Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

witchwoopiggy

i think i have a chilli lol did the paint brush trick and now the flower has died and theres a big fat green thing so im hoping its a chilli having my back out of action is driving me up the wall all i want to do is get out in the garden or up the lotty however i did manage to get out and de head the hanging baskets

djohn2002uk

lemonjelly wrote: »

Meanwhile, question ... I have pea pods on my pea plants!:j
How do I know when to pick them?:o
Peas are absolutely my favourite vegetable.
I also have tomato flowers!:j

They will be flat at the moment. As the peas inside grow, they will swell and the pod will become rounded and hard to squeeze. That's when they are ready. You can also test one now and again by eating it raw (but not too many).

lisa26_2

Hi MBE, I know you're quite keen on growing chillis so I was just wondering if you have any flowers on yours yet? I'm growing Jalapenos and Black pearl chillis and there's not much happening yet!

mrbadexample

lisa26 wrote: »

Hi MBE, I know you're quite keen on growing chillis so I was just wondering if you have any flowers on yours yet? I'm growing Jalapenos and Black pearl chillis and there's not much happening yet!

:think: I've got flowers on my Wenk's Yellow Hot, Pretty in Purple, and I think they're just coming on the Lemon Drop.

djohn2002uk

Hey. Welcome home. Thought you had deserted us.

witchwoopiggy

i ate some home grown by me spuds and they were yum woohoo

mrbadexample

djohn2002uk wrote: »

Hey. Welcome home. Thought you had deserted us.

Been really busy. Got a mate down from York helping me build stuff. All beds now edged, new compost bin built, bee log shelter built & fixed, greenhouse staging built, bench built in shed & shelving started.

Photos when I get chance, probably early next week.

Little_Vics

I now have flowers on my pepper and chilli, and strawberries!! Nothing more exciting than that though.

mrbadexample

Little_Vics wrote: »

I now have flowers on my pepper and chilli, and strawberries!! Nothing more exciting than that though.

How are your tomato plants?

lisa26_2

mrbadexample wrote: »

:think: I've got flowers on my Wenk's Yellow Hot, Pretty in Purple, and I think they're just coming on the Lemon Drop.

Oh pooh!!! I was hoping I was just being impatient and they shouldn't be flowering yet!!

The blimming birds have been eating my strawbs, I haven't got sorted with netting yet have taken to picking them slightly under ripe then finishing off on the windowsill as the birds don't go for them till they're ripe.