Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

annie123

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I've had about 4 squash and 3 courgette female flowers open and no males so far annoying.....

Rain, rain and more rain here

That's often the case with males, never around when you need them

My rooted squash runner has yet to grow 4 leaves never mind flowers:rotfl:

After having had only a small % of rain here that we should have had for 18 months I find this constant rain and gray skies really depressing. Since it started at the beginning of April I've had 15 days when it hasn't rained in total and 10 days of sun. I'm amazed I've grown anything this year.

Lotus-eater

annie123 wrote: »

That's often the case with males, never around when you need them

My rooted squash runner has yet to grow 4 leaves never mind flowers:rotfl:

After having had only a small % of rain here that we should have had for 18 months I find this constant rain and gray skies really depressing. Since it started at the beginning of April I've had 15 days when it hasn't rained in total and 10 days of sun. I'm amazed I've grown anything this year.

I was planning on dissing the entire male race saying something like that, but something held me back
Don't worry, some of my squashes have hardly 4 leaves, it's bloody depressing

lemonjelly

I went out to water what is in the greenhouse last night. As I walked across the lawn, the squelching was phenomenal. Just shows how soaked the ground is. No need for a hosepipe ban!

Anyhows, I have tomato plants with flowers about to open!:j

pink_poppy

lemonjelly wrote: »

As I walked across the lawn, the squelching was phenomenal.

:rotfl: Sorry, but that really tickled me!! :rotfl:

My back garden grass is the same & we have more heavy rain forecast in the next couple of days...

My strawberries are growing, albeit slowly, but they're getting to a decent size at least, although still green. Loads of runners coming off them ~ should I nip them off, would that encourage growth in the fruit a bit more??

Raspberry has a few more leaves

Peppers/chillis are the same ~ I'm amazed they're still alive tbh :whistle:

Potatoes are 'growing'... still in their packaging & in the garage where I put them out of the way & promptly forgot all about them

I've decided this year is just for learning about growing fruit & veg. I'm also starting to be of the opinion that the West facing slice of side garden is not going to be a great place to grow things It does get the sun but I'd have to place things next to the fence/wall so they'd either be in full sun or complete shade, depending on what time of day it was. Plus it's a wind-tunnel round there I'm still dithering about what to do to make it less open to the elements.

Oh well...

mbe, I love your pond :T

lolly5648

lemonjelly wrote: »

I went out to water what is in the greenhouse last night. As I walked across the lawn, the squelching was phenomenal. Just shows how soaked the ground is. No need for a hosepipe ban!

Anyhows, I have tomato plants with flowers about to open!:j

Sounds just like my lawn - the squelching is incredible. None of my tomato plants has flowers yet and don't look like they will in the near future. All my brassicas are half eaten, the only good things are my strawberries as I managed to collect a punnets worth.

aliasojo

I've just snapped the top off my best tom plant!!!!!!

Haven't been in the garden for around 3 or 4 days and the plants have been left to their own devices.

My best plant has grown big and has fallen sideways away from the support.

I went to move it to tie it up and the thing snapped in my hand.

*insert mega bad words here*

mrbadexample

aliasojo wrote: »

I've just snapped the top off my best tom plant!!!!!!

Don't worry. Stick the top bit in water and wait for it to root. Now you have two plants. Yay! :j

Drea

The slugs have eaten my courgette plants from top to bottom all 4 of them gone.

They are REALLY making me mad!! :mad:

mrbadexample

Drea wrote: »

The slugs have eaten my courgette plants from top to bottom all 4 of them gone.

They are REALLY making me mad!! :mad:

Use slug pellets.

Little_Vics

my peonies have opened and are looking gorgeous.

I know you can't eat them, but it gives me a bit of hope.....

potatoes are also doing well (grrr).