Are they lining up to kiss you Bob?

Colin

I have not seen this, but apparently it is quite common. ( Article from 2007)

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Bob,

well done indeed, now all you need to do is create about 400 more plants across your orchard and you can get into the seasonal business, just like Eddie Grundy and his dad!

That'll sort the wheat from the chaff…….

I'm told it can take more than 20 plantings to get one to take so again, very well done Mr Abell. I'm not sure if we get mistletoe growing wild over here on the Island, I'll have to enquire, I've not seen any and we usually get ours when down on the Cotswalds visiting.

Kimmo

Greetings green fingers,

we have just received this years seeds for the allotment, and soon will have spuds as well so can start 'chitting'. The garlic, onions and cauliflower were over wintered in the greenhouse and we still have loads of leeks, cabbage, spuds and 'petty pow' (sprouts like miniature cabbage shape) on site.

Digging was all done before Christmas, so just the bean trench to back fill and we'll be ready for the warm weather!

Still can't find any reference to mistletoe being native over here.

Keep on building, aye, Kim

Peter, hello,

we have problems with blight almost every year, so try the resistant varieties. We grow first and second earlys, letting the main crop be from the commercial growers if we run short, and then we put in late spuds for Christmas too, which we are still digging now.

Lady Crystl, casablanca, cara, orla, vivaldi and red duke of york have been grown over the last few years and this year its to be Lady crystal, orla and Sarpo red (blight resistant and good slug resistance too, from E Europe).

My wife is the vegetable manager, I'm merely handy with fork and spade and fixing the fences and compost bins etc.

Cheers, Kim

PS Bob apparently mistletoe has been found growing wild in the hedge rows above Kirk Michael here on the Island.

You were very lucky to get it to grow, I tried a similar think with a 380 motor, speed controller , servos, put it near some balsa and glue, but 5 years later on it has not grafted in at all !!

Hi Bob Do you ever stop thinking, what a simple but inexpensive watering can . May be we should have a recycling tread .

Now I am going to be the new money saver in our house with your idea ,well should I tell Elaine its not really my ideaMichael

Well done on the Mistletoe Bob. I have tried a couple of times on my apple tree but nothing happened. I thought maybe the seed needed to pass through a bird first but obviously not.