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Calling SMB veg growers

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Az* said:
Anyone on here tried growing cucamelon before? All my seeds just arrived and I forgot I bought some of these.

Look like miniature melons and taste of cucumber and lime apparently.
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Shirley a Cucamelon tastes of Cucumber and Melon. Where does the lime get in there?
 

Az* said:
No idea mate. It’s what the packet says :)

Most just say they taste like cucumber when I watch vids tbf. I’ll let you know when they/if they grow.

I don’t even like cucumber, these are for the bairn :cool:
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I'm the same with most of what I grow mate.
Don't really eat most of it. More for Mrs G really, but I love getting it out of the ground and getting it on the plate for her.🙂
 
Georgewhitt said:
I'm the same with most of what I grow mate.
Don't really eat most of it. More for Mrs G really, but I love getting it out of the ground and getting it on the plate for her.🙂
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Aye growing your own is class, I love it. I’m not into the plating bit like, still her department :)

I’ll hopefully have a better year this year marra. Converted some of my garden last year and done it late’ish so just threw in whatever I could get my hands on.

Gonna be a lot less tomatoes/cucumbers and lettuce this year. It was absolutely obscene how much lettuce I had last year :lol:

You in an allotment or garden?
 
Az* said:
Aye growing your own is class, I love it. I’m not into the plating bit like, still her department :)

I’ll hopefully have a better year this year marra. Converted some of my garden last year and done it late’ish so just threw in whatever I could get my hands on.

Gonna be a lot less tomatoes/cucumbers and lettuce this year. It was absolutely obscene how much lettuce I had last year :lol:

You in an allotment or garden?
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Garden marra.
If someone had told the 17 year old me, that at 45 I would start growing stuff and go on for the next 15 years to become a really keen gardener, I would have told them they were f***ing nuts🤣.
I hated it.
Then my Mrs asked me to sow some Wallflowers and Sweet Williams for Spring bedding plants.
Did them from seed. Pricked them out, grew them on, and when she planted them and they flowered I was f***ing hooked.
Now converted some garden in to 3 veg patches and got a 8 x10 greenhouse, and I absolutely love it all.
Just grow stuff she loves, and some stuff like corn, peppers and tomatoes that I like, but mostly loads of stuff she likes.
It has also made me notice wild stuff growing around us like Snowdrops coming through now, bulbs starting to poke through, and helps me look forward, through shitty winter months like we are getting now.
I just love it.
Sounds daft, I know, but I will never stop now.🙂
 
Georgewhitt said:
Garden marra.
If someone had told the 17 year old me, that at 45 I would start growing stuff and go on for the next 15 years to become a really keen gardener, I would have told them they were f***ing nuts🤣.
I hated it.
Then my Mrs asked me to sow some Wallflowers and Sweet Williams for Spring bedding plants.
Did them from seed. Pricked them out, grew them on, and when she planted them and they flowered I was f***ing hooked.
Now converted some garden in to 3 veg patches and got a 8 x10 greenhouse, and I absolutely love it all.
Just grow stuff she loves, and some stuff like corn, peppers and tomatoes that I like, but mostly loads of stuff she likes.
It has also made me notice wild stuff growing around us like Snowdrops coming through now, bulbs starting to poke through, and helps me look forward, through shitty winter months like we are getting now.
I just love it.
Sounds daft, I know, but I will never stop now.🙂
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Class. I’ve done the same as you and converted a bit space and knocked a greenhouse up. Again like you, most is for others but aye there’s something about growing stuff!

We’ll be in full flow soon mate, counting the days down until o can start planting out :)
 
Wilfy said:
Aye, I would have been happy giving him £200. Chomping at the bit to get started now.
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Lets hope it doesn't get blarn owa the neet🤣🤣🤣

Had to rebuild mine a couple of years ago. Watching it now cos its blowing a f***ing hooley down here.🤞🤞🤞
 
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Georgewhitt said:
Lets hope it doesn't get blarn owa the neet🤣🤣🤣

Had to rebuild mine a couple of years ago. Watching it now cos its blowing a f***ing hooley down here.🤞🤞🤞
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Aye, the missus lost her greenhouse in a storm, it was one of those with thin polycarbonate windows. The new one is toughened glass, it’s not bothered about wind!
 
Georgewhitt said:
Garden marra.
If someone had told the 17 year old me, that at 45 I would start growing stuff and go on for the next 15 years to become a really keen gardener, I would have told them they were f***ing nuts🤣.
I hated it.
Then my Mrs asked me to sow some Wallflowers and Sweet Williams for Spring bedding plants.
Did them from seed. Pricked them out, grew them on, and when she planted them and they flowered I was f***ing hooked.
Now converted some garden in to 3 veg patches and got a 8 x10 greenhouse, and I absolutely love it all.
Just grow stuff she loves, and some stuff like corn, peppers and tomatoes that I like, but mostly loads of stuff she likes.
It has also made me notice wild stuff growing around us like Snowdrops coming through now, bulbs starting to poke through, and helps me look forward, through shitty winter months like we are getting now.
I just love it.
Sounds daft, I know, but I will never stop now.🙂
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I think I've always been an old bloke at heart.

My dad used to have a big veg patch. Me and my sister would help dig that and also have our own little area where we would just usually grow peas and strawberries.

When I was a student I was tempted to grow stuff, but with each house being rented July to August, it just didn't work. I generally managed a few pots of parsley and chives to cook with.

When I got my first house one of the first things I did was start on a veg garden. There was a strip of land between the path and the fence, probably about 1.5m deep but the length of the not very big garden. Had mixed results. Moved into the house I'm in now when I was 29 and one of the things I really wanted was a big garden. Space for the planned kids to run around and space for a decent veg patch.

It is about that time of year when I need to get out my list and a blank plan to start deciding what I want to grow and where. Sutton's catalogue, last 3 years of plans and a glass of wine. One of my little annual luxuries.
 
DaveH said:
I think I've always been an old bloke at heart.

My dad used to have a big veg patch. Me and my sister would help dig that and also have our own little area where we would just usually grow peas and strawberries.

When I was a student I was tempted to grow stuff, but with each house being rented July to August, it just didn't work. I generally managed a few pots of parsley and chives to cook with.

When I got my first house one of the first things I did was start on a veg garden. There was a strip of land between the path and the fence, probably about 1.5m deep but the length of the not very big garden. Had mixed results. Moved into the house I'm in now when I was 29 and one of the things I really wanted was a big garden. Space for the planned kids to run around and space for a decent veg patch.

It is about that time of year when I need to get out my list and a blank plan to start deciding what I want to grow and where. Sutton's catalogue, last 3 years of plans and a glass of wine. One of my little annual luxuries.
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Brilliant that mind.
Enjoy marra.🙂
 
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