July Update: What are your growing in 2006? (Tips on fruit/flowers/veggies)

annie-c

Yay!!!!

I am the proud farmer of 3lb of charlotte potatoes!!! They are beautiful and small and creamy looking - and I am so proud I just want to look at them for a while before thinking how to cook them!!!

It has been a long, hard slog to get a 3lb crop from a handful of seed pots - but I am so proud nonetheless!!!!

:j

Annie

Shortie

KatrinaC wrote:

Are pumpkins one of these plants which should only grow one fruit so that it concentrates all of it's energy on that one, or can I just leave it to get on with it and hope that I get a few?

Wow, that was odd seeing you sign off as Kat as that's my 'nickname'/shortened name.

I let mine go wild and do hat they like but others say you should let them set only 4-ish fruits...

Shortie

kjl26 wrote:

Help! My courgette plants have mildew!! (All of them .) Does anyone know any organic solutions? All the ones in the garden centre look pretty nasty. Apparently it's caused by combination of dry soil (a good daily soaking in this weather still leaves them dry later in the day) and humid weather . Any advice gratefully received...

KJL,

I don't think this will actually affect your crops, just looks unsightly...?

Chell

Does anyone grow thai basil? I set a packet full of seeds but only have one plant growing. DO I just pick the leaves then it will continue to grow?

I have also grown corriander seeds, do these grow again once picked or once its used that it? I usually buy a plant from Asda, cut off all the corriander then chuck the plant away. I was wondering if there was a way to keep my seeds growing.

KatrinaC_2

Shortie wrote:

Wow, that was odd seeing you sign off as Kat as that's my 'nickname'/shortened name.

I let mine go wild and do hat they like but others say you should let them set only 4-ish fruits...

Hehe - there are at least four Kats on here. I blame that Slater woman myself

I'll leave the pumpkins to do what they want - I'm not interested in prize winners, I only want them for soup.

Ta,

Kat

kjl26

Shortie wrote:

KJL,

I don't think this will actually affect your crops, just looks unsightly...?

Yeah that's what I thought but the plants are looking seriously withered and the mildew is all over them now, and they aren't producing as many courgettes (or any in some cases). I looked it up and apparently it affects yield and growth but most of all the quality, so I think I should do something. Going to give a water/soap/bicarb spray a go and see what happens... (they are looking a bit like a lost cause though .)

Lulubells

Hi All,

I have also been given a pumpkin plant , one brought from a market - no instructions !! do you stake them or lie them on the ground ?? it just they keep sending off those twirly grabby things ..?!? can anyone advise please..

Also one other thing to ask, why won't my peas grown up my wigwam, I keep trying to help the with wire - but they seem useless of finding the poles and growing up themselves...am I supposed to have put net/wire inside wigwam ?

Very confused !

TIA

Lulubells

samnmalc

Hi Lulubells,

The pumpkins are best left on the ground to trail, you can encourage them to go round in a spiral type way by pegging the stem down where you want it as it grows.

Peas don't tend to be climbers, rather,they grow to around three footish(if you are lucky) and send out grabbers to keep themselves stable. I push old tree brances,with lots of smaller branches on the ends, all around the peas and so they have plenty to grab onto as they grow.Others use pea netting .

Hope that helps

hilary1

Ant tips on growing miniture fruit trees. I've got 2 apple and a pear and a redcurrant which seems to be doing ok, and a white currant. The blueberry is dead.

Do I have to pinch out anything or just leave them to grow. They seem to be getting quite big for a miniture (though I dont know what size they should be).

surfsister

Lychee wrote:

Do plant food (wondergro thingies) have expiry dates? I bought a box from Wilko and I can't see a best before date

in theory but it just gets weaker that's all!