Recent content by Yabba

Damn that was a tough bunch of decisions! Brilliant entries from everybody, shame I couldn't just vote for them all. ¥

+1 But let 'em slide this time, this was always gonna be a hectic TD. If it counts, I'm *lovin'* following this months TD's ;) ... not that I don't normally love them of course ... thank you for the idea/effort :) Ohh ... and I agree with TB && JayT .. your pictures suck when you attach them...

It can also be caused by inconsistent watering @link blossom end rot ¥

I dunno, bet you could spend $100 ( or less ) on a drunken chef reply that would be equally tacky! ( obviously it'd involve more photos, a cheap beer and possibly the odd sequin ) ... couldn't you? ¥

Damn, that just killed drunken chef for me! The only way I could stoop lower would be to swap out your paper plate for a dog bowl ... fairly sure that's been done before though :( ¥ ps : ohhh yeah, rest of y'all were great contenders, but fish fingers in a wrap?

Loved all the entries, but you got my vote SOMB ... it appealed to my sense of humour/interpretation You came a close second "DQ that just *had to enter* after spending $100+ on ingredients" ... very imaginative ;) Even last place beat all my ideas :( ¥

Good luck with it all. If you lived closer, or even on this side of the pond, I'd happily come and help you plant up. Nothing beats seeing a patch of land going from "brown and empty" to "fully planted up and growing". I get a buzz from it every year ;) ¥

Excuse the double post : Peas / sugarsnaps / etc ... start them in a length of guttering ( at correct spacings ), then, when you're ready to plant out, make a furrow and slide them out of the guttering into it. Saves loads of time ;) It's meant to be easiest/best if you water them first. ¥

That's fair enough. Our beds are rotovated enough to plant just using your hands and we've already setup row markers and slapped stakes in ( all our plants are staked ), so that makes things a lot faster. On a blinding day we can hit 10secs a plant. ¥

Assuming "transplant" means "planting out" 500 plants is a doddle in a day, you can easily plant out 100+/hr manually, we do it every year ;) ¥

Your link 404s, assume you mean this one ? New Mexico Team Brings the Heat to Chile World ¥

We use a "similar" setup ( no seat :( ), but we have source tray on left ( plants to be potted on ), empty tray on right ( destination tray ), and empty pots behind your compost. ¥

Get your facts straight @link waricks response to naga testing I live in GB ( which isn't GBoR ;) ), personally I couldn't give a toss which chilli was in GBoR, I grow for taste not a certificate on my wall saying "yay yabs, yer growing the hottest hybrid there is!" ¥

Good luck for this season Dave ¥

Biggest lesson I learnt last year was overwatered seedlings react the same as underwatered seedlings ... they die ... now I deliberately underwater, for me, and they mostly live ... even if they *do* think I'm still overwatering them ;) ¥