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Soon back to tasteless tomatoes in my sandwiches. Any particular successes or failures this year? Sweetcorn and runner beans for me plus have won the battle against predators on my Spring brassicas so far.
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"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Winners this year were broccoli and kale, especially the kale which is still going strong right now. Beans did alright this year as well after a shakey start. Garlic did well as well.
Our potatoes got decimated by slugs and bugs. Carrots didn't really do much, or parsnips.
Growing season nearly over. on 09:40 - Oct 13 by DanTheMan
Winners this year were broccoli and kale, especially the kale which is still going strong right now. Beans did alright this year as well after a shakey start. Garlic did well as well.
Our potatoes got decimated by slugs and bugs. Carrots didn't really do much, or parsnips.
Lots of netting required, or regular caterpillar squashing?
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Following the house move in February I've only had limited veg growing this year, though turf removal and veg patch digging is my project over the next few weekends.
Success in my kitchen garden beds were lettuce, beetroot and French beans which all did amazingly well.
My tomatoes, both outside and in greenhouse, were a disaster. The damp summer gave the outside ones blight, and greenhouse ones had blossom end rot. Have had a glut of late summer peppers though!
Looking forward to growing more space needy stuff like spuds and sweetcorn next year.
I was born underwater, I dried out in the sun.
I started humping volcanoes baby, when I was too young.
Growing season nearly over. on 09:50 - Oct 13 by DanTheMan
We want to set up some proper netting next year but thought we might get away with it this year.
Usually our potatoes have been fine but for whatever reason they were a hot favourite among the insects this year.
Also on the cards for next year is patching the lawn with creeping thyme for the bees and other bugs. And some more wildflowers.
We've put a couple of wild flower areas in our new garden. Just left them untouched this year to see what came up naturally (lots of cow parsley!), but given them a proper going over for next year. Cut back really short, raked really hard to thin the grass out and expose as much dirt as possible, and now seeded to give them a head start on the grass in the spring.
Hopefully it will be worth the effort!
I was born underwater, I dried out in the sun.
I started humping volcanoes baby, when I was too young.
I finally managed to get an allotment, but quite late in the Summer, so by the time I'd cleared stuff there was a limited amount I could plant.
Still managed to get a good crop of lettuces, chard and spinach.
I got three infant tomato plants early August (a gift from an allotment neighbour) and had just grown a nice, healthy crop of tomatoes, sitting there all waiting to ripen, when we were hit by 3 days straight of heavy rain. All but 2 rotted on the vine!
Had a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes grown outside this year and the runner beans were ok. Biggest failures had to be the courgettes and spring greens; the courgettes just didn't get going after an initial crop and the greens just fed the wildlife.
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Potatoes did OK, although we didn't plant many. Beetroot rather hit and miss, runner beans OK. Cabbages basically acted as food for wildlife. Courgettes were good and tomatoes in the greenhouse did OK too.
For the first time I got three cayenne chili plants and they've gone really well in the greenhouse. Going to have to make some hot sauce or something with them to use them up.
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Growing season nearly over. (International break edition...no arguing please.) on 10:45 - Oct 13 by soupytwist
Not the greatest year but not too bad.
Potatoes did OK, although we didn't plant many. Beetroot rather hit and miss, runner beans OK. Cabbages basically acted as food for wildlife. Courgettes were good and tomatoes in the greenhouse did OK too.
For the first time I got three cayenne chili plants and they've gone really well in the greenhouse. Going to have to make some hot sauce or something with them to use them up.
Quite wanna see if I can grow Jalapenos next year (part of a long term plan to make my own chipotles - which is what they become when you dry smoke them)
Growing season nearly over. (International break edition...no arguing please.) on 10:34 - Oct 13 by CoachRob
Had a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes grown outside this year and the runner beans were ok. Biggest failures had to be the courgettes and spring greens; the courgettes just didn't get going after an initial crop and the greens just fed the wildlife.
Sungold (small orange ones) never let us down and taste good too. Greens are generally for the wildlife but hiding them amongst calendula and nasturtiums seems to help.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Growing season nearly over. (International break edition...no arguing please.) on 10:07 - Oct 13 by jayessess
I finally managed to get an allotment, but quite late in the Summer, so by the time I'd cleared stuff there was a limited amount I could plant.
Still managed to get a good crop of lettuces, chard and spinach.
I got three infant tomato plants early August (a gift from an allotment neighbour) and had just grown a nice, healthy crop of tomatoes, sitting there all waiting to ripen, when we were hit by 3 days straight of heavy rain. All but 2 rotted on the vine!
Just discovered that Saxmundham has no allotments which is ridiculous, they should be a requirement in every community. Glad you have yours now though.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Growing season nearly over. (International break edition...no arguing please.) on 09:47 - Oct 13 by Dubtractor
Following the house move in February I've only had limited veg growing this year, though turf removal and veg patch digging is my project over the next few weekends.
Success in my kitchen garden beds were lettuce, beetroot and French beans which all did amazingly well.
My tomatoes, both outside and in greenhouse, were a disaster. The damp summer gave the outside ones blight, and greenhouse ones had blossom end rot. Have had a glut of late summer peppers though!
Looking forward to growing more space needy stuff like spuds and sweetcorn next year.
Next year should be a good one for you. I think I may just go and sit in my garden shed and lock the World out for the foreseeable.....that or heroin!
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Growing season nearly over. (International break edition...no arguing please.) on 19:51 - Oct 13 by BanksterDebtSlave
Just discovered that Saxmundham has no allotments which is ridiculous, they should be a requirement in every community. Glad you have yours now though.
Was five years on the waiting list in the end. It is a real shame that provision is so inadequate, such a huge appetite for it.
Growing season nearly over. (International break edition...no arguing please.) on 10:21 - Oct 14 by jayessess
Was five years on the waiting list in the end. It is a real shame that provision is so inadequate, such a huge appetite for it.
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Agreed! Just been picking some Autumn raspberries and then removed some of the netting from my Spring purple sprouting brocoli. It's starting to sprout now....the warm spell must have really confused it!
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Growing season nearly over. (International break edition...no arguing please.) on 10:50 - Oct 14 by BanksterDebtSlave
Agreed! Just been picking some Autumn raspberries and then removed some of the netting from my Spring purple sprouting brocoli. It's starting to sprout now....the warm spell must have really confused it!
think we're all going to have to get used to some pretty inexplicable seasons in the years to come, sadly.
(If anything can convince a man of the urgency of climate change, it's trying to bloody grow stuff!)
Yellow pear drop tomatoes instead of cherry tomatoes. Absolutely tonnes early until now and they grow more randomly so you dont need to pick a vine at a time. They also dont really need thinning out and topping so you can just let them grow. Not bothering with normal red cherry next year.
Also for mid size tomatoes, Russian blacks seem to grow best here but they need more care.
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We moved 12 months ago and decided with other projects not to ret much this year. A bumper crop of tomatoes from the greenhouse and a small yield of pot-grown potatoes. Need to establish a veg patch.
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Growing season nearly over. on 09:54 - Oct 13 by Dubtractor
We've put a couple of wild flower areas in our new garden. Just left them untouched this year to see what came up naturally (lots of cow parsley!), but given them a proper going over for next year. Cut back really short, raked really hard to thin the grass out and expose as much dirt as possible, and now seeded to give them a head start on the grass in the spring.
Hopefully it will be worth the effort!
Yellow rattle seeds. Sow them now. Keeps the grass at bay.
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