Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

aliasojo

Look what I grew......



I didn't mean to. :rotfl:

I have loads of them in my tomato planters. I looked for little people and there were none so I assume they are all mine.

The bottom of my tomato plants are yellowing and are showing quite a lot of diseased leaves and branches. The one tomato I have on one plant is going brown and it's tiny so the plant isn't happy.

I think there is no airflow getting in there at all as the plants are now so tightly entwined. That's probably why I'm getting so many toadstool thingies too.

I've cut some of the nastier looking branches off and it seems to have opened things up a bit. (I know SN said to leave them alone but I can't not fiddle. )

Leif

aliasojo wrote: »

Look what I grew......

They are mushrooms in the Conocybe genus, also known as Cone Caps. Quite harmless, and it just means there is something they like in the soil, such as dead wood, or manure. In fact they might help by breaking down the wood into compost. If you visit Kew Gardens, you often see fungi in the greenhouses. Some are introduced on purpose.

Leif

I have loads of tomatoes on my 3 outdoor plants. Unfortunately as soon as they ripen, they split and fall off, due to excess (natural) watering. Courgettes are doing well. Chinese Cabbage fed the slugs nicely, they must be very happy. Chillis are pathetic. Rocket failed!!!!!

Drea

Leif wrote: »

They are mushrooms in the Conocybe genus, also known as Cone Caps. Quite harmless, and it just means there is something they like in the soil, such as dead wood, or manure. In fact they might help by breaking down the wood into compost. If you visit Kew Gardens, you often see fungi in the greenhouses. Some are introduced on purpose.

I have some of them in my coriander plants, good to know they are harmless

Leif

Drea wrote: »

I have some of them in my coriander plants, good to know they are harmless

I suppose I should have qualified that by saying harmless, unless ingested, in which case there are some poisonous species. Then again, never eat unidentified fungi.

mumof3plusoh

Having some of my spuds for the first time tonight. Not very big but taste delicious. Also having salad but the only thing that is mine is the lettuce leaves.

lemonjelly

greetings from sunny newquay!
Lovely day down here. Not a cloud in the sky.
Just been for a walk & seen some fantastic scenery!
Summer here at last!

MrBE, what is the weather like up there? I'm ging to need to be texting watering instructions to someone...

Angelfeathers

Well, isn't this weather a change for the better! Gorgeous! I'm hoping some of my tiny tomatoes will grow and ripen now. :-)

Still have loads of spring onions to harvest and some lettuce, though a lot of it has been eaten by other things. Something completely stripped my pak choi and the beetroot and turnip leaves as they came up. :-( Have started some more in pots with lips, which seem to be safer.

I have teeny-tiny beans coming on the runners and French bean plants, and the plants are way up above the 8' poles. Must get hubby (who can reach!) to pinch them out!

Squash are doing well. One decent spaghetti squash plant and one huge one that climbed its way all up the fence and now has several tiny fruit growing! Pumpkin plant also has a couple of fruit growing, so very pleased there. :-)

Brassicas doing nicely, though I must get some netting pegs so I can net the calabrese before they start forming flowers. Couldn't eat them last year, they were so thoroughly infested with bugs.

Still getting a couple of strawberries each day, which have so much gorgeous flavour! Even look like I'm getting a couple of strawberries on one of the little plants that's grown from one of the earliest runners this year! I'm sure that's not supposed to happen!

Need to do some weeding and planting out, but not today. Today I have a day off work for summer holiday childcare reasons and am taking 6 year-old DS to RHS Hyde Hall Garden, which is really nearby but I've never been. Apparently they have den-building today, so he should be happy. He's quite interested in gardening too, as I discuss everything with him, so hopefully it'll be a lovely day out for both of us. :-)

aliasojo

Angelfeathers wrote: »

Today I have a day off work for summer holiday childcare reasons and am taking 6 year-old DS to RHS Hyde Hall Garden, which is really nearby but I've never been. Apparently they have den-building today, so he should be happy. He's quite interested in gardening too, as I discuss everything with him, so hopefully it'll be a lovely day out for both of us. :-)

That sounds nice. I'm envious, today I'm going bed shopping with my eldest. Not particularly looking forward to it.

Lovely day here as well but the sky has clouds in the distance so I expect it wont last long (again!).

For now though the tom, courgette and cuc plants are in the sun happy. They really need the rays so I hope today brings them on a bit.

Hope you all have a good day in the sun. :beer:

Drea

Can't win, now the plants are complaining about the heat!!