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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15051 Location: East Midlands
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Posted: Sat May 30, 20 12:02 am Post subject: |
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I have tried the three sisters thing before, and nothing grew very well. I think it needs a ton of nutrients, and the corn needs to be well established before you get anything trying to climb up it! I’ve got a Trial bed especially put aside for it this year with a whole barrow of WRM on it, and compost on top, to see if I can get it to work. I’m not so convinced that I don’t have also individual beds of corn, beans and squash, but I’m still going to give it a go. Imagine if you could devote all your squash and bean space to sweet corn as well! At the moment, I think I will struggle to keep it watered enough, but that might change anyway.
My bloody chillies etc are still languishing in the spare room while I sulk about my polytunnel, which blew away last week. 😡 |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15834
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15051 Location: East Midlands
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dpack
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Posted: Sat May 30, 20 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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use the still strong parts, replace what is trashed, storm lash it down before next time
storm lashing is pretty simple and only needs enough rope and anchors to be solid
glad you got it back, in the "no hurricane" storm of the 1980s i watched an ali framed green house that had shed its glass do a very competent tumble weed impression along the A24 at about 80mph while i foolishly decided to get a torch from the car when the leccy went out.
not as extreme as some mountain stuff but a daft call on my part as i had not considerd the UFO's, the estate agent sign i dodged was quite a weapon
wind is fun, my last sticks and a sheet one was at treen, my string and gaffer tape "tent" survived, 2 good expedition tents survived, there was some good forage from the other 200 or so folk the weather chased away
i still have more carbon fibre tent poles than i know what to do with
cross lash, decent anchors, should cope with most weather |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15834
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