Show Us Your Veg Patch - You Know You Want To!! (Merged Thread)

sammy_kaye18

Hi All

Thought I would stop in and say you have a fab thread here and i love being nosey and looking round other peoples veg patches.

I was told abotu this thread by MrsMc and her potio apotment so thought id have a gander - i have attempted to grow things this year - had a lovely lot of cucumbers, sprouts, and tomatoes growing on my windowsill in the kitchen - was goign to plant them out and it decided to be torrential rain ove rin wales so rather than plant them out and drown them (im in a ground floor flat so space is very tight) i left them adn lost 98% of it - i managed to salvage two tumbling tom seedlings which i planted out and they have only in the last day started flowering

does that mean i get the no veg record - 2 plants no veg. I do have spring onions out though which look more like chives and ive left them so long in the pot im a bit worried now that the roots are all entwined and i dont want to try thinning them if ill lose the lot so might jsut leave them adn try again next year.

Will make sure to add a picture soon for you of the space i have available to see if you can all suggest anything i can do with it.

Fab thread again and loving the gardens - im so jealous

Sam
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ok dont laugh but this is all that has survived my veg growing attempts this year (baring in mind im a complete novice and like i said i had alot die on me early on)

KAAT_LADY

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Last year I allowed my cucumbers to grow to the lengths of those you buy in the shops which resulted in fewer cucs growing, plus they tasted slightly bitter. This year I'm picking them off at half the size and the difference in taste is amazing, plus the yield is much higher!

hi there

they do seem a lot nicer when picked small,, we always pick small,,

KAAT

KAAT_LADY

SKIPPY

about what size is it ??? it looks like an onion doesnt it ,, but its yellow like a honeydew melon

~Chameleon~

KAAT_LADY wrote: »

hi there

they do seem a lot nicer when picked small,, we always pick small,,

KAAT

I actually read somewhere the other day that if your plant also produces male flowers (think mine have had a few) then it's advisable to pick them small before the seeds inside have chance to mature as this will prevent them from tasting bitter!

troo

Onions

troo

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

I actually read somewhere the other day that if your plant also produces male flowers (think mine have had a few) then it's advisable to pick them small before the seeds inside have chance to mature as this will prevent them from tasting bitter!

If you pick the male flowers off as soon as they appear (you'll need to do it every day), then you can let the cucs grow big without them tasting bitter

Money_saving_Diva_2

I have talked about this on another thread and I am sure this has been mentioned on this thread before and if so, I do apologise but for those storing veg in the fridge, I know some members use special bags that keep veg fresh for longer, either from somewhere like Lakeland or on QVC.. I personally have an ionizer that sits in the fridge and keeps all my fresh food fresh much longer than normal. I rarely throw out salad stuff now and everything in the fridge seems to last days longer so as far as I am concerned it has saved what it has cost me already. It was from QVC and was around £20.

Here is the link in case it is useful. Hope you didn't mind me going a little off topic here!:D

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.aspx/app.detail/params.item.826129/walk.yah.UKHG-UK14

~Chameleon~

Money_saving_Diva wrote: »

I have talked about this on another thread and I am sure this has been mentioned on this thread before and if so, I do apologise but for those storing veg in the fridge, I know some members use special bags that keep veg fresh for longer, either from somewhere like Lakeland or on QVC.. I personally have an ionizer that sits in the fridge and keeps all my fresh food fresh much longer than normal. I rarely throw out salad stuff now and everything in the fridge seems to last days longer so as far as I am concerned it has saved what it has cost me already. It was from QVC and was around £20.

Here is the link in case it is useful. Hope you didn't mind me going a little off topic here!:D

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.aspx/app.detail/params.item.826129/walk.yah.UKHG-UK14

Hi,

I don't think you will like this very much but actually keeping a small open pot of bicarb of soda in the fridge has virtually the same effect, and costs just pennies :whistle:

KAAT_LADY

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Hi,

I don't think you will like this very much but actually keeping a small open pot of bicarb of soda in the fridge has virtually the same effect, and costs just pennies :whistle:

Yes I have done that for years and it works:D

Money_saving_Diva_2

I used to do the bicarb thing but have been more impressed with the ionizer but then I have a huge fridge so maybe that is why! And I didn't mind you saying, this is all about money saving so if there is a cheaper way to keep food fresh, we all need to hear it!!