What have you discovered today that made you smile?

ginnyknit

Had to laugh, Sil said I had missed a little courgette and could we have it with tea? went and checked it was hiding under the triffid like leaves and was the size of a baby zeppelin - not quite a marrow but not far off - so far its been included in 3 dishes and theres still 2/3 left

Orange_King

Primrose - yes, I have moved them up into bigger pots once the roots start poking through the bottom. I have them in the greenhouse but the weather here hasn't been that great so there may not be sufficient heat or sun to bring them on. Have also been feeding them once a week with tomato plant food. Maybe they will hit a sudden growth spurt!

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lola34

I had a rogue potato plant grow in a pot this year, must have been left over from last year, sadly the slugs or similar had eaten the plant so used the tub to re pot my lettuces in and found 1 baby potato- well every little helps!!!!!

zarazara

Finding the cauliflowers were ready to pick and eat. We've had multi veg soup for lunch and its ham and cauli for dinner.

wssla00

Lots of things today!

I had given up on my pepper plant but peeking through my little sweet pepper tree is a teeny tiny pepper woohoo!

A teeny tiny cucumber on my cucumber plant and a few new courgettes too

OH! My beans are growing like the clappers and that's good cos I only planted them in June!

And finally, rescuing a tomato plant that looked dead. I had given it a good feed and a water and overnight it has recovered to it's original glory!

iainsmum

Primrose wrote: »

Orange King - Are you peppers in a large enough pot? Minimum should be 8" but preferably 10". If the roots are restricted the fruit can't grow. Even at this late stage it's better to repot them. Soak the compost until really wet so that the compost & roots are stuck together in a wet mass and it will be much easier to transfer pull out the plant by the lower stalk keeping the root system intact, and moving it into a bigger pot.

Ahhh......are you going to be repotting tonight, Orange King? I know I am! Some of mine are only in 6" pots.

iainsmum

iainsmum wrote: »

Ahhh......are you going to be repotting tonight, Orange King? I know I am! Some of mine are only in 6" pots.

Should have read to the end of the thread, see that you already did repot...

pookiewn

Two cherry tomatoes have a tinge of orange to them! Very exciting! :j

Daftanian

Watching one of my hens jump up and down on the spot to get at a tasty new shoot from the top of my spirea. :rotfl:

lovelyjubbly

What made me smile today.............My very first Courgette, now about 3 inches long, not sure how long it has to be before I can eat it?
and I saw a great spotted woodpecker on my nuts!