Remember to hit SUBSCRIBE BUTTON and also BELL ICON to be notified when each new video is uploaded * Welcome to both old an new subscribers….many thanks for watching!!! 🌻Nigel.............MuddyBootz Allotment🌻

It is a busy time on the plot and you have done well as usual. I have saved my runner bean seeds from last year just getting the bed ready and will start sowing soon. Not only NHS need our support and they certainly do but I have been inspired by all those men and women in lockdown sowing scrubs clothing at home on their own sewing machines for their local hospitals. Hard times do bring out the best in people. Take care and be safe Mike

Fantastic video looking forward to the next one take care and stay safe 🤗🤗🤗

Hello Nigel, just keep a eye on the willow canes as they will root down quite quickly, remove them as soon as you have finished with them. Like the zip bag method as you can see the seeds you are germinating and don't disturb them when removing the lid. Take care my friend and stay safe and healthy. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.

That was nice to watch. You are moving right along there. I bet those carrots 🥕 will look lovely! I hear Oxford university is beginning human trials on their vaccine, it sure would be nice to put an end to this! Take care Klaus

Hi Nigel, you've really cheered me up. Just planted my sweetcorn - 32 to give me at least 24 - in exactly the same root trainers as you've used. It's going to be 'exciting' trying to get them in between the first crop of broad beans and some of the winter brassicas but I'm going to give it a try - who knows what sort of weather and season we're going to have after a weird March and April? We could be beggared by the end of August or we could have a prolonged 'Summer' 'til October! Nature and 'climate change' will no doubt inform us and teach us as we go along. Not had much success with the 'kitchen roll' method but glad that you have. I've had a 'miracle' with my parsnips! 0% germination on kitchen roll but 95% in the same deep root trainers. Keep 'em coming, dear bro'. Keep safe. - Paul

Stay safe. Best wishes Bob.

Hi there Nigel the rotary sive is a good bit of kit I must put that on my Xmas list , we only need about 8 sweetcorn as only us two but beans of all types we will be growing , so glad you got your onions . STAY safe all best Bill and Val

Cracking update mate stay safe 👍

Nice sowing video there. I love roottrainers and they are a must for beans. The plants get so good roots system and it’s a joy when planting Stay safe.

@SteveRichards27

4 жыл бұрын

I use them for my main crop beans too, they're great. For my early beans I don't bother as they are only in the modules for a couple of weeks : All the best - Steve

Well done

Agree with Tim P below Nigel - beware using willow! They will be branching out and getting in the way within the month! I have bought Benchmaster this year after seeing your videos last year. If only we had shows to show them at! Enjoyed the episode as always, all the best Martin.

Thank you Nigel for sharing would kindly send me some of your willow cuttings please and thank you

Hi Nigel, I like the grid for the carrots all I did with mine was work a grid out with a small cane and sow seeds where the drills crossed, as to the sweetcorn this year I chitted my seeds and got a very good result in fact the best for 2 or 3 years. All the best Wayne.

As already said willow will root easy as...

Hi Nigel, Once again love your precision with your planting, especially your use of templates. I'm going to be planting some corn and french beans today as well as some more carrots. So you've got me in apprentice mode again. I'm back on stand down again as the aviation industry is in turmoil with covid 19 here and the rest of the world. So stay safe and keep them videos coming. Cheers -Aussie Keith

@MuddyBootz

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Good to hear from you Keith. I know my OCD with plant spacing goes against the grain with some people, but as you know, our type of work get embedded into your system, be it gardening, DIY and most other things. Good luck with the planting and hope you have a good season ahead...All the best 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

I always love your videos Nigel and Ive followed you advice and switched to incredible for my main crop but I’ve settled on chitting my sweet corn because I’ve had very variable germination and I don’t have enough seeds to risk failure this year. I find that provided you plant the sweet corn within 3 weeks of it breaking surface you don’t really need root trainers, which suits me as I only have enough for my beans! Also I believe that “beans fix nitrogen” is a myth in practice, it’s only true if you cut them back before they flower (like I do with field beans) otherwise the beans use up all the fixed nitrogen in flowering and growing the pods. : all the best - Steve

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Steve many thanks for your comments....much appreciated!!!. I always believed that the nitrogen was returned from the cut down plants via the root nodules......however after checking your theory....you are quite correct about the timing of harvest being critical to this happening. Thanks for highlighting this 😀👍👍👍

@SteveRichards

4 жыл бұрын

@@MuddyBootz we are always learning Nigel and I learn so much from you it's always nice to return the favour occasionally! : All the best - Steve

I put my runner beans in so far no show 2weeks so resow great video and information plus tips 👍👍👍👍

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Graham, good to see you back on here 😀 I had a similar issue with my Blue Lake French beans and had to resow. 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

Great idea with mesh grid Nigel. I know that you were only using the rotary sieve for compost but if you ever use it for soil then turn the bolts & nuts around so that the bolt heads are inside the drum. It saves many a jolted arm!! The other thing I do with mine is to place a few washers under the spindle where it passes through the drum. Same sifting, less jolting 😀 Great stuff mate!

Hi Nigel, I put my sweet corn in root trainers and about a 3rd germinated, I also put seeds in a plastic tub and all germinated, so depending on how they all turn out later in the season I might use the plastic tub chitting system in the future

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hi David, I seem to have better germination success if I sow the seed overnight. Well worth a try 👍 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

I am trying the Beefsteak and Cherry tomatoes ( blight resistant ) this year but the seeds are much smaller than the Chrimson Crush variety which have been very good and reliable croppers the last couple of seasons I have been growing them

Have you ever used willow trimmings this way before? It’s my understanding they root very easily.

Looking good Nigel! I gave my plot up because my new job involves lots of travel for upto three weeks at a time, so I now get my allotment fix through your channel 👍

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Such a pity having to give up your allotment, however experience is a great asset which you can benefit from in your retirement years 😀 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

Spot on as always Nigel, keep safe and enjoy the sun This is probebly summer for this year :-) all the best Richard.

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Hi Nigel Lovely video Sweetcorn what can i say I have now given up with it this year sowed 5 different lots and none have shown I sowed Cobra And Blue lake some weeks ago lovely plants but just this last 3 days something has got onto them some say it's powdery mildew but i know what that is like and there is no white coating on them this is like light brown but i stripped all the bad leaves of them and treated them but have now noticed it is all in the stems also but have now sowed another lot and see how they go i did see on a few sites someone has the same on their strawberry plants another has it on his broccoli so keep an eye out Take care Stay safe Pam ☕🍰

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Pam, sorry the late reply, I had 100% germination failure on my Blue Lake but it was old seed. Trying again with a fresh packet. 👍 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

Thanks for the update👍 very well thought out as usual mate. All the best.....Jim👍

Hi Nigel, I planted the same variety of sweet corn today too 👍🏼

Hi Nigel Good to see another video from yourself. Coincidencetely I planted my sweet corn into my root trainers today as well. Looking forward to your next video. Stay Safe Marc

Looks great 👍 I’m getting one of those sieves this payday as I’m getting far to old now to use the old ones for large quantities etc cheers 🍻

i been sowing today and planted my onions out another nice video

Enjoyed that Nigel, as always... Great tip on using to root trainers for the Sweetcorn, too late for me this year ha ha, but I'll remember that for next year!.. Take care mate, Mark

Nice one mate. I got my beans and corn in they are just showing. I always start my corn and beans in the solo cups nice and deep and they last 3 or 4 years. Stay safe mate I have seen the news seem infections are a lot less. All the best Dave

Hello mate. You've reminded me show my sweet corn I forgot about it. I like how you sow your carrots in the tanks. Do you thin them out when they come up if you sew 3 or 4 seeds per hole? Stay safe and look after yourself and the family. All the best Nic 👍 🥕🌽🥔🌱🦊

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hello mate, Carrots and Parsnips....I always CUT the rejects off at soil level and do not pull them out just in case I damage the one I want to keep. 👍 Stay safe. 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

Hi Nigel, good tip on the zippy bag, I just said to the wife just the pumpkin and squash/ sweet to go now (I think), I also have that sieve and I would not be without it, where has this sowing season gone, it seems to of been even busier this year, many thanks for sharing, take good care kind regards alan🌿.............THE DAWN CHORUS PLOT

