Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

djohn2002uk

Looks like I need to get ready to pinch the tops out of my runners in a few days or they'll be through the top of the netting.:j:j

mrbadexample

djohn2002uk wrote: »

Looks like I need to get ready to pinch the tops out of my runners in a few days or they'll be through the top of the netting.:j:j

Either this is another wind-up or your netting's 4' high.

mrbadexample

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

can you tell im happy :rotfl::rotfl:

Yes.

With good reason though - congratulations! :T

Fay

Here are the pics I promised (sorry MBE I've added 3...hope you don't mind too much!).
Firstly my veg I have in containers...in the cream buckets and black pot are peas, the three flower buckets each contain 3 dwarf french bean plants, the terracotta chimney pots contain blueberry plants, then in the background there is another large terracotta pot with parsnips in (only have about 4 of these, more did come up but I know not where they have gone??) At the very front of the pics you can just see some foliage from a bag of potatoes


Now my tomato's, firstly a shot of the over full greenhouse-some flowers and different bits are ready to be moved out this weekend. And then what I think are tomato flowers, but could some kind soul confirm whether I've got this right or if it's just more leaves coming on.



The 'flowers' are on my gardeners delight, I've also got 4 premium suncherry plants but these are not showing any signs of flowering at all

Mrs_Veg_Plot

Hi Fay, they are flowers on the tomatoes. Really like the cream buckets as planters.

witchwoopiggy congrats on the lottie. We are still contemplating one, I have not completely won OH over yet.

jenie_2

djohn2002uk wrote: »

Looks like I need to get ready to pinch the tops out of my runners in a few days or they'll be through the top of the netting.:j:j

Hi all, my runners have climbed to the top of 6ft canes, do I need to pinch out the growing tip ? thankyou.

Fay

Mrs_Veg_Plot wrote: »

Hi Fay, they are flowers on the tomatoes. Really like the cream buckets as planters.

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Oh yay, I'm so glad I've got flowers! The buckets had been left here by the previous owner and are just the old metal one's you get from hardware stores. They were covered in bits of old plaster and looked a right mess, but I gave them a quick scrub with a wire brush and sprayed them with enamel. We have a matching tub too-like an old washing tub that I have my carrots in.

djohn2002uk

jenie wrote: »

Hi all, my runners have climbed to the top of 6ft canes, do I need to pinch out the growing tip ? thankyou.

Entirely up to you. Some people just let them grow into a great mass of growth all tangled at the top which can help snap the canes off in strong winds.
I use 8ft canes which leaves 7ft out of the ground and I try to stop them just before they reach the top. If you do it now, you have a good chance of more runners sprouting from low down. Pinch them out except for one and you could get another lot of beans. Don't forget, most experienced gardeners don't even put their beans out for another 10 days so you're well ahead.

lolly5648

What plants should you net? I have a strawberry bed, a runner/French beans bed plus various other veg in a raised bed (peas, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, spring onions). The carrots have a fleece over them to stop carrot fly but thats it.

jenie_2

djohn2002uk wrote: »

Entirely up to you. Some people just let them grow into a great mass of growth all tangled at the top which can help snap the canes off in strong winds.
I use 8ft canes which leaves 7ft out of the ground and I try to stop them just before they reach the top. If you do it now, you have a good chance of more runners sprouting from low down. Pinch them out except for one and you could get another lot of beans. Don't forget, most experienced gardeners don't even put their beans out for another 10 days so you're well ahead.

Thanks djohn, its the first time I've grown runners, we've never had a decent sized garden before until we moved here last year. They are in a sheltered sunny spot in a corner of the garden and flower buds are starting to appear. I wanted 8ft canes, but the local shop had sold out, so I have made do with the 6 ft ones. I'm also growing Hestia's in pots and flowers are just opening on those too. Thanks again for your advice, I'm going to pinch them out now