veg growing Newbies- Feb 2010! lets learn together!

janibrown

antonia1 wrote: »

Thirded!

Feel free to share as much or as little as you want. If not with us, there's always a diary or calling the Samaritans (they're nice people who really want to listen).

Crying is good for the soul, tea always make you feel better.

Hi Antonia1 Thanks soooo nice to hear kind words foe a change I really do appriciate it
Jani xxxx

lolly5648

soullessfire wrote: »

The problem with rhubarb in my head is that you can't get a harvest off it the first year, you're supposed to let it establish itself and either take no harvest or a really light one.

Since everyone's got pics, I've started keeping a photo record every couple of weeks. Photobucket Link for the pics today

Great pix.

I didn't know about not picking rhubarb in the first year and picked most of it. It doesn't seem to have affected the plant as it is now in its 3rd year and cropping really well.

soullessfire

lolly5648 wrote: »

I didn't know about not picking rhubarb in the first year and picked most of it. It doesn't seem to have affected the plant as it is now in its 3rd year and cropping really well.

To be honest I've seen it on Gardening shows and read about it, but it's just one of those Conventional Wisdom things. It's my first year growing anything so I'm really having to just take advice as being true because I don't know myself. If I thought I'd get away with enough rhubarb off a plant for a jar or 2 of jam I'd have bought a plat months ago.

heynonnynonny

janibrown wrote: »

I am having a really crap day :(:( want to curl up and forget about everything, have almost had enough sorry for the grumble but have no one to talk to :(:(:(:(:(:(
Sorry

Lots of online hugs to you, hope you are feeling better now :cool:

Found 3 beginnings of tiny green figs just on the brown turkey fig I bought earlier in the year as a small twig, excellent!

ausmummy

janibrown wrote: »

I am having a really crap day :(:( want to curl up and forget about everything, have almost had enough sorry for the grumble but have no one to talk to :(:(:(:(:(:(
Sorry

Ahh don't worry and post what you feel like. I know it doesn't feel like it at the time but we all have bad days / problems. Yes some are worse than others but the feelings are often shared by many so don't feel alone. Sending smiles and hugs your way
:):) :):)

kimmee

janibrown wrote: »

I am having a really crap day :(:( want to curl up and forget about everything, have almost had enough sorry for the grumble but have no one to talk to :(:(:(:(:(:(
Sorry

Sending you cyber hugs, you know you're amongst friends here so don't apologise :grouphug:

kimmee

heynonnynonny wrote: »

I saw the citrus tree post but have not opened the thread yet, simply because I daren't. Bad bad ausmummy :D

Cannot believe how big a couple of my potted courgettes are, like a post previous a foot wide and leaves actually bigger than my hands, the beasts!! Lots of little buds gathered around the main stem can only presume flowers but not sure at this stage, they must be though!

Off to look at the citrus tree post :A

Go on - did you order some????

kimmee

Ok so I checked on my cucumbers and seem to have about 6 or so flowers, izzwizz told me yesterday that if they're female flowers they will have a tiny cucumber behind the flowers and I've looked at all of them and can't see any cucumbers, tiny or otherwise! So what now? Sorry to sound stupid but do some cucumber plants just never produce cucs?

Advice needed please!! Thanks

heynonnynonny

kimmee wrote: »

Go on - did you order some????

Haha, oh goodness no, if I could afford I'd have got them though. I already have a calamondin which is a kind of orange so will make do with that for now. The thomps and morg half price seeds keep calling me though. I've been on twice now, added stuff to the basket and then thought no!

soul619

janibrown wrote: »

I am having a really crap day :(:( want to curl up and forget about everything, have almost had enough sorry for the grumble but have no one to talk to :(:(:(:(:(:(
Sorry

its always better to share!

there is a pm option option too !