veg growing Newbies- Feb 2010! lets learn together!

kimmee

Hi all

I planted my cucumbers out this morning into their final position and gave 'em a good watering and now they've totally wilted :eek:

They've been outside in my little wilko greenhouse for about 2 weeks and for the last week or so I haven't been zipping it up at night so they should be well hardened off.

Does anyone know if they are just sulking cos they've been moved or should I be worried?

Thanks

kimmee

heynonnynonny wrote: »

I cut a load of beet spinach and salad leaves today, this cut and come again stuff is great, and so fresh too!!

Isn't it lovely? I'm cutting salad leaves, beetroot leaves and rocket on a daily basis now - just think how much we must have saved on all those horrible bags of salad from the supermarket :j

oldskoolretro

awww thanks i think i may have mastered it on facebook lol

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=175392&id=503889435&l=1416d2dda2

if anyone wants a looksy, it is only one pic but i am ever so excited hehe a little bit too much i think

shandypants5

heynonnynonny wrote: »

I don't know about anything else, apart from the sweetcorn, I bought 6 plants which are 3 per big tub doing ok but you only get one ear or sweetcorn per plant I think.

I grew sweetcorn last year and you get 2 or 3 ears of corn per plant.
Mine were growing in a block of 6 up against my south facing house and did really well.
They taste SO sweet cooked straight from the plant. I wish I had put some in this year now.

heynonnynonny

kimmee wrote: »

Isn't it lovely? I'm cutting salad leaves, beetroot leaves and rocket on a daily basis now - just think how much we must have saved on all those horrible bags of salad from the supermarket :j

Excellent very organised!! I need get another lot in, not sowing enough to keep us going, at least I know I can keep sowing it for a few more months yet.

heynonnynonny

shandypants5 wrote: »

I grew sweetcorn last year and you get 2 or 3 ears of corn per plant.
Mine were growing in a block of 6 up against my south facing house and did really well.
They taste SO sweet cooked straight from the plant. I wish I had put some in this year now.

Excellent I'll look forward to that! I bet they are delicious. The plants did really well in the heatwave week we just had shot up a couple of inches

shandypants5

heynonnynonny wrote: »

Excellent I'll look forward to that! I bet they are delicious. The plants did really well in the heatwave week we just had shot up a couple of inches

Just be carefull that they dont blow over when they get tall and leafy with tassels on, they can be a bit top heavy.

heynonnynonny

shandypants5 wrote: »

Just be carefull that they dont blow over when they get tall and leafy with tassels on, they can be a bit top heavy.

I imagine they get quite big - thought I'd bought baby sweetcorn but obviously not. I have a large bare trellis at the side of shed at the moment that I'll use for support. Can't wait to start harvesting later on in the year!

helen_roberts_2

Hello everyone.

My tomato plants have got little tiny tomatoes on them!!:T:T

But i do have another question about my tomato plants.... lots of the bottom sets of leaves are looking quite tatty should i leave them or remove them?

This is my first year growing anything and im doing it in my conservatory so everything is in pots. My conservatory now looks like a jungle the children think its marvellous.

Ive got....
7 tall tomato plants
3 courgette plants which seem to be getting wider by the day
4 red pepper plants
1 cucumber
3 french beans
1 strawberry plant
2 pots of chantenay carrots (bbc dig in)
Lots of basil and salad

All grown from seed apart from the strawberry plant which i picked up for £1 in morrisons.

Everything is in morrisons buckets apart from the tomato plants.

I hope someone can help me with my red pepper plants, its been about 11 weeks now and they are still little plants 4 - 5 inches high, i just cant believe that they are going to do anything especially as i sowed them the same day as my whopping tomato plants. Is this normal? Are they slow growers?

janibrown

my peppers and chillies are still very small too !!!!!!!!!!! :(:( :mad::mad:
Hope they start to shoot up soon fingers crossed :j
Mine are still not as big are youre mine are only about 2/3 inches tall if that, will say a few prayers for you :beer:
Janice xxxx