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Post by kedigato on May 14, 2008 8:19:18 GMT
I've just had a look at what is going on in your polytunnel in May, Dan, and I can see what TLC, lots of it!, can produce.
After the delayed start, the giant onions look good, and I sure hope they grow to be winners, which I don't doubt, with you urging them on and the rest of us rooting for them.
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Post by Admin on May 15, 2008 3:40:17 GMT
Hope the onion is massive by the time i get back online...  |
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Post by vegmandan on May 15, 2008 15:43:14 GMT
Trouble with onions is you have to be so patient. They just grow leaves until June 21st then,and only after this date the bulb starts to form. So the onion bulb only takes about 6 weeks to go from nothing to 6lb ish. So i'm afraid you won't be seeing a giant onion for a while yet.  |
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Post by tamarine on May 18, 2008 17:37:33 GMT
Air frost ocurs in May before a full moon if there is rain. Last year we had a lot of rain in may before full moon most of our allotment veg. was destroyed due to air frost.
You should see our allotment this past few days. Plot holders are not taking chances and all of ous have now covered our potatoes, and other tender plants.
It has been predicted we will have air frost or ground frost . From wed. on wards it will start to get warmer.
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Post by vegmandan on May 18, 2008 18:36:34 GMT
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Post by kedigato on May 18, 2008 20:23:55 GMT
What - the first strawberry and you didn't invite us all to come and share it???
I see you have a courgette plant. I bought 2 yellow ones, have them out in the tubs already. I planted a pack of striped green ones as you said to do and they have all come up and are doing nicely. Trouble is, I don't know where to plant them now!
I planted a pack (only 4 in it!) of pumpkins the same way and at the same time, but I was beginning to think that they were duds. I looked today and hey! one has started to sprout!
As soon as they all start looking like something, I'll put some pics up.
Thanks for the tip.
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Post by windy on May 28, 2008 8:22:57 GMT
Wow your stuff all looks fantastic Dan!! I'm really jealous now  |
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Post by vegmandan on Jun 2, 2008 20:50:36 GMT
Well just another update,It's rained here for the 1st time in about a month so stuff should finally start to grow outside. Lettuce are about a month behind last year but doing ok now Giant onion plants are growing well,about 30 inches tall now,I want as many leaves as possible by June 21st then the fun starts and they start to bulb up. Getting loads of strawbs,you can't beat a polytunnel for speeding things up but it's murder for watering if like me you dont have any on tap. And I've got a couple of self seeded foxgloves growing next to my water butt,even they grow to about 6ft in the tunnel,crazy !!!       |
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Post by windy on Jun 3, 2008 8:01:41 GMT
Wow DannyBoy, your strawbs are fab....and your onions put mine to shame  But I'm trying to make myself feel better by saying that my lettuces are bigger than yours...but not for long methinks  |
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Post by vegmandan on Jun 3, 2008 18:27:59 GMT
Planted my leeks out today. I've tried to explain the procedure if anyone doesnt know how it's done. Just have a look at June on my website.  |
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Post by kedigato on Jun 3, 2008 20:25:16 GMT
Those strawberries look delicious.
I think the onions are doing their best to grow up into prize-winners!
Your foxgloves are lovely and pretty colours too. We have a nice show this year but they are mainly just the purpley ones.
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Post by tamarine on Jun 3, 2008 20:30:32 GMT
Hi, when planting my leeks I usually use the dibber and put the leek in the dibber hole but dont bother to fill it up with soil. I will look in on your web site to see your method.
Love your veg. in the polly tunnel.
I have to use weed membrane because when we took on the plot it was full of twitch, bind weed and marestail. I know I cant get rid of the marestail so easily but I am trying., unless you have a remedy for me.
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Post by vegmandan on Jun 3, 2008 21:25:13 GMT
Well, we seem to do it the same way ,I'm trying the root trim method on a few this year as I've never bothered trimming the roots and tops before as I get adequate leeks by not trimming but since seeing that other people seem to get better results by trimming I'm going to try a few this way to see the difference. As for mares tail I have loads of it in my greenhouse beds but nowhere else. I keep pulling it up but it just keeps coming back. I suppose that the only remedy is to use one of those paint on super concentrated glyphosate based weedkillers,but this might not fit into everyones way of gardening ? And as for the polytunnel,it's a different world in there,it's like being in the mediterranean and so easy to grow stuff regardless of the weather outside.  And Kedi as for the foxgloves I just sowed a packet of wild flower seeds years ago and I keep getting loads of different coloured ones popping up everywhere,I've got loads in my "leave it and see"cottage garden bit which surrounds the veg patch. That's my idea of gardening just leave the flowers,don't bother weeding and see what comes up next year. The complete opposite attitude to my veg growing I must admit I'm a bit obsessive when it comes to weeding but the odd nettle or thistle amongst my flowers doesn't bother me. |
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Post by tamarine on Jun 4, 2008 20:01:17 GMT
We are growing Aubergines this year as last years plants were a disaster. Have you grown this veg. Your pollytunnel is the ideal place to grow it. In fact it will thrieve in there.
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Post by vegmandan on Jun 4, 2008 22:08:14 GMT
The trouble with my tunnel is that I don't ever close the doors at night as I live a couple of miles from it and couldn't open them up in the morning so It can get a bit chilly for them at night,that's why I don't grow any toms in it either. I have grown an aubergine once and couldn't believe how thorny the plant was,it made goosberry bushes look tame. I did manage to get about half a dozen reasonable fruits from it though but I'm not really a fan and just grew it as a curiosity.. |
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