Greenhouse is bursting at the seams, but so far managing to keep every thing inside. Need to get some growbags as the tomatoes need planting in their final position. Photo below.
Made a new top for one of the propagators as the other one wasn't tall enough, it is filled with tomato plants at the moment. See photo below.
The rest of the greenhouse stuff is doing alright, the peppers and aubergines are still growing slowly. One achocha is doing really well and is about 6in tall, will get photo for next entry. The tomatillo seem to be surviving and starting to show some signs of recovering. I think I almost cooked them hence the white leaves. Cucumbers and gherkin are starting to put a spurt on now and will need repotting this week.The vegetables out on the lottie are now romping away. I am now getting to the stage of strugling to find space for plants. This is where I find that the crop rotation goes out of the window as you end up putting plants in where you have space.
Have several rows of parsnips but am concerned as to how they will grow as some have been started in shallow pot and there was a bit of root disturbance when they were transplanted.Will have to wait and see end results. Below is a row that were done in loo rolls and they are looking good and should give me at least one good row of parsnips.
October sown broad beans are full of flowers and at last the beans are starting to set. As you can see from the photo there is plenty of flowers on the beans and so far no sign of the breaded black fly. Will definitely autumn sow again next year.
Now have two good rows of peas, feltham first shown below and under the net is greenshsft. I have a small row of feltham first in another bed and yesterday I noticed the first flower on them. Roll on the first peas.
Carrots are doing really well this year. Below is a photo of some sown in Jan, that I am growing in the pot. Have half a dozen pots at varying stages of growth. The bed out on the lottie is also doing extremely well with 100% germination. No gaps in rows and every row up. First for me.
Potatoes in the tubs are growing well, emptied the first one 10 days ago and got just enough for a meal for two. Plenty of potatoes, which was nice to see, just a bit to small. Must have been at least 30 to 40 potatoes but many were only the size of peas. Will leave for another couple of weeks and then try another one. Have planted up another 5 tubs. Some of the potatoes on the lottie have started to appear, although in the main it is the charlottes. Must remember next year to get some first earlies.
Cabbages and rest of brassicas are growing well and yesterday I rebuilt the fleece frame over them. So far not one loss to the cabbage root fly only hope none got in yesterday while rebuilding went on. Will post photo next time.
Onions are growing well, the strongest look to be the seed sown ones, with some of the sets very slow to start growing. Final yields are the final test to seed or set. First year of growing from seed.
Strawberries are just getting first flowers, and plants are looking strong. Need to take some runners this year. Goji berries arrived last week and have been potted up, one is already showing signs of growth with a good few green leaves on it. Kiwi fruit is well into leaf now but as yet no sign of any flowers.
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