Help mrbadexample grow his dinner. Was the tubs thread...

mrbadexample

stilernin wrote: »

From www.gardenaction.co.uk

That's a great site! :T

stilernin

mrbadexample wrote: »

What do I do, just pull them out apart from the biggest & best looking?

Water well first, this will make it easier to pull them out. Grasp them firmly at the base .. and pull slowly but firmly. If you are pulling one out that is quite close to one you want to keep, hold the soil down (a finger either side of the stem) at the base of the 'keeper' to keep it in the ground.

When you have thinned out to your satisfaction, water again to settle the remaining ones back in.

mrbadexample

I ate a gooseberry this morning. :j

That was a mistake. They're not ready yet! :lipsrseal

mrbadexample

When I was in B&Q, I also bought some radish daikon sprouting seed:



It tastes fabulous - really peppery and hot. It says on the packet that it's for indoor growing only. Why? What's stopping me from growing this to get the whole vegetable? It's only a kind of radish, after all....

mrbadexample

Right, the swedelings have gone from this (a week or so ago):



To this, after I just thinned them out:



Having read a bit on the gardenaction site mentioned by stilernin, it would seem that stones are the enemy of root vegetables. Which is a shame, as my "soil" is probably 25% pebbles. I guess there's nothing I can do about this until next year?

Tigerlilley1980

Your swedelings are looking great!! I am about to sow some swede and carrots today!! How many seeds did you sow? Tiger x

mrbadexample

Tigerlilley1980 wrote: »

How many seeds did you sow? Tiger x

Aww...c'mon, I wasn't meant to count, was I?

I dunno. I just sprinkled a couple of lines. If you count the little green things in the top picture, well....a few more than that!

I've got a horrible feeling they'll have trouble because the ground's really stony.

Tigerlilley1980

Lol, no not count was just wondering how much of the packet you put in lol!! I'm loving your thread though! Underneath my raised bed is a little bit stony so we shall see! TBH I have been very surprised at how well things are growing lol! Tiger x

mrbadexample

Tigerlilley1980 wrote: »

Lol, no not count was just wondering how much of the packet you put in lol!!

Oh! Not very much at all - probably no more than a quarter of the packet.

I'd try to be even more sparing next time - the germination rate was high, and most of them got chucked when I thinned them out.

pelirocco

mrbadexample wrote: »

Nah...a weed's any plant that's growing where it's not wanted. These are right where they should be.

has anyone else noticed weeds grow to like like the plant you have been expecting?