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

poppet

we are very lucky in that the big greenhouse was already here, its got a couple of broken panes but we've just patched them up with a combination of silicoln and ply - not ideal but i dont think we're short of light in there so it shouldnt cause a problem to the plants.

Im thinking of lifting the centre row of slabs, raising the edges and growing the toms right down the middle. Ill still be able to walk around both sides and there is a line of wire in the roof, going the entire length of the greenhouse as if its waiting to help support tall plants.

I usually only germinate enough seeds for our own needs, there are 6 of us so we usually need quite alot of veg plants - but this year im going to grow anything and everything in much bigger quantities and i'll sell any excess plants - seems like a good idea now...ask me again in july :rotfl:

mcspanna

Hi All,

This is my veg patch (please don't laugh :rotfl: )



As you can see I have extremely restricted space and am currently trying to figure out how to fit everything in :eek: The planter on the right of the image (S facing towards left of photo) is only half a square metre surface area and then I have the 3 potato barrels. The only thing in the ground so far is a couple of very short rows of beetroot and carrots under the squash bottle cloches. There is potentially space to fit some large plant pots (9-12" ish) in front of the potato barrels/drain.

I genuinely think I have done my usual and bought/sown too much :eek: so far I have:

2 x tomato 'red cherry'
2 x tomato 'garten perle'
2 x tomato 'totem'

3 x chilli 'cayenne'
1 x chilli 'anaheim'
2 x mangetout 'oregan sugarpod'
2 x dwarf french bean
at least 2 of a possible 4 (seeds) germinated of curly kale

6 strawberry plants (recent ALDI offer)

some borage

a random courgette bought last weekend (discovered when I got it home that it is not named so not sure of the habit but it says to pick 3" fruits)

10 potato tubers (from the free offer posted on here) currently chitting - 2nd earlies I think

need I say more than:

:eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl:

Any suggestions on what to plant where gratefully received!

PS: Just remembered the cut and come again salad currently growing happily on the kitchen windowsill :cool:

Ancalime

Hi Mcspanna
How about going up the wall I saw someone else post on here who put up trellising and attached pots and tubs to it. Maybe they will come along and tell you how. Apart from that I would get some big trough type tubs and put them along the bottom of the wall. My local instore aka poundstrechers had some recently. Then you could put your potato planters infront.

Hopefully someone else comes along with some sugestions soon

Ancalime

Make_do_and_mend

Very inexperienced and have spent a couple of hours reading throught his thread, what you have all done looks fantastic and very inpiring!

I am limited on space and just wanted to know - can I grow raspberries in tubs? Also I bought a spring onion mini propagator kit, they have come up, but when do I plant them outside? Thanks in advance!!

SEE

mcspanna wrote: »

Hi All,

This is my veg patch (please don't laugh :rotfl: )



As you can see I have extremely restricted space and am currently trying to figure out how to fit everything in :eek: The planter on the right of the image (S facing towards left of photo) is only half a square metre surface area and then I have the 3 potato barrels. The only thing in the ground so far is a couple of very short rows of beetroot and carrots under the squash bottle cloches. There is potentially space to fit some large plant pots (9-12" ish) in front of the potato barrels/drain.

I genuinely think I have done my usual and bought/sown too much :eek: so far I have:

2 x tomato 'red cherry'
2 x tomato 'garten perle'
2 x tomato 'totem'

3 x chilli 'cayenne'
1 x chilli 'anaheim'
2 x mangetout 'oregan sugarpod'
2 x dwarf french bean
at least 2 of a possible 4 (seeds) germinated of curly kale

6 strawberry plants (recent ALDI offer)

some borage

a random courgette bought last weekend (discovered when I got it home that it is not named so not sure of the habit but it says to pick 3" fruits)

10 potato tubers (from the free offer posted on here) currently chitting - 2nd earlies I think

need I say more than:

:eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl:

Any suggestions on what to plant where gratefully received!

PS: Just remembered the cut and come again salad currently growing happily on the kitchen windowsill :cool:

Why not grow upward and put salad in hanging baskets. I bet you could get 5 swede in a standard window box:D

hathor

Make do & mend: yes, you can grow raspberries in tubs, but you must choose an autumn-fruiting variety and you must have a minimum of 12in soil depth.
Re the spring onions, I should think anything that's been cossetted in a propagator will need to be hardened off before being permanently relocated outside, and you may want to think about frost protection if you're in an area liable to frost.

hathor

SEE:
Why not put the strawberries in a hanging basket, and grow the toms up the downspout for support? If you can get a cord between the downspout & the wall, you could tie them in as they get taller. I think at least some of the varieties you have are cordon types. Bush toms wouldn't need the support, so they could go in hanging baskets or pots on shelves higher up the wall.
Never neglect the "vertical gardening" option, where you can site containers at higher level, provided they do not cast shade on what's growing beneath, and are securely mounted (a container + plant + soil + water can be quite heavy!)

Doom_and_Gloom

My partner dug and sorted through 5ft by 4ft of soil today (loads of glass, rocks, bricks etc in it so had to be done) which means that all of the areas that that I plan to have root vegetables in it is free of all the rubble stuff. All that needs to be done now is some double digging across the whole plot, for me to mark out the plot how I want, to make the pathway with the bark chippings and crazy paving I have and to mark out all the 1ft by 1ft squares. That should all be able to be done tomorrow as long as my partner is nice enough to do most of that for me as my back is not able to do it (stupid condition :mad:) !

Another of the ‘raised beds’ going on the concrete was made the other day. It is 2ft 6 by 2ft 6 and 1ft 6 deep. I’ve put the blackberry n blueberry plants in it (need to get another blueberry) and I’m planning on putting a rhubarb plant in the middle as the fruit bushes should bush out on the trellis’ that will be put up soon. Is this a good idea as my dad seems to think this will work really well but if someone thinks otherwise I would be interested to know why? Another one of these ‘raised beds’ could be made for potatoes as they are 1ft 6 deep and definitely deep enough, as I’m thinking it will be nice to grow some this year, but we are looking for tyres to do that instead if possible.

I’m relatively proud that my vegetable garden is environmentally friendly in that things are made out of recycled goods mostly (strawberry planter only thing not so far although will be getting some hanging baskets) and so I‘m adding even less to the landfills etc out there. Even the tools I’m using are my dads old ones from when he used to grow vegetables years ago. I need to sow some more seeds tomorrow but hopefully my plot will be how I need it to be by tomorrow or Friday which I’m really excited about :beer: .

Hoping everyone else is having fun and doing well with growing their own this year. Let those little seedlings grow!

D&G

TheBees

Does anyone have any ideas for a cheap way to support cucumbers so they grow upwards?

Just discovered this thread and am truly inspired.

Primrose

Cucumber supports. You will need something about a foot wide. If you buy a cheap one-foot wide strip of thicker rigid plastic green mesh about a yard or so long and interweave two bamboo canes through the outer holes on either side, the canes can be poked into the ground/pots and the cucumber can climb up the plastic mesh, being tied in as necessary. I grow the Mini-type cucumbers outdoors in a sunny border and find they don't really need much support, apart from a couple of Y shaped twigs to lift the main stem off the ground and away from the slugs.