Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

mrbadexample

I can't quite believe this, but my largest (3" high! :rotfl: ) Pretty in Purple chilli is about to flower:



:j

misskool

Lotus-eater wrote: »

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

it was an accident. i sowed half a dozen of verde pueblo and large green. Kept 3 of one and 2 of the other.

emiff6

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 believe this can happen if plants get too hot. It doesn't need to be direct sun, just if it's daylight and too hot. (No idea how hot is too hot). Is it called sunscald?

Mrs_Veg_Plot

Thanks for the suggestions about my flowering onions.

Sorry about the late response but have not been on the pooter for days (child currently taking and exams had commandeered it).

If I let them flower and save the seed is there a risk of all of the onions grown from the seed flowering early as well?

From the responses to other posters I think the snack cucumber has wind burn. One of them has got flowers on it so have not given up on them yet.

Love everyone's pics. Wil try to put a couple of new ones of my efforts on tomorrow.

I am desperate to plant my beans out but will wait until the end of the month to be sure there are no more frosts (not that I have noticed any). The last frost date for here was about now but who knows with the weather these days. I am sure I also have namby pamby beans so tuck them up every night in the greenhouse. Will draw the line at a kiss goodnight but might talk to them when I think no one is looking .

I have flower buds on the Cherry Fox and Tigerella tomato plants in the greenhouse but they are not ready to open yet. No sign of flowers on the pomadore, Red robins or Red Cherry Bush toms.

nopot2pin

I may have no flowers on my tomatoes.... but my mange tout is flowering :cool:

Strapped

emiff6 wrote: »

I believe this can happen if plants get too hot. It doesn't need to be direct sun, just if it's daylight and too hot. (No idea how hot is too hot). Is it called sunscald?

I thought this was usually caused by cold (sorry to say the opposite!) esp if you haven't hardened the plant off before putting outside. If it's just the lower leaves but there's some healthy top growth then it shouldn't be terminal.

witchwoopiggy

mrbadexample wrote: »

: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?

yes to watering and all by watering can :eek: i try to not water every thing every day but i can see my water meter spining like mad even thought of putting a bucket under the shower when i have one to try and get some water that way cant remember when we last had decent rain here

yep mind you i am proud as this is the first year i have grew my toms from seed and know to de armpit them :rotfl::rotfl:

mrbadexample

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

yep mind you i am proud as this is the first year i have grew my toms from seed and know to de armpit them :rotfl::rotfl:

Are you propagating new plants from your armpits? I did last year, but this year I think 19 plants might just be enough.

Strapped

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

yes to watering and all by watering can :eek: i try to not water every thing every day but i can see my water meter spining like mad even thought of putting a bucket under the shower when i have one to try and get some water that way cant remember when we last had decent rain here

yep mind you i am proud as this is the first year i have grew my toms from seed and know to de armpit them :rotfl::rotfl:

I put the plug in when I have a shower and use the water for the garden South West Water get enough of my money already and the butts are dry!

Lotus-eater

djohn2002uk wrote: »

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.

I think you ought to have another go if you like them, the new ones are more forgiving to being grown with tomatoes in a greenhouse, or try the outside ones, they are good.