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Post by shrewder on Jul 21, 2014 9:17:57 GMT 1
I am as usual growing tomatoes in a sheltered part of my garden against a south facing wall. I have an excellent crop but probably about 2 weeks away from picking first ones
I am interested to know what results others are having round the country
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Post by Matster on Jul 21, 2014 9:28:50 GMT 1
I've got moneymakers in pots and some actually in the ground outside for first time to see how they grow. Ones in pots have some large green toms just getting ready to ripen. I have some Sungolds that with a few that are nearly ready.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2014 9:49:38 GMT 1
The beauty of B&A Not tomatoes, but back in may I randomly planted a sprouting potato in an old unused but rather large plant pot. It's now huge and I can see potatoes just below the soil surface! I've no idea when to dig it up, but it's very exciting and I'm temped to turn part of the garden over to growing things!!
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Jul 21, 2014 10:20:55 GMT 1
First crop of broccoli was stunning.
Carrots could be taken now but leaving to grow a little while.
Beans have gone mental and we'll have a huge crop.
Aubergine plant is big but no fruit yet.
Courgettes are disappointing but I'm hoping that's to do with late planting and they'll flourish late season.
Mixed leaves did ok but then rather overran.
Overall, quite pleased with a veg plot that was only built in May.
Herb garden has thrived in the sun, will barely have to buy a fresh herb again.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2014 10:27:45 GMT 1
The beauty of B&A Not tomatoes, but back in may I randomly planted a sprouting potato in an old unused but rather large plant pot. It's now huge and I can see potatoes just below the soil surface! I've no idea when to dig it up, but it's very exciting and I'm temped to turn part of the garden over to growing things!! I believe that potatoes grow best in ground that has been heavily manured, or full of s**te. The area known as Cardiff is renowned for its ability to grow these vegetables in abundance. You probably know this already?
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Post by shrewinjapan on Jul 21, 2014 10:36:28 GMT 1
I have three kinds of tomatoes growing this year. The first to produce ripe fruit are the orange tomatoes (though strangely the first couple were normal red ones). They are delicious and sweet but have quite tough skins. Think the others are ordinary mid-sized ones and some that are more grape-shaped. The grape type ones have a lot of fruit on the vine, but a way off eating ready yet.
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Post by venceremos on Jul 21, 2014 10:58:05 GMT 1
Outdoor tomatoes have been great in grobags in recent years. This year I had to relocate as we've got a never-ending building project disrupting things, so they're in grobag-type compost but in large pots against a heat-retaining west-facing wall. I thought they might root better this time but they're well below the levels of recent years. Might yet improve as we don't really harvest outdoor tomatoes until August - December in a good year.
We're making a new veg plot for next year so we're in transition this year but the critters (rabbits, pigeons, slubs & snails) have done for the lettuce, kale, peas & broad beans. Only the runner beans are thriving and we have some spindley cucumber, sweetcorn and shallots.
Very disappointing season but my parents and mother-in-law in Cheshire say it's poor there this summer as well. Aim to be better prepared next year in the new plot but there's a lot of work needed to get there!
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Post by shrewder on Jul 21, 2014 11:51:01 GMT 1
I've got moneymakers in pots and some actually in the ground outside for first time to see how they grow. Ones in pots have some large green toms just getting ready to ripen. I have some Sungolds that with a few that are nearly ready. Sounds a good result
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Post by staffordshrew on Jul 21, 2014 12:55:02 GMT 1
Good sized, but so far unripe tomatoes on Moneymakers in conservatory. Just flowers on those outside so far. Some Minibelles also in flower outside.
Maybe grew too many potatoes (whats for dinner? Potatoes every time).
With b and a showing a Percy Thrower like interest in cultivation then maybe, if the entertainment at the greenhous Meadow is ever like last year's disaster again, then it should become the greenhouse meadow and be divided up into allotments.
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Post by venceremos on Jul 21, 2014 13:03:32 GMT 1
With b and a showing a Percy Thrower like interest in cultivation then maybe, if the entertainment at the greenhous Meadow is ever like last year's disaster again, then it should become the greenhouse meadow and be divided up into allotments. Or the club could let us nip out to the kitchen garden by the training pitch to do a bit of pottering there. More entertaining than a lot of last season's stuff on the pitch.
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Post by atcham jack on Jul 21, 2014 13:06:27 GMT 1
o/t from outdoor tomatoes, but mint sage and thyme grow well and chives,
o/t cardiff are s**t.
on a brighter note AJ's 2003 RMW blue shirt with amber stripe, arrived from ebay. it fits a treat and i shall wear my loggerheads with pride at the legion tonight.
further good news, aj bought a cd of the bbc six-five special rock and roll program of about 1958. also bought from a charity stall at a fete, 4 railway cab journeys including bristol to derby. i have bee3n to derby this morning.
red hot peppers grown in cardiff are s**t.
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Post by staffordshrew on Jul 21, 2014 13:09:35 GMT 1
And speaking of alternative uses for a football stadium, is there any scope for fitting a solar farm on the rooves of the stands? Do we already have any?
I would imagine if you built a stadium today then solar panels would be incorporated somewhere in the design?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2014 17:17:09 GMT 1
Just cleared some overgrown patch in the garden. Is there anything worth planting now or is it too late?
