Help MBE grow his dinner 2010

mrbadexample

My first two millefleur:



Cauliflower:



Chillies are ripening:





And weeny runner beans:



:j

kirsty822001

Hello again, Mr B sorry to read about your losses and equally happy to read and see your sucess's
I abandoned my garden somewhat and been v frustrated and miserable watching things curl up and die or be eaten.
I broke my wrist and been unable to do anything:mad:
Today was my first day proper gardening and it was fab,,I have harvested alot of things, brill courgettes,spring onions,fab potatoes (still have 2 growing sacks left to explore) carrots.
My goosegogs are in freezer, they are delic stacks of rhubarb and more!, my 3 types of toms are all about to turn red,,lost a few as never watered,,one chilli plant left,
Have eaten the most fab beans and just coming to their own are the rasps :T
My parsnip and sweetcorn (3 plants!!) and my 5 onions are all growing brilliantly.
I am on waiting list for an allotment, 2yr wait,lovely site, great for families,they have a shop, run outings , have bbqs etc I am after half a plot and will be in my element,,no distractions;) everytime i get in my garden i get called to do something else:mad:
Good to see u are all still here enjoying the ups and downs of our efforts!

lemonjelly

kirsty822001 wrote: »

Hello again, Mr B sorry to read about your losses and equally happy to read and see your sucess's
I abandoned my garden somewhat and been v frustrated and miserable watching things curl up and die or be eaten.
I broke my wrist and been unable to do anything:mad:

Hope your arm/wrist heals quickly & properly!

mrbadexample wrote: »

And weeny runner beans:



:j

My beans have done really well - especially with all the recent rain we've had...:j

They are almost hand sized now...

& more flowers & beans are still appearing on the plants!:)

mrbadexample

Well, after much panicking about my tomatoes, I think I'm not too badly off. The greenhouse is looking pretty full:



And I've got more of each outside.

Left, Orange Banana. Right, Purple Ukraine. They've interwoven a bit so it's not too easy to see what's what, but there's plenty:



More Orange Banana:



Millefleur:





You can just see some are starting to ripen:



Amish Paste:



I call this one "Titan":





And the kumatoes:



Only the millefleur (and a few of the Orange Banana with BER) have ripened so far. I can't wait for the Amish Paste - I'm going to have pounds and pounds of them by the looks. I've got a kumato outside that looks like it's about to show a bit of red.

mrbadexample

kirsty822001 wrote: »

Today was my first day proper gardening and it was fab,,I have harvested alot of things, brill courgettes,spring onions,fab potatoes (still have 2 growing sacks left to explore) carrots.
My goosegogs are in freezer, they are delic stacks of rhubarb and more!, my 3 types of toms are all about to turn red,,lost a few as never watered,,one chilli plant left,
Have eaten the most fab beans and just coming to their own are the rasps :T
My parsnip and sweetcorn (3 plants!!) and my 5 onions are all growing brilliantly.

Good to see that despite the wrist, it doesn't sound like you've lost too much.

mrbadexample

lemonjelly wrote: »

My beans have done really well - especially with all the recent rain we've had...:j

Mine too - amazing how much they grew in 10 days while I was away. Covered in inch-long beans at the moment.

And my purple cauliflower is growing at a most impressive rate of knots. The chillies & beetroot have done well, and the toms look ok, but if I can just grow one nice big cauliflower, I shall consider the season a success. I'm on my third lot of radishes too.

pinkpig08

I have sown carrots and turnips today. Do those of you who have grown them before have any advice or tips on ensuring a good crop? I have used fresh compost and raked in some blood,fish and bone. I've covered the bed with mesh netting and given them a water. The carrots are said to germinate in 15-20 days. How long is before I harvest them - I'm thinking around 12 weeks but not sure. When is the latest I can sow them to maintain a crop?

I also have some spring onions and radishes to sow. But that will be tomorrow when I've collected some containers from a kind freecycler
My tomato plants have flowers but no tomatoes yet. My peas are approximately 2 inches high now. Lettuces are growing steadily and the seeds I planted a week later are just starting to poke through the surface. I planted dwarf french beans on Sunday so just waiting for them to make an appearance too

mrbadexample

pinkpig08 wrote: »

I have sown carrots and turnips today. Do those of you who have grown them before have any advice or tips on ensuring a good crop? I have used fresh compost and raked in some blood,fish and bone. I've covered the bed with mesh netting and given them a water. The carrots are said to germinate in 15-20 days. How long is before I harvest them - I'm thinking around 12 weeks but not sure. When is the latest I can sow them to maintain a crop?

The carrots and turnips, depending on variety, should be ok but I'm not sure about the blood, fish and bone. IIRC, with some crops it can make them grow lots of healthy leaves, but leave them a bit short in the root department. Trouble is, I don't know which crops those are.

Fingers crossed, all will be well.

pinkpig08

I've checked the box and it says that the slow release of phosphate promotes vigorous root growth - well I'm hoping so! Anyway, we will see - after all, nothing ventured nothing gained

mrbadexample

pinkpig08 wrote: »

I've checked the box and it says that the slow release of phosphate promotes vigorous root growth - well I'm hoping so! Anyway, we will see - after all, nothing ventured nothing gained

:think: Well it might be something else I'm thinking of then.

See, that's what you get when you ask questions of someone who doesn't really know what he's doing! :whistle: