Comments for TopVeg - growing veg,fruit&herbs

Comment on Planting Brassica Seeds by September Vegetable Garden « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs

September Vegetable Garden « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:10:03 +0000

[...] Sow [...]

Comment on How to prepare beetroot for cooking by Michael Miller

Michael Miller — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:14:01 +0000

me and my sister loves to cook foods at home and we always love homecooked meals~~~

Comment on How to Ripen Pears by When is it time to pick pears? « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs

When is it time to pick pears? « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:54:57 +0000

[...] ripen best off the [...]

Comment on plant consultant by Black Bay Leaves « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs

Black Bay Leaves « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:33:50 +0000

[...] Malcolm Allison, our plant consultant, has answered: [...]

Comment on Veg Questions? by TopVeg

TopVeg — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:17:09 +0000

Hi Sara

I asked our plant consultant Malcolm Allison & this is his answer:
This would be a result of aphid infestation ~ the aphids secrete honeydew which provides a substrate & nutrition for the black mould. I’d recommend spraying the aphids with soapy water (or water with a bit of washing up liquid in it), hopefully this should deal with the problem.
HTH

TopVeg

Comment on Veg Questions? by farmingfriends

farmingfriends — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:25:51 +0000

Hi Topveg,
Had this comment left on my website and thought you maybe able to help.
“I have two standard bay trees in pots and have kept them like this for three years. Recently, I have noticed a black substance on the leaves which washes off with just plain water but keeps coming back! Do you have any idea what this is? Or what I can do to prevent this reoccuring? Mia”
Hope you can help.
Kind regards
sara from farmingfriends

Comment on iGrowIt – an app for gardeners! by Matthew Trachtenberg

Matthew Trachtenberg — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:31:19 +0000

Also check out Garden Buddy for the math challenged gardeners among us..

Features a number of handy calculators for Iphone gardeners as well as planting information.

Also provides location based realtime lookup of garden suppliers, service providers and attractions with maps and turn by turn driving directions to the nearest farmers markets and many other gardening related places of interest.

Product page:

http://island-apps.com/products

Itunes Page:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garden-buddy/id375593793?mt=8

Comment on Hoverflies control blackfly on runner beans by TopVeg

TopVeg — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:20:21 +0000

Hello Dennis

Good to hear you have lots of ladybirds protecting your beans! How wonderful to witness the swarms of insects- our gardens bring us so much!

How often did you have to treat the blackfly with soapy water?

Thanks for visiting TopVeg.com & for your comment

TopVeg

Comment on Hoverflies control blackfly on runner beans by dennis morgan

dennis morgan — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:54:52 +0000

i live in east essex, our runner beans suffered blackfly earlier in the year, which we controled with soaps water. in the last week they are back with all of our neighbours as well. today 03.08.2010 swarms of midges are flooding through our gardens thousands are at the beans doing there jobs, also large amounts of ladybirds are joings them, they are still swarming across the garden its been over 3 hours.

Comment on Vegetable Garden in August by Ann Flower

Ann Flower — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:51:11 +0000

Thanks for sharing the information on vegetable garden in August. It was nice going through your blog. Keep on posting.