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[Cinnamon]

I grew mine in the soil,but I am all full up in the beds already this year,so they are going in pots & buckets,some in the Greenhouse,sone out.

They don't need tying,as they have little tendrils like on a Cucumber,& they climb really well.

All my plants get a heft dollop of chicken poo compost,so I guess they liked it! They are very very similar to a Courgette plant,so if you have grown those,then give them a try,but give them something to climb or they will cover an entire bed very quickly.

[ValerieR]

Cheers Sarah I will give it a go - have some spare grow sack thingies thet are pretty big - 1m long and 50cm wide - hopefully that will do on my patio! (if the chooks leave em alone!)

[Lesley]

These were our butternuts last autumn.....

 

I'd not had much success before but grew loads last year.

[Guest]

my spring onion seedlings look very strange, a bit like mustard and cress but leggier! I googled to see if they were supposed to look like that and found this image (mine look the same thank goodness!) but...have you seen what they're planted in? What a great idea! Wish I'd thought of that!

 

Shall be using this idea in furture!

 

[Cinnamon]

Mine were planted 3 weeks ago & have yet to even show themselves

Never had that problem before.................

 

Have any of you tried the red spring onion,I forget the name of it now,but it is really delicious.

[chickencam]

I have mixed success with spring onions, they take an age to grow, I have no idea how they do them commercially.

 

I grew red ones a couple of years back and still have a couple that have sort of sat there and divided themselves in the corner of my raised bed.

[craftyhunnypie]

Wow I like that container idea Poet!! Do you reckon the bottles have drainages holes or not? That is clever - as I usually use window boxes - but now the Diet Pepsi bottles are calling me!

 

I've recently ordered 195 plug plants from a shopping channel - that will keep me busy & my family's homes will be Britain in Bloom! I'm aiming to do those flower balls!

 

I was so pleased the other day, as my sunflowers are strong little plants this year. Never been able to grow them before - but these are well good! I love sunflowers!

 

Emma.x

[ValerieR]

Wow Lesley those butternut squash are amazing!

Poet are you sure they are spring onions? Could they be chives? Only ask cos mine look nothing like that!

[Christian]

The butternut squashes are fabulous Lesley. The top row 3rd from the left was the one you gave me I think

 

Roasted it and turned it into soup

[chickencam]

loads of salad things

 

lettuce leaves

radishes

spring onion

spinach.

 

and planted some lovely oak leaf lettuce plants that I got at the garden centre yesterday, they are so pretty.

[Guest]

Wow Lesley those butternut squash are amazing!

Poet are you sure they are spring onions? Could they be chives? Only ask cos mine look nothing like that!

 

positive, they're called lisbon

[Cinnamon]

Thats the one I always grow,& mine look like that too (when they eventually shoot,that is )

[ValerieR]

Ah! Havent heard of them - will look for some next time I am at a garden centre!

[Lesley]

I've sown red spring onions in the polygreenhouse - not showing yet......but I never have any luck with spring onions so I'm not holding out much hope.

 

All my butternut, courgette, cucumber and melon seedlings are doing well.

[ValerieR]

Melon wouold be great Lesley but I doubt it would do well up here - shame! It is enough of a struggle for my tomatoes half the time.

 

I always fail with parsley and coriander - how do you guys do yours? Indoors, greenhouse, outside, or what? Would love to manage to grow some this year.

[Cinnamon]

I got a super little set of 3 metal bucket shaped planters, which hubby banged some holes into the base of,& they sit on a matching tray,from Tesco.

Its really cute & was everso cheap.

Put a decent handful of gravel in the bottom, fill with compost,sow the herb seeds & pop on a sunny windowsill.Don't water as such,but use a plant spray to keep it moist until they germinate.

 

My P"Ooops, word censored!"ly has yet to show its face,but the Coriander & Basil have germinated already

[Guest]

sowed my 'meteor' peas on 11th april and have just transplanted the seedlings into the veg plot.

[ValerieR]

Thanks Sarah will give that a try. My basil is doing ok - 1cm tall !

[Guest]

just took these of my basil, p"Ooops, word censored!"ly and coriander; they're in the conservatory...

 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5194624&l=25d9ebc5ca&id=568396756

 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5194626&l=98f8f2d9e0&id=568396756

[ValerieR]

Wow! Lookin good

[chickencam]

I bought some of the composted horse manure that you get in bags from the garden centre to top up my raised beds in the front garden. I have some really impressive coriander seedlings growing in this mix. I have never really had any luck in open ground only in pots. I have now made another bed of coriander and parsley and I am hoping for a good result.

 

The only way I got parsley last year was from bog standard supermarket plants which I put into a raised bed in the late summer and they have thrived and survived the winter snow and cold and are only just starting to bolt now. I had parsley all winter, we have got an enviromesh cover over the bed to keep the moggies off, but that is all the protection they have had.

[Cinnamon]

Herbs are so worth the effort,as they are expensive to buy at the supermarket & are pretty easy to grow.

Also I use them a lot,but never seem to use up a whole pack,which is a waste.

 

I just bought another little silver bucket planter trio,for another batch for another windowsill

[Christian]

Re potted my tomatoes and courgette seedlings today. They are turning out to be really healthy looking plants.

[chickencam]

Last night in anticipation of the rain I sowed

 

Chard Bright Lights

Spinach Beet

Spinach 2 different types

beetroot

and turnips.

[bronze]

I have sewn huge amount sin my green house and started putting some stuff out. I've realised after planting my onions last night that I have plenty more space. Can anyone recommend somewhere I can order online some decent seed potatoes (I had a few but have loads more space now) and some red onion sets

 

Also I've never grown chard but love it, am I able to do it this year? Tell me about growing chard please