Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

lemonjelly

Couple of queries folks. Firstly, my bean flowers are all white. I thought they should be red?

Also, do potatoes have to flower?

I also have a conundrum. You may recall that I put the contets of a composter where I ended up planting the beans & peas. However in the compost were potato peelings, which have sprouted. Now I like the idea of free spuds, however they may be adversely affecting the beans & peas. Is there anything I can do? If I move the peas, will they survive? Can I cut back the potato plants?

Help!

djohn2002uk

Mrs_Veg_Plot wrote: »

Have been to see the allotment we are going to be babysitting for the next year and its fab. All of the raised beds are in place and producing appart from one which needs double digging and manure adding. There are soft fruits and palasade (spelling) apple trees two sheds one for tools and one with seating, decking and a gas stove. There is also a nice seating area next to the fire pit.
Can not wait to get started.

Sounds quite brilliant to me. Make the most of it. :j:j

djohn2002uk

lemonjelly wrote: »

Couple of queries folks. Firstly, my bean flowers are all white. I thought they should be red?

Also, do potatoes have to flower?

I also have a conundrum. You may recall that I put the contents of a composter where I ended up planting the beans & peas. However in the compost were potato peelings, which have sprouted. Now I like the idea of free spuds, however they may be adversely affecting the beans & peas. Is there anything I can do? If I move the peas, will they survive? Can I cut back the potato plants? Help!

No free spuds worth talking about from a bit of peeling. You're best pulling them out as weeds. (Remember, weeds are plants growing in the wrong place)? And don't disturb the peas and beans now, they wont like it one bit.

mrbadexample

Some varieties of runner beans have white flowers.

annie123

Should I be doing anything other than water and feed the tomatillos MrBE? They have flowers

mrbadexample

annie123 wrote: »

Should I be doing anything other than water and feed the tomatillos MrBE? They have flowers

*cough* If you look at the thread title, you'll see that you should be helping me.

Essentially, that means I have no idea. I've never grown [STRIKE]armadillos[/STRIKE] tomatillos. Is that some sort of physalis?

annie123

mrbadexample wrote: »

*cough* If you look at the thread title, you'll see that you should be helping me.

?

Yes I know that:p
but I thought you'd grown them before for some reason......Oh to go back to a time when my brain worked! wonder who it was that grew them last year?........will go have a look

Little_Vics

are you ready for this??

I have flowers on my tomatoes.

I'm going to have to go and have a little lie-down to recover from the shock.

mrbadexample

Little_Vics wrote: »

are you ready for this??

I have flowers on my tomatoes.

I'm going to have to go and have a little lie-down to recover from the shock.

:j:beer::j

annie123

Little_Vics wrote: »

are you ready for this??

I have flowers on my tomatoes.

I'm going to have to go and have a little lie-down to recover from the shock.

:j::T:j:T:j