Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

Little_Vics

thanks!

my pepper is fruiting btw. MBE - will you believe me if I manage to get fruit when there is snow on the ground?

mrbadexample

Little_Vics wrote: »

thanks!

my pepper is fruiting btw. MBE - will you believe me if I manage to get fruit when there is snow on the ground?

Yes. If I see a photo of you standing in the aforementioned snow, holding the aforementioned fruit.

mrbadexample

annie123 wrote: »

Nope, they are summer fruiting and will fruit on the canes next year. Unless of course it's a slow to start producing autumn one, which I've never had happen even if it's a small crop, but with the way this year's been anything could happen!

I'd better tie them up to something then!

Leif

Little_Vics wrote: »

thanks!

my pepper is fruiting btw. MBE - will you believe me if I manage to get fruit when there is snow on the ground?

Trust me, you won't. At the first frost your pepper will be dead, assuming it is outside and not in a greenhouse. Even 4C is bad news for a pepper. They are tropical plants and originate in South and Central America.

mrbadexample

Leif wrote: »

Trust me, you won't. At the first frost your pepper will be dead, assuming it is outside and not in a greenhouse. Even 4C is bad news for a pepper. They are tropical plants and originate in South and Central America.

Oh no, she'll be keeping it indoors. I need to bring one of mine in to have a go.

annie123

I've bought 4 in, in total. 1 that will be 4 years old if it makes it through winter and 3 new ones.

Cleared the runner beans yesterday and picked a few for seeds but may not bother with them next year. I prefer French beans so may do a lot more of those, and John you were right I can indeed fit 4 to a flower bucket, got a good crop when I got them passed the S&S eventually.

Thinned out the raspberries and tied up, and will have to relocate the thornless ones that have migrated from my neighbours as they are where my Q's/toms/squash may go next year. Raspberries are not getting a prime sunny spot as I only have a little garden, but will wait till next month to do that and move the redcurrants into pots at the same time so I can move them closer to the building and away from mouse central so I get some berries next year.

Empted the pond and cleared sludge at the bottom, not done it for several years, disturbed the frogs but they soon went back and netted it (except for a small section to allow frogs in and out) as the 2 massive sycamore trees will start to drop leaves soon.

BME do you have a net for your pond? if you don't have nearby trees you may not need one, but if you do, you will.

djohn2002uk

annie123 wrote: »

BME do you have a net for your pond? if you don't have nearby trees you may not need one, but if you do, you will.

Change that from BME to MBE quick before he sees it. Unless it's intentional. Didn't you see his remark last time you put BME? I think he likes MBE, sounds like he's been honoured for something, growing a squash maybe.;)

mrbadexample

djohn2002uk wrote: »

Change that from BME to MBE quick before he sees it. Unless it's intentional. Didn't you see his remark last time you put BME? I think he likes MBE, sounds like he's been honoured for something, growing a squash maybe.;)

Well worth an award, that squash!

I've ripped the squash out now - it was trying to grow another but it started to go soft.

I've put in some overwintering onion sets (Shakespeare) and some ordinary, shop-bought garlic.

mrbadexample

annie123 wrote: »

disturbed the frogs but they soon went back and netted it

I'm not surprised. They're probably trying to keep people out that keep emptying the pond and disturbing everything. :rotfl:

annie123 wrote: »

BME do you have a net for your pond? if you don't have nearby trees you may not need one, but if you do, you will.

No. And I've got an enormous tree waiting to dump loads of leaves in it. I'll keep an eye on it, and if it gets too bad I'll net it, thanks.

annie123

djohn2002uk wrote: »

Change that from BME to MBE quick before he sees it. Unless it's intentional. Didn't you see his remark last time you put BME? I think he likes MBE, sounds like he's been honoured for something, growing a squash maybe.;)

:rotfl: oh dear, too late! must type slower

mrbadexample wrote: »

Well worth an award, that squash!

but I agree, and excellent squash MBE