Calling SMB veg growers

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Butcher's Coat said:
No doll.
I would go with 4 per sack.
They're 1st earlies, so will be small compared to the main crop.
By the way, what variety are you growing?
Also, I know it's too late now, but I always put my 1st earlies in around mid March. They take around 12 to 16 weeks or so.
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I do a few buckets in the greenhouse at the end of February for a nice early crop.
 


Managed to get out this weekend and make a start. Got my seeds bought and a planting plan drawn up, though no planting done!

Got my taties in under a bit of fleece and would have got parsnips, onions and garlic in if I hadn't ran out of time. Hopefully a decent Easter Monday, I'll have those in plus a lot of seeds on the go. I give my greenhouse a good tidy and it looks a bit pathetic with just 2 trays of leeks in it. I stuck some peas in the border, so hopefully they will come up before it is time to get tomatoes in. I did similar with some first early potatoes. I'll start cabbages and kale in the greenhouse and have tatties in their plot. Hopefully get a quick and early crop then the cabbages straight in.
 
janiep said:
Right, I'm back in the veg game this year. So far I have planted out mangetout Rodney, summer cabbages and brussels sprouts. To go out this week are summer broc, spring flowering broc, leeks and parsnips.
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Planting mine out this weekend. Try and clear the greenhouse before my tommies get delivered. I’ve had to slow them down a bit. Sprouts are 6inches and a bit leggy.
 
Typhoonftm said:
Lots of sun and daily water helps a lot mind.
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I think my tomatoes get too dry, which is why I have had a few poor years.

I stuck some peas in my greenhouse border and I was amazed at how dry it was. I give it a good soaking, turned it over and it was bone dry underneath. I did that a few times and still it was pretty dry. I think I need to spend the next month keeping it moist before I pull the peas out and get the tomatoes in.
 
kossoff said:
What did you feed that thing?
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Nowt mate. Just a multipurpose compost. Think the climate here helps.

duff_man said:
What type is it?
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It didn't say, but guessing similar to a bird's eye, going off shape and heat.

DaveH said:
I think my tomatoes get too dry, which is why I have had a few poor years.

I stuck some peas in my greenhouse border and I was amazed at how dry it was. I give it a good soaking, turned it over and it was bone dry underneath. I did that a few times and still it was pretty dry. I think I need to spend the next month keeping it moist before I pull the peas out and get the tomatoes in.
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Bury one of those soak hoses underneath them?
 
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DaveH said:
I think my tomatoes get too dry, which is why I have had a few poor years.

I stuck some peas in my greenhouse border and I was amazed at how dry it was. I give it a good soaking, turned it over and it was bone dry underneath. I did that a few times and still it was pretty dry. I think I need to spend the next month keeping it moist before I pull the peas out and get the tomatoes in.
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Dig some compost in
 
Flared Hicks said:
Dig some compost in
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I think the problem might be too much compost and not enough water retention. I might try digging in some top soil and some of those crystals for hanging baskets.

@Typhoonftm I have a soak hose but there is not a convenient way to get water to it without a hose going across the garden. I set one up when I’m away. Though thinking about it, I could just get a slimline waterbut and attach it to the greenhouse guttering that goes nowhere at the moment, cheers.
 

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