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Post by DAG on Mar 27, 2008 15:32:10 GMT
Wf: It's probably a year or 2 before I graft them onto a rootstock, and then the tree has to grow, so I doubt if there will be much for 5 years or so, Kedigato will know the answer to that one! Did some repotting and reorganizing today:  3 types of tomatoes now potted up individually  and gherkins now in individual round pots  Only 1 chili pepper showing thro' and 5th tray of radish started behind. Swiss Chard potted up individually now. Second bowl of Parmex carrots just coming thro' and just out of camera.  4 trays of radish each 1 approx. 1 week apart, and a few ready for picking  Lettuce in cream bowl, slow but sure, first lot of carrots doing ok, and the 3 peach treelets so far.  right to left, bucket of turnip, 2nd sowing of turnip just showing thro', bucket of spinach not germinated yet. |
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Post by vegmandan on Mar 27, 2008 15:57:31 GMT
Wow,it's a different world down south. I've only just sown my first stuff today....Leeks,and my pepper plants haven't moved on one bit. On that point I grow my Leek seedlings in those old polystyrene vegetable and fish boxes I get from the grocer and fishmonger. They are anything from 12x12x6 inch upto 30x18x12. They'd be ideal for what you're growing and they keep the days heat in as they're insulated too.  |
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Post by DAG on Mar 29, 2008 8:17:18 GMT
Thanks Dan, I will keep that in mind for the future, but I only have a little 8 X 6 greenhouse which has to be my entire veg. garden now.
If I had a polytunnel, I would certainly go for something like that, especially if I lived oooop-noorth!
While I am typing this, this morning it is lovely and sunny, something went wrong with the weather forecast!
The spinach in the bucket is now coming thro' as well.
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Post by DAG on Mar 30, 2008 11:35:11 GMT
 Picked some of my first radishes (Rudi) today! ;D Not bad, for just growning in a small seed tray,is it? |
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Post by Admin on Mar 30, 2008 14:03:07 GMT
Gosh Dag that was fast they look real nice as well lovely colour..us up North will be green with envy.. 
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Post by kedigato on Mar 30, 2008 14:15:05 GMT
Every thing looks super, DAG, and congrats on the first radishes, bet they tasted really yummy.
I've never grafted the red peach trees on to any rootstock, never thought of it in fact. Just repotted them when they seemed big enough. Then out into the garden where I thought that they would do well. They were a good 2' by then.
I never asked - did you plant the stones up in seperate pots? I just put them in a planter, up to 20 in a 1 meter one, and let nature take its course. That is probably why I never got many growing, and then had to repot the ones that did grow fairly soon. I'm a dreadful gardener!
I think yours would be fine in those pots until they are 10 - 12 inches tall.
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Post by DAG on Mar 30, 2008 17:18:47 GMT
Yes the radishes got eaten straight away, once they were washed they didn't stand a chance!
The peaches were planted one stone in each flower pot and a few in the garden, but just 3 came thro' in the flowerpots that had been all winter in the greenhouse (unheated).
I thought all fruit trees were grated onto different tree stock, so just assumed that you had done that. I have never tried, so maybe I won't risk it!
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Post by DAG on Apr 8, 2008 10:07:31 GMT
As the sun has decided to come out today, here is this weeks update:     and the other side of the greenhouse which has no propagating heater:   Harvested 2 lots of radishes so they are now in rotation.  Salad lettuce nearly ready for picking  There is now 5 peach treelets, the first ones doing well! and under the bench:  Spinach in a bucket  Turnip in a bucket |
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Post by kedigato on Apr 9, 2008 0:37:15 GMT
Everything is coming along wonderfully, DAG, and no sign of any bugs or slugs nibbling at anything. There really must be something in having the pots up on shelves and putting vaseline on the outside of the buckets.
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Post by DAG on Apr 10, 2008 7:03:25 GMT
Never thought of putting grease on the buckets in the greenhouse, as the slugs don't seem to get in there. Plenty of snails overwinter in there but there is nothing for them to eat!
Think I will put some grease on though, just in case!
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Post by Admin on Apr 10, 2008 8:32:30 GMT
Your stuff is coming along really well its the tropical weather you get down their. My greenhouse used to be full of slugs used to get mick to go collect them at night..Then along came the army of frogs and the problem diminshed. If the weather forcast is what they say and summer will be wet and hot then i guess the slugs will be out in force..flaming nuisance they are..The amount of damage they can do in one night. If i was growing a peach tree i too would just have it in a pot then in the ground..wonder if they would do well in the house in a sunny spot.. |
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Post by kedigato on Apr 10, 2008 14:24:08 GMT
I think you can easily forget growing a peach tree in the house, Wyldeflower. I'll send you some stones when we get home, still have a few from last year.
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Post by Admin on Apr 11, 2008 8:24:09 GMT
Thanks wish i had had them now when you offered before they all have a head start on me now.. And Dag and windy both live in warmer areas than me..  |
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Post by DAG on Apr 15, 2008 17:56:23 GMT
Lost one of my Gherkin plants today to a snail, have put some stuff down and fingers crossed!
Picked more radishes and started more off recently. Started off another bowl of lettuce today.
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Post by Admin on Apr 16, 2008 5:33:56 GMT
well you could have taken his photo dag we have a snail section.. Well i guess thats it then the critters are on the march chomping our plants.i have holes in leaves outside too.. |
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