Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

djohn2002uk

mrbadexample wrote: »

Do you live close enough to Walsall for me to pop round and give you one? :whistle:

I beg your pardon? :embarasse

Lotus-eater

djohn2002uk wrote: »

I beg your pardon? :embarasse

Don't worry, you only have to ask and I'm sure he has one for you too.

mrbadexample

djohn2002uk wrote: »

I beg your pardon? :embarasse

A chilli plant. Obviously.

mrbadexample

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Don't worry, you only have to ask and I'm sure he has one for you too.

Ooh, I've only got 10. I'd have to think about it.

annie123

Gosh, you can tell the weather's warmed up!

mrbadexample

annie123 wrote: »

Gosh, you can tell the weather's warmed up!

Yup. I can feel the sap rising.

mrbadexample

I've got to work out how to grow flippin' sunflowers too now. :doh:

LilacPixie

I have some life in my strawberry bareroot plants from £land nothing else though. I think i need a heat mat rather than just a windowsill

Fay

Hi everyone, I thought I would update you about my chillis and peppers-not sure how big I should be expecting them to be now. I sowed them in early february and they're all still in my aga warmed kitchen on the windowsill, but I keep comparing them to ones on the chillis galore forum and obviously without a monster lighting set up I cannot make any comparison!

Anyway, here goes:
Peppers-kaibi round sweet pepper and king of the north sweet bell pepper


Chillis-early jalapenos and pretty in purple


Look at the size difference between the jalapenos and pretty in purple



As for other things-tomatoes are going well, these are currently in the greenhouse and seem to be thriving in there. I've sown lots of basil, coriander, mint and parsley and nothing is doing well-mint didn't germinate at all, parsley is slow anyway but only had 3 stems come up, coriander is very poor and looks terrible, basil is the best but not doing great (I always struggle with herbs (
I've also planted my potatoes and done a catch crop like Month did on gardeners world of cut and come again lettuce and radish on top of the mounds-as well as another pot of lettuce. This weekend I am going to sow cucumber, carrots and parsnips and keep my fingers crossed. Oh and I have dwarf french beans to go in also-too early for these though?

emiff6

mrbadexample wrote: »

I've got to work out how to grow flippin' sunflowers too now. :doh:

I have a few sunflowers every year from seeds that fall from the bird feeders. There are some seedlings coming up already.
They have very big flowers, but don't grow particularly tall, though I suspect that's because I usually dig them up and shove them in an out of the way spot.