May Update: What are you growing in 2006? (Tips here for Fruit, Veggies and Flowers!)

Kazonline

My seeds are sprouting so the rain can't have killed them all! :j :j :j :j Glad to hear it ;-)

Lemon_Tree

Have managed to get out to check on whether my seedlings have survived this rain with their little arm bands. Looks like they have, and to top it all have noticed that my carrots are starting to look like they have proper carrot tops, only little but it's much better than i expected. Even my toms are starting to wriggle their roots and are growing now that they are in pots.

Only one flaw though, used the toilet roll trick for some flower and spinich seedlings, thought i would be clever and put the spinich in the white tubes. Sounds ok doesn't it? Turns out that once they were watered they all turned the same colour! Now i don't know which is the spinich so could end up eating stocks on my salad!!!!!!
Anyone know how to tell which is the spinich?
Hope you enjoy the bank holiday and it doesn't rain too much
Lem

bargainqueen_2

Quick question, does anyone know how to tell the difference between "normal" lettuce and "cut and come again" lettuce? As I would be devastated if I pulled out my lettuce roots and all just to find out it would've produced more! Says nothing on the packet though

annie-c

I tried to 'harvest' my first few potatoes today but all that was in the buckets was the original seed potato (much grown) and a dense mass of white root!! Aaagh!

Any ideas what went wrong? I used good quality seed potatoes and fresh compost in black flower buckets. It was very wet when I turned it out, because of all the rain we've had.

I planted 3 lots of 5 potatoes, two weeks apart, each in indiv flower buckets - but I am guessing that my whole lot may not have come to any good....

doddsy

annie-c - when did you plant them, I think it's too early really,were they in flower yet?
regards
doddsy

calleyw

doddsy wrote:

annie-c - when did you plant them, I think it's too early really,were they in flower yet?
regards
doddsy

I was under the impression that you had to wait until the flowers died off then they where ready for picking.


Unless they where earlies and I mean earlies you would not be harvesting them yet.


Yours

Calley

annie-c

Hello

Yes, they were proper earlies - charlotte salad potatoes. Absolutely nothing there apart from the original (enlarged) seed potato - which in one bucket was soggy and sort of covered in white slime. But I will give the other buckets much longer before seeing whether anything has grown - I have nothing to lose!

nicki_2

We had our first harvest from our garden on Sunday :j I was thining out the lettuce and cabbage so decided to keep the leaves and use them with some spinach for a salad Only had the spinach in the end as we were on our way out and didn't have time for a "big" tea. :rolleyes: I kept them in tupplewear containers in the fridge so we'll have them tonight instead, not as fresh as I would like, but at least they're home grown I also put in some more seeds and I'm hoping for bumper crops this year :T

annie-c

The June thread can now be found here

Please don't post any more below, but join us on the new thread to continue asking questions and sharing news of your gardening successes (and failures....)!

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far throughout the year,

Annie