GaryFoster
@Prof_GD_Foster
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Retired Prof in Molecular Plant Pathology: enjoys life voraciously: enjoys beer: enjoys family & 2 dogs even more than beer(!) L'pool FC through thick & thin
Bristol (origins Norn Iron)
Joined August 2012
I’ve done the same and harvested all 3 of my initial varieties, Maris piper, Rooster & Jazzy all with great results. I’ve done this so I can try for the first time Summer Planting Potatoes (also known as Second Cropping or 'Christmas') going for Charlotte, Jazzy & Maris Piper.
I chitted all my seed potatoes really early this year and planted them out super early in pots with cloche covers initially. This is the yield from single pot of one of my maincrop 🥔 'Rooster' .A great yield in July when you would normally harvest September to November
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We’ve had the curtains permanently closed in the house for several days now to try keep the heat out and the house cool in the awful UK heatwave. We’ve just opened the curtains and had a peek to see if the heat has reduced any, and…….
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Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
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As UK suffers in this heatwave I’m reminded what sort of phrases we’d use back in my wee homeland of Norn Iron. Us Irish melt at these temps 🥵
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I chitted all my seed potatoes really early this year and planted them out super early in pots with cloche covers initially. This is the yield from single pot of one of my maincrop 🥔 'Rooster' .A great yield in July when you would normally harvest September to November
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Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds. I’m pretty sure most in UK would also support it.
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Child dies at Alder Hey as measles cases surge. So sad. So preventable . Those to promote antivax should be prosecuted
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My home team from my wee home town. What a story.
In 1960, a European Cup tie between @Glenavon_FC and @FCErzgebirgeAue (then in East Germany) was unable to go ahead after the clubs were refused visas. After 65 years the fixture has been fulfilled, with 1,200 German fans cheering on their side in Lurgan! Incredible scenes! 👏
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Us wee Norn Iron folks melt at these temps. Car and garden them gauges are saying it’s 36oC ☀️😱
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RT @Tolga_Bzkrt: Plz RT. We are looking for a postdoc to join our collborative project on AI-guided bioengineering of plant immune receptor….
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I just knew we shouldn’t have order the whitebait as part of our tapas order.
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Bristol harbour side is lovely on a sunny day. Ironically we’re about to head into a dark cinema to see “The ballad of Wallis Island”. We nearly booked to see The Salt Path then all the controversy appeared in the press.
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‘The army were on the streets – and we were bored’: Stiff Little Fingers on making Alternative Ulster
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Murder inquiry after scientist found injured on street. A man has been charged in connection with the death of a scientist after she was found seriously injured on a Dundee street.
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What a surprise 🙄 NOT !!. Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US
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‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France
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Gary is finally to be cast in 2:22 A Ghost Story 😂.
Morning!.Got an exciting announcement coming up for you later on today. Meet me back here at 6pm?
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RT @BS_PP: The BSPP Undergraduate Prizes are open!.We’re celebrating excellence in plant pathology, research & exams. Nominate your best st….
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