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Apr 30, 2015 18:43:32 GMT
Post by Moose on Apr 30, 2015 18:43:32 GMT
So I've got chilis, tomatoes - yes, I'll shoot the first person who tells me that they are a fruit - and strawberries(okay okay) growing in pots. Also lettuce, but they seem to have died already .. not sure what I did wrong. Anyone else growing anything edible and if so what?
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May 1, 2015 16:38:11 GMT
Post by Mari on May 1, 2015 16:38:11 GMT
I have quite a few fruit bushes: normal raspberries, yellow raspberries, apples, blueberries and strawberries. No vegetables since I just don't have room for it right now, plus I think it's a bit useless in my case. I don't want to have to eat certain veggies because they're full grown.
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May 1, 2015 16:41:13 GMT
Post by Moose on May 1, 2015 16:41:13 GMT
I was eyeballing peppers and tomatoes in pots in Morrisons earlier six quid a pot but they're in full fruit ... unlike the ones I have planted which aren't showing signs of doing very much at all
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May 1, 2015 18:06:42 GMT
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Post by Mari on May 1, 2015 18:06:42 GMT
Don't your plants have little cards in them saying when they'll bloom and what kind of care they need? It's possible they may take a bit longer or won't blossom at all this year. Last year my apple tree did nothing but standing and looking pretty with its 12 (!) little leaves, but now it's really doing well with lots of leaves and blossoms. I was hoping for 3 little apples, but if it continues its hard work, I might even be able to bake an apple pie or two.
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May 1, 2015 18:51:37 GMT
Post by whollygoats on May 1, 2015 18:51:37 GMT
Every year, I plant a number of tomato sets in hopes of generating a crop of fruit come 'high summer'. I have pretty much got it down to six spots where I can put in a plant set each year, so I'm limited to the types I can get. I always shoot for at least one, if not two, Roma tomato plants. Then, I perpetually looking for a decent producing slicer with a 'snappy' flavor, so I always have a couple of slicers. I've come to appreciate pear tomatoes for snacking, so I usually have one of those. Which leaves me one spot to 'sample' with...heirlooms, new introductions, other claimants to the whole slicer search.
My biggest problem: my hens. The girls don't do any directed damage to the plants, even though I have to protect them from trampling, like I do so many other plants in the back garden, but once the tomato set fruit...they'll go for the red. Every time. I have to cage and net my tomatoes.
I'm currently trialing fertilizing the tomato spots by placing plastic planter pots (holes in the bottom, y'know) filled with the scrapings from the chook chalet floor after cleanouts, on each designated tomato planting spot.
Are you sure you don't want to start an entirely separate 'Tomatoes' thread, away from other veggies? In my experience, that is where most backyard gardeners have a commonality....trying to grow their own tomatoes. This is why things like 'patio tomatoes' even exist.
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May 1, 2015 20:01:12 GMT
Post by Moose on May 1, 2015 20:01:12 GMT
We can certainly have a tomatoes thread ... will you do the honours? Mari, some of my plants have stickers but some my mum brought me from her garden
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May 1, 2015 20:15:21 GMT
Post by Mari on May 1, 2015 20:15:21 GMT
So do your tomatoes have stickers? Perhaps they'll tell you what you want to know.
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May 6, 2015 17:26:48 GMT
Post by Moose on May 6, 2015 17:26:48 GMT
I've planted some marrows:D
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May 31, 2015 16:37:14 GMT
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Post by madmadeline on May 31, 2015 16:37:14 GMT
I have some Swiss chard that got flattened in the last downpour. I don't know whether or not they will make it.
I also have some yellow and green beans, red and green peppers, and cukes growing.
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May 31, 2015 18:44:09 GMT
Post by tangent on May 31, 2015 18:44:09 GMT
Swiss chard? Is that a euphemism for Sep Blatter's dancing girls?
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May 31, 2015 18:51:49 GMT
Post by whollygoats on May 31, 2015 18:51:49 GMT
Sep has dancing girls?
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May 31, 2015 18:53:42 GMT
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Post by madmadeline on May 31, 2015 18:53:42 GMT
...i don't know who Sep Blatter is
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May 31, 2015 19:08:57 GMT
Post by tangent on May 31, 2015 19:08:57 GMT
*gasps* www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32941740Warning: you may need eye bleach after watching this video. Sepp Blatter is the president of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), generally reckoned to be the most corrupt organisation on the planet.
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May 31, 2015 19:14:29 GMT
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Post by madmadeline on May 31, 2015 19:14:29 GMT
Oh. Um. Nope. Nothing like that. Green leafy vegetables Nom.
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May 31, 2015 19:21:55 GMT
Post by Moose on May 31, 2015 19:21:55 GMT
My marrow is looking unwell and is still only half a cm tall.
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May 31, 2015 19:25:59 GMT
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Post by madmadeline on May 31, 2015 19:25:59 GMT
Do you know what development level is normally expected for marrow at this time of year?
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May 31, 2015 19:38:10 GMT
Post by Moose on May 31, 2015 19:38:10 GMT
no But probably better than this lmao
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