Heritage Vegetables to swap

[nikkrud]

Good morning everybody.

I have recently had to move in a hurry, and had to leave behind my whole allotment :(. Having found another place to settle, I am now on the hunt for fruit plants - Strawbwrries, raspberries, rhubarb and so on. I have lots and lots of various different heritage vegetable seed to swap and would be interested in anything you can offer me.

Many thanks,
Nikk

[nikkrud]

[nilly71]

Hi Nikk
If you have a local poundland then it will be a good place to start as they have fruit bushes and strawberries.

Neil

[Vortex]

I can swap you any number of autumn raspberries you like - the problem is I can't tell you what variety they are - we got our first stock from my father-in-law about 17 years ago and he got his from - well even he's not sure.
We think they may be related to autumn bliss but that's about it. They're an autumn variety crop from mid September through to November - depending on the weather.

[Susiebelle]

I have found incredible bargains at Wyvales ( I understand they are struggling)this year and even a couple of weeks ago they were selling last years redcurrants, I think 1Ltre pots at 50p!

[nikkrud]

wow! That really is cheap!

Vortex, I would love to swap. I'm not worried about named varities, and love the history behind them. I have lots of different bean varieties, some tomatoes, and some different peas. Would these be of any interest to you?

Nikk

[grandadg]

Hi,

I have been splitting a mature rhubarb root and have some spare cuttings If you would like some let me know.

Grandadg

[Vortex]

wow! That really is cheap!

Vortex, I would love to swap. I'm not worried about named varities, and love the history behind them. I have lots of different bean varieties, some tomatoes, and some different peas. Would these be of any interest to you?

Nikk

Just send me a pm of what you've got --- if I'm not interested in anything then you can have the raspberries for the cost of postage -- I can get at least 20 new plants every year just from the runners.

[nikkrud]

Thank you Vortex. I will put together a list for you this evening and pm it to you next time I am near the computer. 20 new plants off the runners, thats incredible!

[Vortex]

Actually its a right royal pain in the proverbials...

[cambourne7]

I have to take runners off my canes before i move how do you do it??

Nikkrud where are you generaly in suffolk maybe there are people nearer to you on here, you might want to look at http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,33972.0.html

[Vortex]

Raspberries naturally send runners under the ground, which then come up as new plants.
Separating the new plants is just a matter of cutting through the routes with a spade. If you're moving either put them in a "rose pot" - they're about 6" in diameter and 12" deep, or if you're going to replant reasonably quickly knock all the soil off and put them in a brown sack - such as the sort you buy dried dog food in.
When you get to where you're going take them out the sack and put in a bucket with about 4" of water in the bottom. You can keep them like this for up to a  month as long as you maintain the water and don't allow the bucket to fill with water.
We've had a baby oak sapling, about 12" in overall height. in a drinks bottle on the kitchen window sill since mid October, with its roots just sitting in a couple of inches of water.