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Post by fizzycola on May 5, 2009 21:21:25 GMT
Puffin, I don't know which plants would be best.  I'd go for an "early" variety tho. I've been growing them for years and just plants out the lil runners they give off every spring to keep my crop going. ;D Works for me! HAHAHA looks like this thread has found it's own lil slug tho HAHAHA  I keep my shotgun handy for the crows that pick on their innocent victims  Does anyone grow veggies by any chance?? If so, what? And any tips? fizzy |
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Post by omnipleasant on May 7, 2009 10:30:41 GMT
Well, the tender stuff I planted out the other week is all still alive. Not looking particularly healthy, but certainly not dead. Fingers crossed.
"Does anyone grow veggies"
*clears throat*
Potatoes
Peas
Runner & french beans
Tomatos
Chillis & sweet peppers
Courgettes
Strawberries
Onions
Lettuce
Sweetcorn
Turnip
Radish
Blueberry
Spring onion
Pak Choi
Cabbage
Broccoli
Cucumber
Carrot
Garlic
Herbs and "herbs".
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Post by mango on May 7, 2009 11:46:43 GMT
I've pretty much given up with growing veggies - the constant watering with the temperatures here is costly & a nuisance
except for cherry tomatoes, capsicum, parsley in a hanging basket all nice & easy
Oh and peas along the fence in the winter - we usually get enough rain then
Oh and a tub of baby lettuce occasionally
I had brocolli full of big fat juicey caterpillars and it put me right off attempting that again
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Post by sushimo on May 7, 2009 13:16:29 GMT
Tsk!! You missed out an excellent all rounder there Omni - Beetroot, great cold with salads, but also brilliant hot and fresh as a dinner veg, and also (though not to my taste) preserves well in vinegar. Grows dead easy too! Otherwise, I am well impressed!  |
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Post by omnipleasant on May 7, 2009 15:13:55 GMT
I thought about beetroot and rhubarb but, as you can imagine with that lot plus the ornamental stuff, space in my garden is a bit limited.
I'm going to do some swede once the garlic or early spuds are harvested to liberate some space.
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Post by sushimo on May 7, 2009 15:45:55 GMT
I had great fun with swedes! I had had a bonfire in the garden of a new house to get rid of loads of junk and garden rubbish. It was on the patch I was going to use for veg, so after, I dug it all over, rested it, and then planted different root veggies.
The swedes that were on top of the site of the bonfire grew twice as big as those in the rest of the patch!! Don't know why, but something in the 'cinders' generated those huge swedes - anyone any ideas?
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Post by sushimo on May 7, 2009 15:46:59 GMT
PS. Beetroot leaves look fantastic in an ornamental garden!  |
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Post by omnipleasant on May 7, 2009 15:54:51 GMT
Ahh actually I have some space in one of my ornamental borders at the top of the garden. That's not a bad idea. Hmmmn.
I had a bonfire this winter where my strawberries are now growing, and they too look very healthy.
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Post by fizzycola on May 7, 2009 21:30:04 GMT
omnipleasant That is one impressive list!!  I've got growing Broad beans Onions Mange tout (not grown them before) Peas Carrots (they be in pots, due to carrot fly infestations) Potatoes Strawberries Sweetcorn Beetroot Leeks That's gonna be in the veggie garden (in the greenhouse just now tho) And to stay in the greenhouse Tomatoes 9 of them including 1 "grafted" cherry tom that is new to me Cucumbers Red Peppers Mint Tarragon and various Fuschias and petunias that are to be patio plants when the frost has passed (in a months time) also various bedding plants that are too tender to plant out just now My greenhouse is so full at the moment. Any tips for cucumbers anyone? how do you avoid stem rot? fizzy |
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Post by omnipleasant on May 12, 2009 11:17:21 GMT
The most important thing with cucumbers is to get the right variety for the conditions you're going to grow them in - indoors, outdoors, greenhouse.
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Post by lala on May 15, 2009 3:16:51 GMT
Planted out yesterday - Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and various species of lettuce. Starting to despair of the onions and carrots planted a couple of weeeks ago - nothing has come up. I'm cursed with carrots.
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Post by mango on May 15, 2009 11:57:35 GMT
I miss Spring Cabbage here in Australia - you know the really large leafed dark green stuff, oooh the tender hearts steamed & chopped with butter.........
I got somebody to send me some seeds a few years ago - Durham Early they were called, I did manage to grow some but was so paranoid incase they were attacked by the dreaded white butterfly - I steamed & ate the lot one day while they were still tiny bubbas
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Post by minge tightly on May 15, 2009 13:32:41 GMT
My list of vege's this year is:
Beetroot
Brocolli
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Carrots
Courgettes
Lettuce
Onions
Parsnips
Peas
Rocket
Runner Beans
Sweetcorn
Swede
Myself and Mrs Minge constructed a bamboo cage covered with a fine fleece to keep the cabbage white butterflys out and so far it has worked an absolute treat.
The brassica's underneath it have gone absolutely mentla growth-wise too.
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Post by omnipleasant on May 18, 2009 16:27:07 GMT
No spuds, Mingesson?
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Post by minge tightly on May 19, 2009 15:28:42 GMT
Oh yeah, spuds!
Pentland Javelins, half a dozen of.
Plus Tomatoes and Peppers in the greenhouse too.
So many I forget
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Post by omnipleasant on May 19, 2009 23:33:11 GMT
Haha. I've got Pentland Javelins.
Pretty scary the similarities sometimes Mingesson. Are you actually like, my Schizo alter-ego like Brad Pitt in Fight Club or summat?
You want to do French rather than Runners, though. Just as vigorous and heavy cropping, but loads nicer tasting.
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Post by minge tightly on May 21, 2009 14:13:49 GMT
Eeek hope not!
Not really bothered by the French vs Runner beans stand off, since I don't really like either and was given the seeds. They will, and are intended to, make a natural fence between us and next door. I'll give them away for brownie points.
By the way, my brassicas are going absolutely ape sh*t under their fleeced cover cage.
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Post by minge tightly on May 21, 2009 14:15:35 GMT
Just remembered...HELP!!
My strawberries (Reddening quite nicely thank you) are covered in little browny-red bugs.
What's the best method for destroying these vile little invaders? All options, be it organic or chemical will be considered. Thank you
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Post by omnipleasant on May 21, 2009 14:35:54 GMT
Bug spray.
Just get down the garden centre and buy one that says it's suitable for strawbs.
Organic - warm soapy water. Though I find that the problem with "organic" solutions is usually that they don't bloody work.
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Post by minge tightly on May 21, 2009 15:12:16 GMT
Yeah this is my fear, that 'organic' involves lots of dreary manual labour for piss poor results.
Just wanted to know if there were bug sprays for plants you eventually eat or eat from. Wouldn't want to poison everyone with my strawbs.
Have I told you how amazing my brassica's are doing under their cage btw??
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