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Post by shrewder on Jul 21, 2014 17:23:37 GMT 1
Just cleared some overgrown patch in the garden. Is there anything worth planting now or is it too late? Possibly salad crops such as lettuce , radish and salad onions.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Jul 21, 2014 19:38:47 GMT 1
Just cleared some overgrown patch in the garden. Is there anything worth planting now or is it too late? probably too late from seed for most things but go have a look at a local plant nursery and see if they're selling anything.
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Post by Matster on Jul 21, 2014 20:13:10 GMT 1
Just cleared some overgrown patch in the garden. Is there anything worth planting now or is it too late? As Throbs said you could buy some starter veg to grow on which would help you catch up. Alternatively these are still viable from seed now with example varieties (thanks to Gardeners World mag ): Carrots - Nantes and Adelaide Chard - Lucullus, Charlotte, Dwarf French Beens - Stanley, Delinel Kale - Red Russian, Dwarf Green Curled Kohl Rabi - Superschmelz, Kolibri Pak CHoi - Rubi, Joi Choi Turnips - Toyko Cross, Purple Top Milan Winter Lettuce - Black Seeded Simpson, Winter Density Radish - Cherry Belle Spinach - Fiorano Spring Cabbage- Wheeler's Imperial You can plant quick growing lettuces such as rocket easily still
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2014 20:22:51 GMT 1
Many thanks chaps
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Post by shrewder on Jul 22, 2014 17:32:17 GMT 1
Just spotted 3 Sweet Millions tomatoes starting to ripen.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 17:52:02 GMT 1
Just spotted 3 Sweet Millions tomatoes starting to ripen. Christ thats a lot of tomatoes Shrewder...........
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Post by shrewder on Jul 22, 2014 18:29:44 GMT 1
Just spotted 3 Sweet Millions tomatoes starting to ripen. Christ thats a lot of tomatoes Shrewder........... Well there is a lot of them but they are a small variety, the size of cherries.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 19:20:17 GMT 1
Just bought ( a few days ago) a dwarf bush tomato plant called Totum, from B&Q. Put it in a much bigger pot and it's growing well on my patio..Got lots of tomato,s on it, so looking forward to seeing how many I get in a month or so. If all goes well I will get more next year, including Millions, which I think they also sold. Saves ****in' about with a Greenhouse.
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Post by Matster on Jul 22, 2014 21:01:21 GMT 1
Aldi, poor soles lost fridges in lightning strike, have loads of pepper plants and other stuff cheap. Also quite a few seed packs for 0.39p which will be valid for next spring.
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Post by atcham jack on Jul 23, 2014 18:00:42 GMT 1
They are growing onions on the memorial ground to go with the tripe gas play
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Post by shrewder on Jul 23, 2014 20:09:56 GMT 1
Trusses so heavily laden with tomatoes having to support them on strings now.
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Post by Matster on Jul 26, 2014 8:42:06 GMT 1
Just had the first few Sungold off of a plant. Never had them before, wow lovely cherry tomatoes and would highly recommend growing them next season.
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Post by shrewder on Jul 26, 2014 9:48:18 GMT 1
Picked first sweet million tomato. Excellent full flavour.
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Post by shrewinjapan on Jul 26, 2014 10:15:10 GMT 1
Been roasting here this week (about 35 degrees for the past few days) and my tomatoes are struggling a bit. The grape shaped mini ones are doing well enough but the orange tomato plants seem to be wilting and their fruit have not grown bigger or ripened. Shame because they are really tasty.
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Post by trevh on Jul 26, 2014 10:38:35 GMT 1
Tomatoes I try every year and fail miserably. I even tried a pair of sunglasses and a sun hat for them, but you can't grow them here in a tropical climate without building some sort of protected structure to shade them. On the plus side the bananas are doing quite well, but it is a bit dry for the coconuts. Rambuttan, cloves,mangosteen, avocado,pepper,cinnamon,papaya, passion fruit, and coffee are all doing fine. This is the best year anyone can remember for mango. They were on the trees for ages and in large numbers. You do get sick of them when there is too many. Mango chutney was an idea but was dismissed when we saw how many we had.We would have had a hundred years supply of chutney! I ended up feeding most of them to their.
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Post by davycrockett on Jul 26, 2014 10:54:24 GMT 1
Growing potatoes which have done well and are ready to crop...
Question for our resident experts out there is should I dig them up and store or harvest them as needed and leave them in the ground? Over the last week the growth has all but burnt dry despite evening waterings a couple of times.
whats the best way to store them?
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Jul 26, 2014 12:17:27 GMT 1
Growing potatoes which have done well and are ready to crop... Question for our resident experts out there is should I dig them up and store or harvest them as needed and leave them in the ground? Over the last week the growth has all but burnt dry despite evening waterings a couple of times. whats the best way to store them? Don't leave them in the ground, keel slugs and wireworms will eat them plus they will get scab and probably blight. Try to find traditional hessian sacks to put them in and store them in a cool dark place. Re tomatoes, I'm growing 4 varieties in my greenhouse and sweet million has been the first to ripen.
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