Comments for http://www.pennardplants.com/blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Potatoes for Christmas Day! by ANNE http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/2009/08/potatoes-for-christmas-day/comment-page-1/#comment-129 ANNE Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:19:06 +0000 http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/?p=29#comment-129 HI CHRIS I had a go at growing potatoes for Christmas and used potatoes found in bottom of fridge planting them in bags of compost at the beginning of sept . ALL WAS GOING WELL UNTIL FROSTS DESTROYED HAULMS IN NOV. I PROCEEDED TO HARVEST MY 4 ROOTS XMAS WEEK RESULTING IN APPROX 14OZ SMALL BUT SOLID SALAD POTATOES WHICH I STEAMED .THEY WERE TASTY AND NEXT YEAR I WILL HAVE ANOTHER GO BUT INTEND TO PUT THEM IN BETTER LIGHT CONDITIONS AND BE MORE WARY OF FROST FORCASTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE MALVERN SPRING SHOW REGARDS ANNE HI CHRIS I had a go at growing potatoes for Christmas and used potatoes found in bottom of fridge planting them in bags of compost at the beginning of sept . ALL WAS GOING WELL UNTIL FROSTS DESTROYED HAULMS IN NOV. I PROCEEDED TO HARVEST MY 4 ROOTS XMAS WEEK RESULTING IN APPROX 14OZ SMALL BUT SOLID SALAD POTATOES WHICH I STEAMED .THEY WERE TASTY AND NEXT YEAR I WILL HAVE ANOTHER GO BUT INTEND TO PUT THEM IN BETTER LIGHT CONDITIONS AND BE MORE WARY OF FROST FORCASTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE MALVERN SPRING SHOW REGARDS ANNE

]]> Comment on Potatoes for Christmas Day! by Pennard http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/2009/08/potatoes-for-christmas-day/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Pennard Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:45:37 +0000 http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/?p=29#comment-126 Hi Sorry you did not have success with the secondplanting potatoes, you have to realise that when you grow something it is not guaranteed to be a success, for every 50 people that get good results you always get one that has a problem, it can be down to watering, not enough sun, anything. Also please do not judge your failure as anything to do with buying from a show, it would not matter if you had brought from a garden centre or multiple, we all sell the same potatoes as there are only very few growers of these second planting varieties. Right, now we have to put things right. The bags and compost (assuming you still have them) can be used again for spring planting. We shall have the seed potatoes available from end of January. I will gladly replace the potatoes with some you can grow for harvesting in May as delicious New Potatoes. Let me have your address or if you are local please come and collect soem from one of our Potato Days. Again apologies you did not have success but let's try to at least get you a crop for the spring. Regards Chris Hi
Sorry you did not have success with the secondplanting potatoes, you have to realise that when you grow something it is not guaranteed to be a success, for every 50 people that get good results you always get one that has a problem, it can be down to watering, not enough sun, anything. Also please do not judge your failure as anything to do with buying from a show, it would not matter if you had brought from a garden centre or multiple, we all sell the same potatoes as there are only very few growers of these second planting varieties. Right, now we have to put things right. The bags and compost (assuming you still have them) can be used again for spring planting. We shall have the seed potatoes available from end of January. I will gladly replace the potatoes with some you can grow for harvesting in May as delicious New Potatoes. Let me have your address or if you are local please come and collect soem from one of our Potato Days.
Again apologies you did not have success but let’s try to at least get you a crop for the spring.

Regards

Chris

]]> Comment on Potatoes for Christmas Day! by Alan Brook http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/2009/08/potatoes-for-christmas-day/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Alan Brook Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:25:48 +0000 http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/?p=29#comment-125 Very disappointed with the crop from second season potatoes. It will be a very poor xmas dinner at our house this year. I followed your instructions to the letter including an occasional liquid seaweed feed. What a failure....won`t ever be buying from a show stall again. Cost me over £20 for the bags, seed potatoes, compost and feed. Result 1 pound of potatoes too small to handle. compensation?, surprise me! Alan Brook, a visitor and customer at your stall in the Shepton Mallett Show. Very disappointed with the crop from second season potatoes.

It will be a very poor xmas dinner at our house this year.

I followed your instructions to the letter including an occasional liquid seaweed feed.

What a failure….won`t ever be buying from a show stall again.
Cost me over £20 for the bags, seed potatoes, compost and feed. Result 1 pound of potatoes too small to handle.

compensation?, surprise me!

Alan Brook, a visitor and customer at your stall in the Shepton Mallett Show.

]]> Comment on About by Pennard http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Pennard Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:16:30 +0000 http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-63 Hi Please supply your address for a catalogue Hi
Please supply your address for a catalogue

]]> Comment on About by Victor Bethell http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Victor Bethell Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:47:28 +0000 http://www.pennardplants.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-62 Could you please send me you catalogue/price list of vegetable seeds. I got your name from a friend who was given several packets of seeds with your name on them by a neighbour. He was very impressed by the results - and so was I! Could you please send me you catalogue/price list of vegetable seeds. I got your name from a friend who was given several packets of seeds with your name on them by a neighbour. He was very impressed by the results - and so was I!

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