The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Last cat Tia liked yoghurt so got to lick it off my spoon then I had another spoonful. You need some germs in your system! Lol

Enough
I am working out what to have for lunch

 

[numbnuts]

After cleaning a disgusting female’s human excrement off cell walls way back before health and safety, power washers, etc, believe me dealing with animals is a treat. Not sure who is the animal to be honest!

That has just reminded me of when I worked for British Rail, there was a length of steel that went under the carriage floor from one side to the other and it was always covered in a brown heavy paint well that's what I thought it was turned out to be human waste from the loos this was well before they had holding tanks you flushed and it hit this bar at 70 MPH I kidd you not.

 

[numbnuts]

hahaha
I confess, I am not a dog or cat person but it makes me physically heave when I see people allowing their pets to lick their faces

I love dogs, but I hate them to lick me......I've seen what they do

 

[Dave7]

No, not by a long way. If you continue with the peppers outside in a warm sunny spot or in the conservatory you can expect them to continue growing and producing until October possibly November. This is why I suggested moving in to 6 litre pots. My peppers are in my greenhouse and will stay there unless we get a very good summer - I suggest you leave yours in the conservatory.

The tomatoes are a little different. Because these are in pots they will eventually reach a point where they simply can't continue to maintain growth. I feel you'll probably get tomatoes through to late September.

My tomatoes are in the glasshouse but are in large troughs which gives more room for root development, compost volume, feed etc. I can often be picking the last tomatoes in early December. The plants will be dieing but the fruit continues to ripen albeit slowly. This year I think they will finish in early November - I got too much early growth before flowering started.

Also you have cherry tomatoes and I have full size. In my experience cherry toms run out of steam first.

Back to the hoovering.........

Not sure what a 6 ltr pot is. These are 10" tapering to 7".
What did surprise me was how much compost was needed when I repotted them.
I have been leaving them both in the conservatory overnight then putting them out day time......during which time I water them.

 

[Tenkaykev]

@Tenkaykev both my Wahoo and Garmin are accurate enough to show when I'm outside my back gate!!

Consequently have everything set to show my start/finish points as randomised within a half mile radius.

Yes, sometimes mine is uncannily accurate and will show me within a metre or so of where I am. It's when you start to move that the innacuracies can creep in.
There's a constantly changing " ephemera" of gps satellites that your device is picking up. Generally the more it can see the better.
With wrist born devices of necessity having very small antenna then things like trees/ buildings/ your body can block / reflect the signal.
Bike computers have a lot more room for antenna and bigger batteries.
When I load my run into Garmin Connect the track, while sometimes being spot on, often shows me cutting corners/ running in the road/ running in our local lake etc.
My current watch is a 245 and it's a brilliant bit of kit. My old chunky 305 with a different antenna and more power hungry chipset shows more accurate tracks.
I too have my Garmin track not display within a one mile radius of home, I can see the whole track but no one else.

 

[pawl]

Sounds quite disgusting.
How can you face food after doing that

She shuts her eyes and hopes she doesn’t get her Weetabix mixed up with the cat litter.🤮🤮🤮😱

 

[pawl]

No, my excuse is that living so close to the sea, nothing grows anyway.

Here’s how to solve your problem Just google plants that are tolerant of salt air No excuse now😇😇😇😇

 

[pawl]

Autumn colours appearing in the garden this week...
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It’s a bit early for an Acer to go to it’s Autumn tint I did have a problem with my Acers losing the leaves but this was due to being exposed to drying winds Moved them to more sheltered spot .Now they keep the leaves till mid October

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I have bimbled, got back a little while back with 50 miles on. It was like an autumn ride, what happened to the summer? It was fresh on the way out and I needed my longs and long sleeve top, it warmed up on the way back and I could have done with being in shorts and a short sleeved top. A lumpy ride and at times on the way back hard work into the stiff breeze. But it was an enjoyable morning out peddling and Harveys Coffee Cabin is one of my favorite cafes, its closed Monday and Tuesday at the moment but hopefully it'll get back to more normal hours at some point, I'm struggling a bit with finding cafes to use on my Monday rides, though I did hear that Wedges Cafe at the Earlswood Plant Centre is reopening in a couple of weeks, another favorite of mine.

 

[PaulSB]

Not sure what a 6 ltr pot is. These are 10" tapering to 7".
What did surprise me was how much compost was needed when I repotted them.
I have been leaving them both in the conservatory overnight then putting them out day time......during which time I water them.

6 litres refers to the compost volume the pot holds. Professionally anything 10cm diameter (4") and below would be referred to by diameter, 8cm, 9cm etc. At 12/13cm the volume of compost required is 1 litre, from that point on pot sizes are defined in litres.

Your 10" pot has a compost volume of 15 litres. Don't worry you haven't used too big a pot, I erred very much on the small side for you.

The volume and pot size will be shown on the base. DON'T turn it upside down to check!! 😂

If you have the inclination to move them in and out this is good. Much better ventilation and air flow around the plants.

 

[classic33]

No, not by a long way. If you continue with the peppers outside in a warm sunny spot or in the conservatory you can expect them to continue growing and producing until October possibly November. This is why I suggested moving in to 6 litre pots. My peppers are in my greenhouse and will stay there unless we get a very good summer - I suggest you leave yours in the conservatory.

The tomatoes are a little different. Because these are in pots they will eventually reach a point where they simply can't continue to maintain growth. I feel you'll probably get tomatoes through to late September.

My tomatoes are in the glasshouse but are in large troughs which gives more room for root development, compost volume, feed etc. I can often be picking the last tomatoes in early December. The plants will be dieing but the fruit continues to ripen albeit slowly. This year I think they will finish in early November - I got too much early growth before flowering started.

Also you have cherry tomatoes and I have full size. In my experience cherry toms run out of steam first.

Back to the hoovering.........

That there hoovering wasn't on your worksheet. I'd demand extra...


As for comparing yours and Dave7's "toms", with yours being the larger, well!!

 

[classic33]

Along with the bloody cat !!!!

Shouldn't that be in the bag?

 

[classic33]

Along with the bloody cat !!!!

Shouldn't that be in the bag?

 

[BoldonLad]

hahaha
I confess, I am not a dog or cat person but it makes me physically heave when I see people allowing their pets to lick their faces

Me too

One of our four daughter has two cats, which roam all over (her) house, including work surfaces in kitchen. I refuse to eat at her house, or, to eat anything cooked/prepared there.

 

[classic33]

Here’s how to solve your problem Just google plants that are tolerant of salt air No excuse now😇😇😇😇

Seaweed