Arry 18,578 Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 Well the Saga of the runner Beans has finally payed off. After the fleece and micro mess etc and looking like I had squatters in the garden. My first feed this year. Sweet Corn coming on. Onions and Leeks. Cheers Arry 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 47 minutes ago, Arry said: Well the Saga of the runner Beans has finally payed off. After the fleece and micro mess etc and looking like I had squatters in the garden. My first feed this year. Sweet Corn coming on. Onions and Leeks. Cheers Arry Looks great Arry, both your beans and corn are much further on than mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,578 Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Bosun11 said: Looks great Arry, both your beans and corn are much further on than mine. Bit lucky down in Devon mate its a bit milder but christ been some long drawn out thing with the beans Lol. Thanks mate, Cheers Arry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 18 minutes ago, Arry said: Bit lucky down in Devon mate its a bit milder but christ been some long drawn out thing with the beans Lol. Thanks mate, Cheers Arry I had an idea you were down there somewhere, basking in summer heat. The heavy clay of my neck of Merseyside took a while to warm up this year. Even with the stuff i pre-grew, i had to be patient before i put it out, or it would be shocked... It still was..! Thing is a couple of weeks after i put the grown corn in, i just thought sod it and put a couple of rows of corn seed in. Right now you can't tell which is which. Proof to me to wait and sow when the soils ready. I'm so keen to get things started but i've got to lean from that... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,578 Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 9 hours ago, Bosun11 said: I had an idea you were down there somewhere, basking in summer heat. The heavy clay of my neck of Merseyside took a while to warm up this year. Even with the stuff i pre-grew, i had to be patient before i put it out, or it would be shocked... It still was..! Thing is a couple of weeks after i put the grown corn in, i just thought sod it and put a couple of rows of corn seed in. Right now you can't tell which is which. Proof to me to wait and sow when the soils ready. I'm so keen to get things started but i've got to lean from that... This year has been hard with all that weird weather even I had stuff in the bay window for weeks that should have gone out in a normal year. Had more frosts in the spring when stuff should have been out than the rest of the winter. Can you source sea weed mate? I've found that great for helping break down clay soil. Cheers Arry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 363 Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) Blimey guys, how do you keep those weeds down, you must do a serious amount of weeding! Edited July 9, 2021 by Aled Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,578 Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Aled said: Blimey guys, how do you keep those weeds down, you must do a serious amount of weeding! Stay on top of them mate. Keep the hoe moving. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,578 Posted July 25, 2021 Report Share Posted July 25, 2021 Runners have gone mental. Cheers Arry 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Really pleased with my sweetcorn so far and the parsnips in it's shadow seem to be thriving. The outdoor tomato's are doing ok, just need to ripen up now. Grown on the original garden fence i dug up when creating the plot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,578 Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Bosun11 said: Really pleased with my sweetcorn so far and the parsnips in it's shadow seem to be thriving. The outdoor tomato's are doing ok, just need to ripen up now. Grown on the original garden fence i dug up when creating the plot. Some decent Cabbage there as well mate. Harvested this for last Sundays roast. Cheers Arry 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 35 minutes ago, Arry said: Some decent Cabbage there as well mate. Harvested this for last Sundays roast. Cheers Arry Excellent, that all looks fantastic, especially that corn. I'm way behind you for a harvest as yet, can only gather runners, carrots and that cabbage, though i should of covered it, as the outer leaves have taken a pasting. Had a nice harvest of 'first earlies' Pentland Javelin. They've been lovey eating. My seconds will be a couple of weeks yet. Though i think i mentioned, i'm growing spuds in bags next year. It'll give me more space for more brassicas, which i want to grow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,578 Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Bosun11 said: Excellent, that all looks fantastic, especially that corn. I'm way behind you for a harvest as yet, can only gather runners, carrots and that cabbage, though i should of covered it, as the outer leaves have taken a pasting. Had a nice harvest of 'first earlies' Pentland Javelin. They've been lovey eating. My seconds will be a couple of weeks yet. Though i think i mentioned, i'm growing spuds in bags next year. It'll give me more space for more brassicas, which i want to grow. I am lucky being farther south but the saga of the runners was something. Grew a second early's (Nicola) in tubs this year for the first time, put them in a bit early in that mild spell in March. Then the the weather went all tits up I was pulling them in and out of the shed each night. In the end started emptying them out about a week into June and they where a lovely tasting spud. Last tub emptied about the end of June as I planed as we get blight about then. An interesting thing I read about this year is spraying Potatoes and Tomatoes with soluble Aspirin to help stave off Blight also con improve crop. Grew in tubs for the same reason as you extra space. Just lifted my Onions and Garlic and put Purple spouting in the gap. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,799 Posted August 11, 2021 Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 Must be all the rain. My two pumpkin plants and two Japanese squash plants seem to have turned into Triffids! 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurchers 2,598 Posted August 14, 2021 Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 My mate shows his and has had them bigger 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,578 Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Not a bad one and the Savoy cabbage is pretty good as well. 5lb 7oz. trimmed. Cheers Arry 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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