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Frequently Asked Questions

Getting started on an allotment

Ten Tips for Grow Your Own Beginners http://www.realmensow.co.uk/?p=324 is worth a read

Don’t throw anything away
Nurture what you inherit
Don’t plan
Plant easy to manage stuff
Grow tomatoes and strawberries (though watch out for tomamot blight here in Cornwall)
Grow veg that’s expensive to buy
Talk to the old boys
Join a web forum
Grow veg you like
Start a blog and take lots of photos!

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Title	Updated/commented date
Thinking about getting an allotment	Fri, 19/07/2013 - 1:29pm
Why is my rhubarb so spindly?!	Mon, 15/07/2013 - 1:15pm
What would be good to plant following early potatoes and peas to keep my plot productive over the winter?	Mon, 15/07/2013 - 1:13pm
My blackcurrant and gooseberry bushes in my garden grow vigorously but with very little fruit, why is this?	Mon, 15/07/2013 - 1:10pm
How do I clear a garden completely full of overgrown weeds including Dandelions and Switchgrass?	Mon, 15/07/2013 - 1:09pm
Rhubarb running to flower	Mon, 15/07/2013 - 1:08pm
What is the best way to grow and harvest an Angelica plant?	Mon, 15/07/2013 - 1:07pm
What do you think of the concept of perennial vegetables and would you be able to recommend any?	Mon, 15/07/2013 - 1:06pm
What can I do to help celery grow in a cold and wet climate?	Mon, 15/07/2013 - 1:04pm
Early June - Is it too late to plant potatoes?	Mon, 15/07/2013 - 1:00pm
Which vegetables could be planted in a north-facing plot in partial shade?	Fri, 09/08/2013 - 2:36pm
Fence posts	Thu, 11/07/2013 - 11:00am
Help available for rotavation	Wed, 10/07/2013 - 1:05pm
Maintaining paths	Wed, 10/07/2013 - 12:56pm
Is there a waiting list	Wed, 10/07/2013 - 1:01pm

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Hayle Allotments
Lethlean Lane, Hayle, Cornwall