The peas have started flowering and are beginning to form pods. They are probably at least doubling in size each day. Dianne (nosy bugger!) delved into the first All Year Round cauliflower that we planted and lo and behold, they have formed heads about 3 or 4 inches across. I’ll be keeping an eye on [...]
Sowed a few more Iceberg lettuce seeds. The soil in the leek trench had subsided a few inches, so I topped it back up with soil from the council tip, and then filled in around the leeks with a mixture of multi-compost, bone meal and vermiculite.
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Pinched out the growing tips of the melons today. Also dug up a few more spuds for tea. They have increased in size considerably after a few days of showers. Some of the plants have had very few spuds on them. When I think back, some of them were pretty sparse on shoots after chitting [...]
With not much to do today, I pricked out what I hope are the final sowings of cauliflower. There are 3 types :-
Pavilion F1 hybrid – Solid deep curds that keep their quality over a long period. An Australian variety producing curds form September through October (Thompson & Morgan)
Snow MarchnF1 hybrid – Pure white [...]
I sowed some radish and 3 varieties of cauliflower a few days ago. They are all doing well. Some spring onions I sowed are just starting to pop their heads up for a look around. The radishes and spring onions I am going to keep in the greenhouse as I don’t want to feed the [...]
There’s been very little to do over the past couple of days except water the plants. Lots! The weather has been great again. The potatoes are still mystifying me. The second earlies (Maris Peer) are nearly all in flower, with just a few of the first earlies (Arran Pilot) in flower. We’re 100% [...]
I transplanted the tomato plants into their final pots and caned them up for support. The first flowers are just starting to bloom so I’ll need to give the plants a tap each day to help them pollinate.
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I finally transplanted the show cabbage (Squadron) into my largest pot/bucket today. It’s like a bloody triffid!
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The baskets and urns are starting to fill out and some of them are in flower now.
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We put growbags on the staging today and planted them up. Hopefully these will bush out and hide the growbags.
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