Help MBE grow his dinner 2013.

annie123

Little_Vics wrote: »

I have some pots in a cold frame and on my windowsill of seeds that have done nothing. It's probably because I've not been watering them enough. They include toms, pumpkin, mange tout, beetroot, radishes, mixed salad, spinach and carrots.

Questions:

1. is it worth me watering every day to see what happens?
2. Should I chuck them away and start again?
3. If so, can I just scrap the top layers off and reuse the muck? I don't have a lot left....
4. is it worth replanting everything I'm trying to grow or is it too late in the season for some stuff?

Yours idiotically

xLV

mrbadexample wrote: »

1. Depends how long they've been there. Probably not but you never know.
2. Yes.
3. Yes, I would, as long as it's not mouldy.
4. No, no, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, no. I think.

Agree except No4- No, no, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

Little_Vics

It's raining. Again. So, I've not been able to do anything today. I'll dig out my waterproofs for the weekend. Sigh.

Fay

Annie-looking great! I'm very envious of your baby toms and cucumber. I have my first tomato flowers now but not on ones I sowed from seed, from a Black Russian plant a friend gave me. I've also got lots of pepper plants with flowers on, I'm never sure if I should take the first flowers off on peppers, what do you think?

annie123

LV it's been raining here too and we've the whole bottom of the garden to clear in prep for shed building foundations starting on Thursday. Gawd knows where it's all going but I've told hubby nothing gets dumped on the food growing. Might have to ask neighbours if I can borrow bit's of their garden.

Fay I'm amazed at the plum tom, can't remember which variety it is but if it turns out tasty I'll be growing them again.

My peppers are looking sorry for themselves, don't like being stuck outside in the wind, rain and cold sunless days.

Went to see mum on the beach yesterday and felt like I'd gone forward to October, the wind was something else down there and the little tomato plant I'd put outside looked very very unhappy. Felt sorry for it so bought it home with me.

Nipped out to get some spring onions and realised I haven't sown any:doh: nor watercress oh well, pea shoots again then:)

Little_Vics

I've done nothing with the pity-gift-toms that my friend gave me. Just left them outside in a pot. One now has flowers - so maybe my technique of doing s*d all is the way forward after all.

lemonjelly

Planted out some carrots sowed into tubs this weekend. They really could have done with being put out sooner, but time didn't allow me to.

I wanted to do a few other things - repot some toms & also repot the chillis, but time & the weather didn't allow. I'll have to try and get that done one evening this week - at least the weather is looking good for that!

lemonjelly

I may have mentioned that I got a ton of maverick tomato plants growing out of the home made compost I have.
After giving a fair few away to family, I still have a lot (more than I need) left.

This week I have the pleasure of giving these away to colleagues, so they can try their hand at growing something to eat. I hope it gives them as much pleasure as it does me/I (?)

This weekend I'll then be finding a new home for half my cucumber plants, which are in great nick.

I'll also have to find homes for some of the chilli plants, as far more grew than I anticipated!

annie123

After a day from hell, stuck on the M25 for hours and hours yesterday :mad: today I will be in the garden after lunch:D

Need to tidy up the food growing area, moving containers into as small a space as poss, then start moving the broken small shed contents, enough small pots to start a nursery, bikes, table and chairs etc to the upper end and make sure there is clear in and out access for wood/husband/DS assisting etc without the need to disturb my growing food. Not trusting either of them to do it carefully after hearing hubby on the phone saying 'she can always sow more if anything gets damaged' :eek:

mrbadexample

I've just missed the first half of the Lions test watching a leafcutter bee emerge. :j

grandmasam

Long time lurker here,:) Just have to let someone know i have raspberries ready to pick/eat :j Bought the canes 2 years ago from £land and had loads from end august till end november last year, this year looks very good.
Got 1 strawberry beginning to blush and my 2 leg bar pullets have just started to lay their blue shelled eggs.
Tomatoes have flowers and the slugs have finally finished off the last of the pepper plants :mad:
Caz