Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

Sally_A

My PiP's get their final place as 3 to an 8 - 10 inch pot, that's about 7 inches deep.

Yep, small olive size sounds plumptious and useable. Just remember, hot at purple, fiery at red.

hornetgirl

I'll be watching this thread with interest as I have done previously, though I think I've only lurked before. All we've done so far is buy seed potatoes this morning - Rocket, which we had last year and were excellent, and Marfona - not had these before.
No greenhouse here, although I'd love one, so a bit early to be planting anything just yet I think.

D&DD

Glad to see this up and running again this year Mr BE Enjoyed reading all about your exploits last year and it gives me a kick up the behind when need be to get planting!

Best of luck with this years growing.

emiff6

Ooh great, I'm glad you're doing another thread MrBE, it helps to remind me what I should be sowing when. I've got some Swift early pots chitting, but really I need to get a new garden fence organised out the back. I left it too late last year, I'd got stuff growing in the ground and couldn't bear to see it walked on/damaged by fencers, so this year I need to get it done. (I'm a terrible procrastinator though... )

mrbadexample

emiff6 wrote: »

I'd got stuff growing in the ground and couldn't bear to see it walked on/damaged by fencers, so this year I need to get it done. (I'm a terrible procrastinator though... )

When I think of the fencer I had last year, standing on my gooseberry bush shovelling debris onto the rhubarb...:mad:

So get it done!

mrbadexample

lizzyb1812 wrote: »

My question - at last - is how big do the chillies, not the plants, get? Obviously the ones I have now are tiny because of the restrictions on the plants.

The chillies are small. They may well not have been affected by the pot size. Photo here.

Sally_A

Glad to see you're continuing with this GYO malarchy MrBE.

Are you trying anything new this year?

I'm giving globe artichokes a whirl - can't remember if I like 'em as it's years since I had them. Also I think they are perennial, so I'll have to find a pemanent space for them.

Can't believe 2011 was a year of no courgettes - well one miniscule one; all the others got mildew and died. Mind you it was a blummin' funny summer for weather.

Also want to do more butternut squashes this year too.

mrbadexample

Sally_A wrote: »

Are you trying anything new this year?

Quite a few new tomatoes and chillies. Kohlrabi, achocha & peas.

Watch this space - should be quite an interesting year.

feefeelalabelle

gonna try and keep up with you guys if thats ok with you

im in south yorkshire, would love to know if any of you guys are (so i can copy when you plant lol )

ive never really had much sucess but im still eager
i have just started my own thread, feel free to take a peek and advise lol

ive bought my main crop today, maris piper, they were only 99p im a happy bunny..........well thats if the plant stays alive xx

happy growing all xxx

berkshirelady

Hi again MBE! and let's hope 1012 is a fab growing year :-)

last year was a bit mixed for me - I had to move last March from a flat with a big (albeit north facing) garden to a place with a small patio, where my landlady's roses got mildew, which quickly spread to my courgettes and lambs lettuce. And my stuff was plagued by aphids as well. However, I did have surprise success - a random cucumber plant from a plant sale did amazingly well and was still producing in October, in a basic plastic covered propagator.

So...this year I'm going for aphid-resistant salad varieties, dwarf beans in pots (they did well last year), tumbling toms, cucumbers again, and I've also blagged some more stuff to act as shelving for multi-storey gardening with gro-bags - I've just added an old shoe rack to the collection!

Just been online to order lots of seeds, and all being well I'll plant things out in the propagators in March. Can't wait for the taste and aromas of lovely summer veg!

yum yum :-)