Help MBE grow his dinner 2010

Megansmum

in tubs mostly:

potatoes - loads went mad in wilko's, got naydine, nicola, maris, pentland javelyn, charlotte and others i can't remember.....
carrots
sweetcorn
parsnips
peas
brussels
onion sets
spring onions
cabbage
tomatoes
cucumbers

I also have a fruit problem....i have blueberries recently bought, not put out cos of the frost and they are growing indoors!! What do i do??:o

mrbadexample

I'm not sure quite why you're asking me, because I'm not very good at this...yet!

But I've started with tomatoes and chillies in a heated propagator. The tomatoes are going ok, and some of the chillies have germinated, but I'm still waiting for others. I think I'll have to wait for it to warm up a bit before I venture outside. I've got lots of digging to do too.

nopot2pin

Last year, everything I grew was in tubs.
I will be doing the same this year.
My potatoes are chitting now... but I really need to get everything started...
This year, I am growing tomatoes, peppers, courgettes, salad leaves, and butternut squash

I think I do what you do, in that, I plant lots, just in case some dont make it.

mardatha

Still got thick snow lying and still cant get started outside ....:(

mrbadexample

Ok, so far I have lots of Kumatoes started, plus some chillies:



3/4 Iranian Red are through
1/4 Purple Venezuelan
4/4 Pretty in Purple (but lost two - looks like they overheated in the propagator whilst I was away for the weekend I've sown two more.)

I need to think about some of my other tomato varieties soon. How early can I get the tomatoes into the greenhouse? My last frost date is said to be early May, from the gardenaction site. Am I right in thinking I need to count back about 8 weeks from this date to get a sowing date? (i.e. about now? )

lemonjelly

mrbadexample wrote: »

Ooo, someone local to play with. I don't, as a rule, grow anything I can't eat, but have been considering growing something for bees (not actually for that reason, I just like bees). So, any recommendations that:

a) are zero maintenance
b) won't take over the garden
c) bees like?

Hidely ho neighbourino!:wave:

Flowers aren't my bit - they're done by everyone else. I do the eating stuff. However I am aware that wilko's do a wildflower box of stuff that all you have to do is sprinkle over soil & leave to grow. The combination of colour & pollen smells encourages the bees, & therefore helps with pollination.

It might be worth doing a couple of tubs with flowers in?

We'll have a very similar climate, so will be good to compare.

Plus, after posting yesterday I went home & found some of my sprouts have sprouted!:j

irishwexford

Mr Bad
If you have room you could grow sweet peas. I grow them up the fence on our allotment and they make a great show, I can pick them and the bees love them

mrbadexample

lemonjelly wrote: »

Hidely ho neighbourino!:wave:

Get lost Flanders. :rotfl:

I've just planted two each of 4 tomato varieties - Purple Ukraine, Millefleur, Amish Paste and Orange Banana. Trouble is, I'm away this weekend, so they might suffer in the heated propagator while I'm gone. :think:

mrbadexample

irishwexford wrote: »

Mr Bad
If you have room you could grow sweet peas. I grow them up the fence on our allotment and they make a great show, I can pick them and the bees love them

I can always remember there being sweet peas in the garden when I was a kid. I wonder if that was why?

annie123

mrbadexample, heated propagators are only for germination, as soon as things sprout you should take them out, otherwise you will cook them