I'm about to start my French beans mate, nice update, lets hope that wind dies down it's still quite chilly at times

After seeing you use a Agralan Compact 49 , purshased one myself, you said you would do a review. Wish it was larger with less 'pockets' but the system is very well thought out , popped a few french beans to try it out and was happy. Stay safe

I started me ' Enorma' runner beans of in the greenhouse a fortnight ago, no show as yet. Gonna start my Blue Lake off next week. Bought a couple of root trainer packs, hope they help

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hello David, I have had a total failure with my Blue Lake beans and have sown again. 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

@500Rufus

4 жыл бұрын

@@MuddyBootz i have done a secong sowing of blue lake and runner, must have been old seed when they were packed, because they were in date on packet.

Just planted 3 runner beans n 4 peas the others r still growing in the root trainers I only have a 6 x 3 raised bed n a 3 metre poly tunnel but I suppose you can only work with what u have my potatoes in pots though r flying Charlotte's pink fir king Eddie's n rudolph great vids nigel all the best

Nice to see you sowing Nigel. My zeebrune shallot seed failed this year so I'm going to have to make do with my Longor shallots. My sweetcorn appears to have germinated well tho'. Always grateful for small mercies! Take care Mike😊👍

Great to be getting so far on with your seed sowings mate. Be careful that willow does not root in your beds ( it's notorious for it!) Cheers. Woody 👍👍🍺

@SteveRichards

4 жыл бұрын

Cumbrian Homestead it did in nine, but that just meant really sturdy bean poles, I stopped it becoming much of an issue by just rubbing off the new growth, mine stayed in the ground for 3 years : all the best - Steve

Hi Nigel, another great video. I need to get a new watering can and was impressed with the flow from yours, can you tell me the make of yours please.

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Roy, sorry for the later reply. The green plastic one is made by 'Stewart' and the long metal one which has a fine rose is made by 'Hawes'. 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

@royedwards5913

4 жыл бұрын

@@MuddyBootz Thanks Nigel

I wasn't sure when to start the beans, as I usually start things a couple of weeks too soon and my porch turns into a jungle. Will they be ready to plant out in May if I sow them now. I have to be careful, I only have my porch, which serves as a green house, where I start everything. But there is an upside, I over wintered sweet peppers there and I already have 1 or 2 the size of a quail egg :) Plus loads of flowers to make more.

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hello and sorry for the late reply. Anytime now sowing should be ok considering we have just had a couple of nights of heavy frost. Hope your sweet peppers are still doing good. 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

Hi I liked the look of your rotary sieve, can you tell me where I can get one. Thanks 😁

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-crs400-rotary-soil-sieve/ Check on their website for your nearest branch 👍 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

@jeffdavison4625

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that I'll have a look 👍

Be careful with willow branches as i have had them self root ,this time of year ,

Good morning Sir! Last weekend I did my corn I was thinking: I want to do Muddy pre- sprouting technique . My question is regarding how long in the potting container or tall ?. I had two varieties one 4 feet tall and another 7 feet tall. I had them in a warm place 75 Fdegrees but outside is 50 F.

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hello, I pot the chitted seeds after about two weeks. They remain in the pots until around 30 cm high, I find the warmer temperatures are better for sweetcorn and plant them in a group to help them pollinate each other 😀 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

Hi Nigel please can you tell me what you use to mix in with your neem oil ..im getting do much conflicting info my heads spinning cheers mate? Also with sweet corn do I need to block plant it ? Sorry to be a pain in the bum

@MuddyBootz

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Neil, the Neem oil I mix I use............... 1 teaspoon of neem oil + half teaspoon of liquid soap and mix into 2 pints of warm water (I find it mixes better if water is warm) also I try to use my solution the same day as it seems to deteriorate if left longer. Beware it does smell. I only use it now on plants outdoors. Sweetcorn...yes plant on a group so they will help pollinate each other 😀 🌻 Nigel .......MuddyBootz Allotment 🌻

@nidge2822

4 жыл бұрын

@@MuddyBootz thanks Nigel 🤣