Vegetable Gardeners. http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/ news, reviews, hints and tips on vegetable gardening, fruit growing and herbs. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 23:06:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Top Veg » Blog Archive » How to Grow straight Carrots. http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-5168 Top Veg » Blog Archive » How to Grow straight Carrots. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:28:50 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-5168 [...] has posted a comment about growing straight [...] […] has posted a comment about growing straight […]

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-5165 TopVeg Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:41:00 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-5165 Hi Caroline That is a useful bit of information. We have created a post about it at http://topveg.com/2008/03/30/how-to-grow-straight-carrots/ Thanks for your comment TopVeg Hi Caroline

That is a useful bit of information. We have created a post about it at http://topveg.com/2008/03/30/how-to-grow-straight-carrots/

Thanks for your comment

TopVeg

]]> By: Caroline http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-5158 Caroline Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:01:17 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-5158 Frances - i heard that a good way to stop carrots from 'forking' in rocky soil is to use the end of the rake or something long and cylindrical to make a deep narrow hole, fill it with lovely fine compost and sow the seed directly on top of the compost. Even with a bit of soil movement this should still help you have relatively normal shaped carrots. Frances - i heard that a good way to stop carrots from ‘forking’ in rocky soil is to use the end of the rake or something long and cylindrical to make a deep narrow hole, fill it with lovely fine compost and sow the seed directly on top of the compost. Even with a bit of soil movement this should still help you have relatively normal shaped carrots.

]]> By: Curtis http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4648 Curtis Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:42:34 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4648 I have read about these once before. TP rolls would be a great biodegradable alternative. I have read about these once before. TP rolls would be a great biodegradable alternative.

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4614 TopVeg Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:57:00 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4614 Rosengeranium & VP- this is an interesting theme - particularly if we can double up our production from the feral mycelium that takes a fancy to our cardboard rolls. We tried to put cores of mycelium into our sawn off tree trunks. They took about two years to produce oyster mushrooms - but by then we had lost confidence & didn't dare eat them! It would have been easier with t-p rolls!! Rosengeranium & VP-
this is an interesting theme - particularly if we can double up our production from the feral mycelium that takes a fancy to our cardboard rolls.
We tried to put cores of mycelium into our sawn off tree trunks. They took about two years to produce oyster mushrooms - but by then we had lost confidence & didn’t dare eat them! It would have been easier with t-p rolls!!

]]> By: VP http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4613 VP Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:31:53 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4613 Hi TopVeg, I like the conversation's that started on here! I just cut up the kitchen paper innards to t.p. size - makes 2 or 3 this side of the pond. I do the same with Xmas wrapping innards - makes about 5 :) Hi TopVeg,

I like the conversation’s that started on here! I just cut up the kitchen paper innards to t.p. size - makes 2 or 3 this side of the pond. I do the same with Xmas wrapping innards - makes about 5 :)

]]> By: Rosengeranium (Indoor Gardener) http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4609 Rosengeranium (Indoor Gardener) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:19:36 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4609 I have a problem with mold on my loo rolls, but think that's more due to the climate inside of the glas bell where I put them. Right now I'm experimenting with egg shells too, and I may continue using only shells in that one. I've come across people growing false morels that prepare the soil by burring large amounts of news papers underground and then 'plant' mycel on them. Perhaps paper of more coarse quality is easy to digest for the mushrooms? I have a problem with mold on my loo rolls, but think that’s more due to the climate inside of the glas bell where I put them. Right now I’m experimenting with egg shells too, and I may continue using only shells in that one.

I’ve come across people growing false morels that prepare the soil by burring large amounts of news papers underground and then ‘plant’ mycel on them. Perhaps paper of more coarse quality is easy to digest for the mushrooms?

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4599 TopVeg Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:24:21 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4599 Frances - don't worry - the cardboard in the t.p.rolls will break down in the garden - and add to the organic matter. Mushrooms like to grow on organic matter - so perhaps that is what is happening. I have never seen this, I wonder if anyone else has? I would place the top of the t.p.rolls below the soil level, so that they keep damp. This will help the roots within the t.p.rolls to grow & eventually to burst through the rotting t.p.rolls! Remember to thin your carrots when they are big enough, so you just have one per t.p.rolls TopVeg Frances - don’t worry - the cardboard in the t.p.rolls will break down in the garden - and add to the organic matter. Mushrooms like to grow on organic matter - so perhaps that is what is happening. I have never seen this, I wonder if anyone else has?

I would place the top of the t.p.rolls below the soil level, so that they keep damp. This will help the roots within the t.p.rolls to grow & eventually to burst through the rotting t.p.rolls!

Remember to thin your carrots when they are big enough, so you just have one per t.p.rolls

TopVeg

]]> By: Frances http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4598 Frances Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:36:14 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4598 Why would mushrooms grow from the rolls, do you bury the edges, or leave them up a bit out of the ground? I want to do this right. Frances at Faire Garden Why would mushrooms grow from the rolls, do you bury the edges, or leave them up a bit out of the ground? I want to do this right.

Frances at Faire Garden

]]> By: kethry http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4597 kethry Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:27:05 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/13/root-trainers-aid-vegetable-gardeners/#comment-4597 Frances, I've grown peas and a few other things in loo rolls. They work well, only one thing to be aware of: sometimes, when you've planted them, during the night, small mushrooms come up from the loo rolls. they die back by morning, and i wouldn't eat them, but if you get worried.. don't, i don't think they're anything to worry about - we're still here after a year of eating veg from the loo rolls!! keth xx Frances,

I’ve grown peas and a few other things in loo rolls. They work well, only one thing to be aware of: sometimes, when you’ve planted them, during the night, small mushrooms come up from the loo rolls. they die back by morning, and i wouldn’t eat them, but if you get worried.. don’t, i don’t think they’re anything to worry about - we’re still here after a year of eating veg from the loo rolls!!

keth
xx

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