Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

Lotus-eater

LilacPixie wrote: »

just been on metcheck.. they forcasting temps of -1 here 1st week in june!!!!! whats the yeild like with mange tout? I have 45 ish... eeekkkkkkk

Ignore Metcheck at anything of more than a few days.

I just had a scare though, temps dropped like a stone tonight, straight down to 5c by 9pm and no cloud as promised. But they have gone up to 6.5c now, so the cloud must have come over. Phew, I was envisioning a late night scramble round the garden. Supposed to be a low of 13c tonight according to the Met office. :rollyeyessmiley:

I can't take much more of this, I want warm nights :wall:


45 mange tout will do you quite a few meals for 2 or 3 people. Maybe a weeks worth.

Lotus-eater

point3 wrote: »

Yup, Had the first 14 inch cucumber today from an F1 all-female variety.

Crikey, that's good going. How did you manage that then?

LilacPixie

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Ignore Metcheck at anything of more than a few days.

I just had a scare though, temps dropped like a stone tonight, straight down to 5c by 9pm and no cloud as promised. But they have gone up to 6.5c now, so the cloud must have come over. Phew, I was envisioning a late night scramble round the garden. Supposed to be a low of 13c tonight according to the Met office. :rollyeyessmiley:

I can't take much more of this, I want warm nights :wall:


45 mange tout will do you quite a few meals for 2 or 3 people. Maybe a weeks worth.

Cheers about the met check thing, I have quite alot in pots in the garden hardned off that i need to get in the actual ground at the lottie but its not as easy to scramble about with fleece up there KWIM.

:rotfl:about the mange tout I like some thrown in a stirfry and i was worried we would have a freezer full Oh i'm hopless at this too few mange tout and too many tomatoes

lemonjelly

mrbadexample wrote: »

6°C in the greenhouse so a little less outside. And yes, I fleeced the competition beans again.

said it before & I'll say it again...
Wuss!:p

glodh1973

Hi,

Was wondering if anyone can help me i need some bigger plant pots and was wondering if anyone could let me know the cheapest place to get the bigger ones i need them for cucumbers and minipop sweetcorn

TIA

Scotsbride

We're going to grow our Tomotoes along with cucumbers in an old bath rescued from a skip. If you don't mind the look of of it you could try this. If you do you could always clad it. Other way to go is to inquire at garden centres/alotments/friend/neighbours if they have any used pots they want to get rid of. also consider asking sandwhich bars for old plastic buckets which they get things likre mayo in. You could always advitise on somewhere like freecyle or in your local papper. It largely depends on what size pot you're looking for

mrbadexample

glodh1973 wrote: »

Hi,

Was wondering if anyone can help me i need some bigger plant pots and was wondering if anyone could let me know the cheapest place to get the bigger ones i need them for cucumbers and minipop sweetcorn

TIA

This thread might help.

mrbadexample

lemonjelly wrote: »

said it before & I'll say it again...
Wuss!:p

I'll probably fleece them a few more times too - it's meant to be very cold on Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Friday night.

Nothing is more important than my competition beans.

lemonjelly

mrbadexample wrote: »

I'll probably fleece them a few more times too - it's meant to be very cold on Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Friday night.

Nothing is more important than my competition beans.

It ain't going to be that cold fella!

With all this mollycoddling, they won't be able to stand up to anything!:eek:

mrbadexample

lemonjelly wrote: »

It ain't going to be that cold fella!

With all this mollycoddling, they won't be able to stand up to anything!:eek:

They're managing the wind ok. It's meant to be 4°C at 4am this morning, feeling like 1°C in the wind. Sounds cold to me. Poor little bean.