Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

annie123

aliasojo wrote: »

I bought some more seeds but I'm not sure whether to bother now tbh.

Do remember that this year has not been typical for GYO, even the farmers have had a poor crop, and the good thing is, there's always next year;)

RedLass wrote: »

How does it keep for so many years? Is it just that the greenhouse protects it through the winter and so it grows larger each spring/summer?

Longest I've kept a pepper alive is 5 years. Mine overwinter indoors and I can still be picking peppers at Xmas. January they start leaf fall and new ones grow over the next few weeks, this gives you a head start for the following year.
When they've finished fruiting, prune back the stems and wait for them to regrow. Some years are better than others as are some peppers, some just die rather than regrow, but well worth a try.
If they're in the ground or pots too large for indoors, trim back the roots so they fit in a suitable size pot, place on brightest window and wait and see what happens.
http://www.thechileman.org/guide_overwinter.php

MBE, that very naughty of you, but better than last year's fib!!!!!!!!!

My BNS is covered in flowers, now shame it's too late, unless we have a very very late Indian summer.

If anyone spots the thornless blackberries in 99p store next year do get one. Considering my neighbour pruned off a stem by mistake it's still producing a very good size crop for the space it takes (had several crumbles already) and no nasty prickles

Fay

Hi guysStill not much doing in my garden-well there is but I haven't had a lot of time to dedicate to it. My runner beans are now growing well-not sure how long they will crop for? French bean plants are growing but no beans yet, but I had planted these thinking they might not grow so was going to use them as a green manure. But I might get some yet? I have peas and mangetout growing away again now so hopeful of a crop from those in september. My outdoor toms are still growing and cropping at a great rate and the fruits actually taste really nice-quite juicy and I would say a little soft for my liking, but nice all the same.I harvested some of my greenhouse toms yesterday and despite me trying to poison them all they are growing ok Here was my harvest (sorry, I'm at work and I don't know why all my pics are random sizes and rotated!) including 2 yellow wenks chillis.

RedLass

annie123 wrote: »

Longest I've kept a pepper alive is 5 years. Mine overwinter indoors and I can still be picking peppers at Xmas. January they start leaf fall and new ones grow over the next few weeks, this gives you a head start for the following year.
When they've finished fruiting, prune back the stems and wait for them to regrow. Some years are better than others as are some peppers, some just die rather than regrow, but well worth a try.
If they're in the ground or pots too large for indoors, trim back the roots so they fit in a suitable size pot, place on brightest window and wait and see what happens.
http://www.thechileman.org/guide_overwinter.php

Oh that sounds like a nice thing to try, thanks for the tip, I will give it a go. I have an empty pot just waiting for something to be planted in it (accidentally killed off a rex begonia recently while trying to give it some support). There's nothing to lose really as I was planning to start with new plants next year anyway.

annie123 wrote: »

If anyone spots the thornless blackberries in 99p store next year do get one. Considering my neighbour pruned off a stem by mistake it's still producing a very good size crop for the space it takes (had several crumbles already) and no nasty prickles

Mmmmm crumble... I'm pleased you've still managed to get a good crop from this, would've been a terrible shame if the over enthusiastic pruning had ruined it's flow. How much spaces does yours take up?

Oscargrouch

Good Morning,

Can anybody tell me if this is 'Late Blight' that has keeled my Tomatoe plants please...New to this greenhouse growing; ones outside are doing better. :rotfl:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/55555351#Comment_55555351

emiff6

How are your lavender cuttings MBE? Mine are doing really well. I cut off the flower buds first time around, but they were determined and grew more, so I let them flower, though I know I shouldn't have in their first year.

mrbadexample

Oscargrouch wrote: »

Good Morning,

Can anybody tell me if this is 'Late Blight' that has keeled my Tomatoe plants please...New to this greenhouse growing; ones outside are doing better. :rotfl:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/55555351#Comment_55555351

Is is soft and squishy or dry and powdery?

mrbadexample

emiff6 wrote: »

How are your lavender cuttings MBE? Mine are doing really well. I cut off the flower buds first time around, but they were determined and grew more, so I let them flower, though I know I shouldn't have in their first year.

I've got two that have taken well. They're still in pots, and I didn't know you weren't meant to let them flower.

Oscargrouch

mrbadexample wrote: »

Is is soft and squishy or dry and powdery?

Thanks for the reply MBE; sorry to butt in on your thread.

I would say they are 'Soft & Squishy' (but a bit on the powdery side as well). But noticed today, some of the outdoor ones are starting to show very slight similar symptoms. I.E. blackness where the leaf stem joins the main stem. :mad: Think next year will be time to buy resistant seeds, or try the baking soda and cooking oil, tea spoonful of each in 1 Gallon of water. :rotfl:

annie123

Looks like advanced blight to me Oscargrouch.

I picked off all the leaves on mine immediately they should any spots and so far several are still OK in spite of having stems with black splodges. New leaf growth at the top is unaffected at present.
Its easy to tell which toms have been affected as they start to ripen so bin those.
The beef ones are a right off, so too the sungold, but gardeners delight haven't been too bad and another one who's name escapes me at present but it's normal size toms, have been not bad either.
But next year I'm growing blight resistance ones only.

Oscargrouch

annie123 wrote: »

Looks like advanced blight to me Oscargrouch.

I picked off all the leaves on mine immediately they should any spots and so far several are still OK in spite of having stems with black splodges. New leaf growth at the top is unaffected at present.
Its easy to tell which toms have been affected as they start to ripen so bin those.
The beef ones are a right off, so too the sungold, but gardeners delight haven't been too bad and another one who's name escapes me at present but it's normal size toms, have been not bad either.
But next year I'm growing blight resistance ones only.

Thank you for the advice; I have picked out all affected leaf stems, fruit and trimed off any affected and part affected trusses. Just hope that what's left of the fruit will ripen. Pictures below showscurrent 'War Zone' :rotfl:



Left click to enlarge.