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| Rhubarb. These crowns were planted back in 1999 and are about to be dug up, they have seen their best and have been replaced by a new planting. We have used Timperley Early, and started cropping in 2001. It has been a constant battle to keep on top of the weed, particularly couch and returning enough nutrient back to the crop. Results have been disappointing, plenty of FYM in the autumn and some organic poultry manure, keeps us ahead of the game but only just. The result is small quantities of very good quality rhubarb, that never gets too stringy or woody. |
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Broad Beans Broad Beans have generally done well in our early years of organic production. Birds have been our biggest problem, they do like digging up the untreated seed and will completely wipe out your crop. The only way to keep them out is with a mesh or a fleece. The four drillings serve us well and give us a cropping period of about 6 weeks.We are generally lucky to avoid the blackly, they can make such a mess of the crop. |
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| Runner Beans Organically we have had some real disasters growing the runner bean. However with a little bit of persistence and a change in the rotation, the crop has performed better, but still can look a bit yellow, synonymous with not enough plant food. The beans are of a good quality, but probably not as big or as long as a conventional crop. One of the biggest problems here is keeping the deer out, especially the Roe, they are very partial to Runner Beans. The first acre is planted under low tunnels and can suffer from slug damage.The Fallow deer can also be an enormous problem, but more particularly in the sweet corn.Click here for the second page. |
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To e-mail or phone the pumpkin grower type in this address, m.smales@farmline.com then type Lyburn Farm in the subject box to get past our anti spam or m.smales@hotmail.com or Phone Mike on 01794 390451 or Jono 07775 883464 |
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