Gardening/Vegetable growing tips

[mitch]

Very early spuds and shallots are in, root veg going in this weekend along with the early peas and some lettuce in pots in the greenhouse.

 

[tek-monkey]

yeah, good point. Maybe back to the dripper system with a short sharp blast of water once a day then. Will look into the matting idea though, thanks.

The wilko thing would work with something like that i was going to attempt it myself this year. The timer things arent cheap though.

Just saw this, available next week at lidl, and immediately thought about this year old post...

 

[Gramaisc]

yeah, good point. Maybe back to the dripper system with a short sharp blast of water once a day then. Will look into the matting idea though, thanks.

The wilko thing would work with something like that i was going to attempt it myself this year. The timer things arent cheap though.

Just saw this, available next week at lidl, and immediately thought about this year old post...

£14.99 for the timer - and a 15 metre soaker hose for £6.99 or a 15 metre sprinkler hose for £4.99.

 

[tek-monkey]

Not a veggie I know, but looking through a site I just saw this. Think I'm gonna have to buy one!

 

[Rikki]

My allotment, looking a bit bare at the moment

 

[My Name is URL]

Jealous much... would love an allotment.

 

[Gramaisc]

The water timers are in Lidl now, there were six there tonight.

 

[mitch]

My veg garden about 10 months ago.

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[Norbert Nodge]

A truly impressive plot Mitch. Home brew in the shed?

 

[mitch]

Nah, I store that in my belly.

 

[Slainte]

Wow Rikki
The allotment is looking good, I have garlic, spuds, squashes in, and new seedlings shoots going in the plot in next week of peas, mange tout, spinach, cauliflower

 

[mitch]

Tip of the day;

Plant your peas up in plastic guttering and bring them on in the greenhouse or cold frame, it stops the mice/birds helping themselves.

 

[My Name is URL]

Anyone watch "The Edible Gardener" last night on BBC 2...?

Great programme, would recommend it for anyone looking to grow a few bits. Should be in iPlayer.

 

[Rikki]

Tip of the day;

Plant your peas up in plastic guttering and bring them on in the greenhouse or cold frame, it stops the mice/birds helping themselves.

someones been watching gardeners world.

 

[Gramaisc]

Plant your peas up in plastic guttering

The Hanging Gardens of Hopton?.

 

[ToriRat]

Anyone want a few tomato seedlings, I have way to many

 

[littleme]

We've had our first harvest of Potatoes for tea tonight, not bad as all of our veg & fruit is grown in pots.

This year we have grown - potatoes, runner beans, courgettes, 3 types of tomatoes, radishes, raspberrys, gooseberrys, and of course strawberrys.

The carer (MrLittleme) has grown Moneymaker & Tumbling Tomatoes, and I've got 'Red Alert' tomatoes, we're having a bit of a competition to see who's turn out best, The Carer's have ripened earliest, but fallen off, where as I have more, but they don't seem to of ripened yet...

What have you all grown this year? Any tips or tricks? My cucumbers died off after planting out so I might go back to the Cucamelons I grew last year.....

 

[Withnail]

Runner Beans, French Beans (only one survived), Peas, Courgettes and Potatoes. Blackberry survives and thrives without intervention, though it's taken a hit this year, which is actually last year.

Fighting an increasingly losing battle against the molluscs, barstards, but am still hopeful of some croppage.

 

[Lucy]

I seem to be cultivating weeds but we've got sweetcorn, potatoes,peas, courgette, runner beans and brassicas if they survive outside. Then cucumber, aubergine, tomatoes and chilli in the greenhouses. Most stuff is going well despite our lack of intervention.

 

[littleme]

I seem to be cultivating weeds but we've got sweetcorn, potatoes,peas, courgette, runner beans and brassicas if they survive outside. Then cucumber, aubergine, tomatoes and chilli in the greenhouses. Most stuff is going well despite our lack of intervention.

The carer (MrLittleme) wants to try sweetcorn next year, do you think it would be any good in very large pots? I'm not willing to giving up much garden for it & the only area I could use is shaded for a good half of the day...