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keithmac

keithmac

Guru
Got in at 5 after work, all the tools out and it started raining!.

Thought sod it and carried on till 9, 4 posts in, 1 pannel modified and 2 waiting to go.

After I cut the panels they just fell away, no support at all.
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Tin Pot

Tin Pot

Guru
keithmac said:
Time for a rechargeable one?...
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Possibly, though I’m sure it’s a false economy. Might just regard mowers as £50 annually disposable units.

£99 for a cordless one at Homebase.

£49 for corded.

£39 for manual...bizarre. I reckon these should be just over a tenner.

Are there any multipurpose electric ones? Mower, aerator, scarifier...etc.
 
keithmac

keithmac

Guru
If that were my mower I'd be taking the handle to bits and fitting the remaining flex if long enough.

Had to do the same with my hedgecutter a few years ago!.
 
PaulSB

PaulSB

Squire
Location
Chorley, Lancashire
I’m not sure if anyone else has an allotment but here we go. I realise Spring is/was late this year but I feel open ground seed germination, potatoes and asparagus are all very slow and late.

Anything I plant out from my glasshouse is growing away well. For example I always raise brassicas and beans in 13cm pots which gives me very large plants to set out. Similarly my courgettes which go out today are in 16cm pots and about to flower.

Is anyone else finding the same?
 
Tail End Charlie

Tail End Charlie

Well, write it down boy ......
Location
In green and pleasant hills.
PaulSB said:
I’m not sure if anyone else has an allotment but here we go. I realise Spring is/was late this year but I feel open ground seed germination, potatoes and asparagus are all very slow and late.

Anything I plant out from my glasshouse is growing away well. For example I always raise brassicas and beans in 13cm pots which gives me very large plants to set out. Similarly my courgettes which go out today are in 16cm pots and about to flower.

Is anyone else finding the same?
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Yes, I'm finding the same. It was probably the Beast from the East which did it. Even my forced rhubarb was late. And I even delayed planting broad beans by a couple of weeks. Won't take long for things to catch up ime, yesterday I picked my first asparagus spears. The only thing which I think will struggle this year is sweet corn, because of the length of time it needs to grow.
Growing things makes you much more aware of changes in weather I think.
 
Heltor Chasca

Heltor Chasca

Out-riding the Black Dog
Location
Near Bristol, Bath & Mendips in Somerset
PaulSB said:
I’m not sure if anyone else has an allotment but here we go. I realise Spring is/was late this year but I feel open ground seed germination, potatoes and asparagus are all very slow and late.

Anything I plant out from my glasshouse is growing away well. For example I always raise brassicas and beans in 13cm pots which gives me very large plants to set out. Similarly my courgettes which go out today are in 16cm pots and about to flower.

Is anyone else finding the same?
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A weird year. I start off young veg for clients. Leeks and onions have been awful. I grow brassicas in seed trays as I believe pricking out stimulates strong root growth which is needed here in the South West on account of the wind.
 
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Tin Pot

Tin Pot

Guru
keithmac said:
If that were my mower I'd be taking the handle to bits and fitting the remaining flex if long enough.

Had to do the same with my hedgecutter a few years ago!.
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Yeah, tried that - there’s some sort of unit the wires go into wth what looks like a fuse or capacitor attached. There’s no way to open it to remove/attach new wires without cracking open the casing, which brings safety into the calculation.
 
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