Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

witchwoopiggy

Lotus-eater wrote: »

witchwoo, hopefully you have more than one tomatillo? I can't quite see.

have eight but hoping i can give some to mum in law, am i right in thinking two is enough?

Lotus-eater

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

have eight but hoping i can give some to mum in law, am i right in thinking two is enough?

It is for most people with a family less than 6

Make sure you keep a spare though, in case one goes belly up, because I'm sure you know, you definitely need 2.

mrbadexample

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Give them a chance man!

But I'm IMPATIENT!

Lotus-eater wrote: »

And how do you know they haven't germinated, they may have done, just not come out of the soil yet. How long have they been in and have a very gentle dig down to see if you have any activity.
Plenty of time yet, no rush at all.

Ooh, no, I'm not disturbing them. Not yet, anyway. They've only been in a week - what's your hurry? :whistle:

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Half way up the right side, behind the 2 troughs of spring onions, you can see my largest courgette out, hopefully I'll be eating one in 2 or 3 weeks. Another thing I look forward to

Is that the one surrounded by bottles? What's the idea of those then? :huh:

mrbadexample

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Nice, but can we set a limit of 2 photos at a time or something, or a link. Because it takes bally ages to load! :rotfl:

Oi! It's MY thread - I'll make the rules thank you!

:idea: I've been meaning to say, actually, why don't we have no more than 2 photos per post, so it loads more easily? Or links even. They'd work. :whistle:

Lotus-eater

mrbadexample wrote: »

Is that the one surrounded by bottles? What's the idea of those then? :huh:

They warm up during the day and keep it snuggly at night. That's the theory. I have a feeling, they aren't by any means big enough to do that, but I suspect they keep it warmer longer than it would have been.
And when it's small they keep the wind off it.
I tried an experiment last year, with a small amount of courgettes and cucumbers with the bottles and it seemed to make a difference, so this year, every cucurbit has got some. I want to make some frames so I can stack them up around the outside, but I haven't figured out what I can get free, or that I have, to make them yet. :cool:

mrbadexample

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

well as it seems to be a photo share time thought i would share mine, please remember its just me doing it so its a bit here there and everwhere

:eek: Wow that looks dry! Not the veg, obviously, but you must be spending a lot of time watering?

Looking good though. I take it the pic of tomato flowers was for my benefit?

mrbadexample

MKS wrote: »

My cucumber plant leaves are going/gone white with green veins and curling up at the edges. It is in a shaded greenhouse. Can anyone advise what causes it and what to do with it. TIA

I don't know, if I'm honest. Can you post a pic?

misskool

Lotus-eater wrote: »

It is for most people with a family less than 6

Make sure you keep a spare though, in case one goes belly up, because I'm sure you know, you definitely need 2.

I've got 5 tomatillos this year

djohn2002uk

I haven't grown cues for 20 years because I used to have the same problem. I used to grow them in a cold g/house along with toms and treat them both the same but the cues were always a problem with the leaves first of all followed by the whole plant. Sometimes springing back into life but mostly it was final.

Lotus-eater

misskool wrote: »

I've got 5 tomatillos this year

why?..................