My name is Terry King and my fellow allotmenteers call me Robotic as I never stop. I enjoy my Allotment working to a budget, growing fruit and vegetables and making things from recycled materials. I make my own Liquid Plant Foods & Compost mixes to use around the allotments. I am also a Giant Vegetable grower and attend the National Giant Vegetable Championships at Malvern.
Not cheap mate but you need to buy some agrinova xentari. It’s a natural bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis) found in the soil but comes in granule/powder form and you mix it with water. Spray once a month from May-October (cabbage white season) and your brassicas will be safe. Doesn’t harm any other pollinators or beneficial insects
Lovely soft fruit harvest. All my brassica have been annihilated what the slugs didn't get the caterpillars did. I'm gutted because I did extra to share with family. I'm having a good year for peppers so swings and roundabouts comes to mind. Thanks Terry and take care
Hello Terry, Is the base receiver and door camera both powered by rechargeable batteries?. Can you add a microSD card into the receiver module to increase the storage capacity , similar to the Blink models? Cheers… Nigel
@MuddyBootz the base receiver is plugged into the mains, so you can hear the doorbell even if the phone is elsewhere. If you need more storage than is available, then there is a subscription you can choose from within the app. No Micro card on this model Nigel.
Hi Terry, oh no! That is,a lot of caterpillas! Shame about the clubroot too 😢 wow! A lot of fruit harvesting! Well done. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Hi Terry, polytunnel plants,are looking good. Ive groen crimson crush for the first time and rhey are a loveky tomato, also sweet milion is lovely too. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Hi Terry, so pleased Mrs.K is doing well and hope you are ok too. Love collecting my own seeds too, only started doing it the past 2 seasons. Grear video, thanks for sharing and take care
About a year ago I told you I hadn't found a toilet brush that fit my drill. I think I finally found one I may need to shave it down a bit to fit. Can't wait to try this trick I learned from you!
Those caterpillars 😮🐛🐛🐛🐛I hope the sprouts survive, most important for Christmas😋. I am increasingly trying to grow in harmony with nature, nature has billions more years of experience than we do!
Hi Terry so when these white butterflies stop coming out after summer because they make a mess of my okra, cabbage, beans and squash they look so cruel on your plants omg do you spray with anything Terry you put so much into your garden that’s lovely I wish I could do all that ❤
Lots of people use council recycled green waste and I must admit it horrifies me as they can have no idea what it contains. even if heat treated i am not sure it would get rid of weedkiller and pesticide residues, although it should remove disease and spores etc. It is so tempting just to feast on fruits, peas etc growing on the allotment, with no washing facilities. So tasty straight from the plant. I must admit to being guilty too. Your raspberries are looking amazing. So delicious. Mine haven't fruited yet- I have not had time to water them. Happy gardening 🙂
Oh Terry , how disheartening. Once the bloody caterpillars hatch, that's it, you have no chance.. I'm so sorry 😔 For once( and I nearly gave up on them) my one sprout plant is doing good, do I start pulling the bottom leaves off? They are looking pretty healthy with no dead leaves at the bottom,, Thank you sir...😊🐮🐮🐮
Love this type of recyling, wonderful. Shame about the Brassicas and good on you for not killing, live and let live 10/10. The club root resistant Brassica varieties do work well, but more expensive per plant. Another great video Terry
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening Yeah I always grow Killaton (now replaced by killastor?) and grow football sized heads wheras Cabbice are pathetic and another I have grown the same.
I have never seen so many caterpillars in one bed Terry, Sorry about the club root. Once my beds are empty the nets are taken off and left off until i am going to plant into that bed again. Blackberries and Raspberries look succulent. The old guy behind me has Street light covers that he uses on his brassicas, Not sure of they are the same as yours but they are conical in shape. Have a great week, love to you and Mrs K mate 💙❤
Hello Terry. I find growing nasturtiums helps with cabbage white butterflies and their caterpillars. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Sy4WjoRXKwQ.htmlsi=GkQfWpc2gL04ysKy
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening it really helps with the clubroot Terry. The lime and nitro chalk helps change the ph to a level where clubroot cannot colonise the roots and the chicken manure feeds the plants and makes them strong.
Good morning, Terry, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA Watched completely with ads and enjoyed your "spot on" observations. I'm glad you and Mrs.K are appreciating each day. ❤Peggy❤
I emptied 8 half barrels today and there were loads of the light green caterpillars in them, so I understand when you say that they may still be in the compost.
Shhh don’t tell the cabbage whites I have spectacular sprouts hiding from them. I don’t mind a wee share but come on stop being such 🤬🤬 greedy caterpillars 🐛. Interesting how our ideas change Gerald used to hunt and clean his own deer, now he can’t even kill a mouse 🐁 and I’m ok with that mentality. So sorry about the club root 😢. 5:22 I love the community of gardeners if only the world had more gardeners it would be a better place. Hope you have a fantastic day and Mrs K is good and even better tomorrow ❤, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
Had club root for the first time in a 3 year old raised bed. Took 4 cabbage out and found it in a red cabbage not the greyhound ones. Got about 5 left to pick 2 red 3 green.
You have just reminded me,I forgot to cover back up my Brussels sprouts. Mot of my cauliflowers,and broccoli bolted ,I think the heat and rain mixed didn't help. Sorry yours were a banquet for them. Thank you re educating us about the clubroot. I didn't see it,heard but not seen. So sorry Terry.
Oh no Terry 😮 but you have got some great finds 😂 the heat here hasn’t been kind to my brassicas either (covered or not) 🤬and pumpkins are just starting to kick off now. Been a funny old season growing wise. And would like to send my love and best wishes to Mrs K (I had been watching on tv) sending you both big hugs 🤗 and a pat to that beautiful dog 🐾😘
Hi Terry, love your ingenuity! Too bad the critters invaded your brassicas. They must've been tasty with those nice healthy root systems. I'm sorry I've been AWOL. The blasted COVID got me 🤒 ~ Sandra
I had my cabbages, caulis and kohl rabi under mesh this year, kept the flea beetles off, plants performed amazingly, then somehow the 'whites' got in, ended up with stripy caterpillars and green ones too! No idea how they managed it, so collected them up and popped them onto some spares I'd thrown in around the plot, they've enjoyed demolishing those plants, birds have had a few to eat, but nature is preserved!
I have a poly brasica bed, with my onions, coriander, and.french marigold to try and disguise the scent. The sides are trampoline black very fine mesh and top is bird mesh. I also planted several cabbages and nasturtium in unnetted beds / pots as sacrificial plants, the 1st flush of nasturtiums and sac brassicas have been almost annialated but (touch wood) im only dealing with snail and slug damage in the bed
