Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

aliasojo

Badrick wrote: »

The following link will probably give anyone growing tomatoes paranoia, just looking at the number of afflictions. :eek:
Tomato Disease Identification Key by Affected Plant Part

Looking on other forums, possible suggestions are stress if transplanted in last 8 weeks or advanced magnesium deficiency (spray with weak Epsom salts solution). Good luck.

They were planted out fairly recently and looked obviously unhappy for a while. I wonder if that's linked. :think:

I checked the link out (thanks ) and I think my tom plants could look like any of those pics.:rotfl:

Lotus-eater

It's defo not blight aliasojo, often older leaves will get this and I think it's quite normal. Not sure why yours have got it, but carry on treating them well and it should be fine. Btw, don't cut any more leaves off yet.

Tomatoes are a bit like sheep I think, if they can catch something they will.


Talking about blight, I've just had a full smith period warning from blightwatch, not surprising considering the weather, but a look at the blight map (http://www.potato.org.uk/node/910) shows it's only been verified in a couple of places so far, although the toe of Cornwall looks a bit dodgy.

djohn2002uk

No real damage here apart from potatoes flattened a fair bit and my peas which are now at 5ft were moving back and forth about 2'6" at the top so I've put a couple of 8' canes in to brace them. Also some of my runner beans had unwound and were flapping about looking for somewhere to cling to. Apart from that everything's OK.:D

Little_Vics

I don't even know what's going on in my garden - it's too rotten to go out.

I'll try to assess the damage over the weekend, but am not holding out any hope.

Lotus-eater

My french beans which were just starting to climb the canes have been well knackered, I went out tonight and tied them all up and built up the soil around the roots, but they look pretty bad.
Everything else has a hole around the roots where they have been pushed back and forth by the wind. It's not pretty out there, that's for sure.
Still, done what I can for tonight.

RedLass

Sorry to hear about all the destruction

I was listening to the wind whipping around the garden last night and crossing my fingers that the toms and cuc's were all still in one piece. Thankfully they are, but it's been windy all day and again still tonight.

Runner beans have now all come through and are standing proud. None tall enough to start climbing canes yet, but it's probably to their advantage to be short and stumpy in this weather!

Fingers crossed for us all that tonight will be better.

RedLass

annie123 wrote: »

chives, spring onions, cucumber, dwarf french beans, peppers, peas, swiss chard, spinach.

I've got the book, read loads of sites about sq ft gardening and think it's just too neat and organised for me. I'd like to be neat and organised in the garden but I'm not:o
Must go back and have a read of it.

I'm not sure if it is me yet either, though I'll admit to liking a bit of order Will see it through this season and weigh things up... Don't want it to look too manicured yanno? But it does at least give me a chance to try lots of different things.

I'm going to put some beetroot seeds in two of the spare spots, and maybe some basil in one next to the pepper plant (if the pepper plants ever arrive that is).

Is the book worth buying or do you think there's info enough on the net? Nice to flick through if there are tips and stuff though... (I don't need much pursuading when it comes to shiny new books)

annie123

I found the book in my local charity shop so for 50p it's a bargain;)

It's full of useful info, not just relating to sq ft gardening.
It has some useful charts eg. showing how many weeks before/after you local last spring frost or your first winter one, saying when you should sow xyz seeds, when to plant them out and then when harvest should be due, and based on my experience of growing it's fairly spot on.
Also has how many weeks from first sowing to harvest, latest sowing/planting dates, and a growing guide to many fruit and veg including musk melons! but don't think I'll bother with those due to lack of sun, heat or greenhouse! must be nice to live somewhere where you can grow them outside.

I'd say it's an excellent book for planing, learning and keeping on top of continual sowing.I'd be more organised if I used it:o

Angelfeathers

Aliasjo – so sorry to hear of your troubles. It sounds absolutely soul-destroying. Hugs to you and anyone else who's suffered damage. :-(

So far, my mini greenhouse hasn't blown over and nothing seems to have been terribly affected by the winds. *crosses fingers*

I ate my garlic scape today. Yummy. :-) I'm curious to know why it was there, though, since I assume they're only supposed to develop on hardneck varieties and all mine are softneck…

sammyroser

Oh aliasojo your not having much luck are you. Hope your tomatoes are OK.

Hope everyone else's gardens are surviving the British weather.

The wind didn't cause much damage in my garden, it left my big tomato plants alone but has damaged my smaller one (which is my only cherry tomato plant).

The rain is whats upsetting my plant. I always have the back of the garden flood which is why I have yet to plant anything back there, want to raise the ground up a lot. However this year my whole garden seems to have standing water which is killing off my plants. I don't know what to do. Just got to hope they survive