The all new good, bad and ugly of growing your own in 2020

Suffolk_lass

herlig said:

I've taken delivery of an autumn fruiting raspberry for my kitchen garden. I was under the impression that autumn fruiting raspberries should be cut to ground level before now.

These 5 canes within one pot are a foot high and look to be springing into bud at the end.

I've also two new shoots within the pot.

A few questions:

Will these new shoots fruit come the autumn?
Will the foot high canes fruit in the summer?

Can you help me understand what to do and what to expect?

Autumn fruiting raspberries normally throw up the following year's shoot as this year's shoots start to fail - so in January/February you cut down the one that is looking dead. If yours has shoots, leave it and you will get fruit this August (ish - +/- one month). Leave the new shoots - it depends where it has been kept and how mature it is... My DH just chops them down to the ground every Spring (as if they were summer fruiting because he says he doesn't know the difference when looking at a dead cane, and if I don't like it I can do it myself...) - we get plenty of raspberries and autumn ones are excellent for freezing if you allow them to spread so you get lots - summer ones are less vigorous and smaller but better for jam (IMHO)

Suffolk_lass

unrecordings said:

After yet another tangle with the NHS, I Think I'm back. Yesterday went to a local garden centre for a mooch around, which signalled the start of the new season for me even though it's too early in the year to be practical. Got some nice pots for outside the workshop and a bit of exercise. Today managed an hour or two out there prepping tubs of cuttings for the green bin (first collection in around three weeks). Mrs Un Got a new leaf rake yesterday which for her was a paradigm shift enabling her to make short work of the eucalyptus covered lawn. Tomorrow we're hoping to get a lot more done before the bad weather hits as mobility is still a real issue for me. Assuming I can replace the strimmer line without putting a window through in frustration, then I can forge a path down to where I can forage for stuff for ramen. Finally an apology. Some of you may remember me harping on about Society Garlic  at he very start of the year. Well about two weeks ago I banished mine to the greenhouse, because it stinks of weed, and doesn't even taste that good. Might be good for keeping rats out of the compost though when it's mild enough to plant out... 

It's good to see you back Un - normal service has been resumed and you continue to defy medical science 

carinjo

Suffolk_lass said:
I think that was me. I do hope it benefits from the attention and fruits well for you.

It was indeed! Thank you.

euronorris

Glad to see you back Un!

I have tidied garden a little, and secured/tucked stuff into garage ahead of tomorrows storm. Also setup the peas area, and sowed some pea seeds. That's all we can do with the predicted weather.

nannygladys

Hi everyone, just found this thread. I have a small allotment that I get great joy from, Im not always successful with what I grow, but its fun trying, but had email this am that our allotments had been broken into, it looks like just one plot was targeted and the shed wrecked! I will have to go down to have a look asap just to make sure mine and next doors is OK.. Im behind this year and haven't bought my onions or potatoes but I have earmarked Monday for buying them, I have enough seeds to last this year as a dear friend bought me quite a stash for Xmas. Tomorrow Im hoping to get out into the garden for a quick tidy up as its garden bin day on Monday.
Oh roll on better weather.
Nannyg

unrecordings

Managed another few hours out there today. Didn't bother with much tidying outside. Put bricks across the greenhouse door (I would have used a bungee but it wasn't quite long enough). Cleared one of the raised beds and found some tiny carrots & beetroot> I also noticed my wild garlic is just poking a couple of inches above the soil - needs re-mulching though

unrecordings

euronorris said:

Glad to see you back Un!

I have tidied garden a little, and secured/tucked stuff into garage ahead of tomorrows storm. Also setup the peas area, and sowed some pea seeds. That's all we can do with the predicted weather.

Thanks (not a fan of this new quoting system, doesn't seem to be working that ell for me) 

jammy_dodger

itching  to  start  sowing  seeds  for  veg  but  so  cold  up  north.  have started  to  demolish old  compost  bins  that  had  been  in  place  for  the  last  15  years  and  had  started  to  fall  apart and be  overrun  with  nettles .
plan to  make  new ones nearer  the  veg  patch ..which  makes  sense . I'm still  undecided   over  wether  to go  for  allotment  style  veg  garden  with  rows  or  repair  the  raised  beds  I  have  in  situ

silverwhistle

Back from my skiing holiday in Italy but as I picked up some translation work from there I'm busy today rather than sowing seeds in my new heated propogator.

The garden centre recommended where I was staying still didn't have their seed stocks in but Lidl did! Borlotti Lingua di Fuoco, Peperoni Corno Rosso, Cime di Rapa all at 55 cents a packet. Spinach and Swiss Chard only 29 cents a packet! Parsley and carrots on seed tape were expensive at €1.49. I think they'll all cope with sunny 'Ampshire near the sea..

unrecordings

Ciara doesn't seem to have got me yet, but there looks to have been heavy rain last night so the workshop floor was wet
today just enough to be an annoyance more than anything