Martin B Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Hi, I was just wondering what everybody thoght about their harvests this year. Have their bean (sorry ) any huge successes and gluts or contrastingly any failures and dissapointments where you got a poor/little crop. For me I have had a lot of dissapointments: Spring Onions (Refused to Germinate) Raddish (Refused to grow after germinating) Broad Beans (Produced a crop of less than 1/2kg. From 4 rows) Brocolli (Human Error - MANY TIMES. First my Dad dug them over when he was meant to be digging over something else, then my cousin dug them over by accident thinking the brocolli was weeds, and then I planted some more seeds and they germinated but all died!) Greenhouse (Not a single tomato or cucumberthis year, somebody sprayed a weedkiller on their plot and it blew into my greenhouse. Strawberries (Slug eaten, often tasted like chemicals and stoled by other lottie holders) Miracles: Dwarf Beans (A crop of 6.5kg) Courgettes (Usually had 1 or 2 a day over the summer and they're still cropping now) Runner Beans (Continue Flowering and Cropping no matter what) Beetroot (Lots of delicious bulbs, ready for pickling now) Blight Free Potatoes (15 good sized potatoes off each plant) Looking forward to your input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Did well/Doing well - Runner beans Beetroot Carrots Sweetcorn Swiss chard Blueberries Cranberries Lettuce Courgette - ish Peas Onions - ish Radishes Spinach Doing Badly - Tomatoes - only a handful from 14 plants - blight Potatoes - not a lot fron 12 original tubers - blight Dwarf french beans - 15 beans from 8 plants Cucumber - not one!! Still to plant - Curly kale Spinach Swiss chard Garlic Lettuce The weather has been soooo bad that i'm surprised anything has grown! edit - just read about your pumpkins!!! Forgot about mine! The plants are doing really well, lots of flowers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 success tomatos, potatos, some salads, beets are doing well, failures everything else Loads of things bolted beforre they bulked out I blame the weather this year, its been appalling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) SUCCESS Peas (delicious!) Carrots Beetroot Pots Courgettes Spring Onions Radish Cucumber (6 so far from 2 plants.Never grown them before so don't know if thats good but I'm pleased) STILL GROWING NOW, & DOING WELL Golden cherry tomatoes (rips at last) Sweetcorn Brussels sprouts (despite stealth attack from cabbage whites) Parsnips Cauils Swede Pak Choi Chillis DISASTER French beans - unmitigated faliure Lettuce - Too many slugs There you go. I'm happy. I guess in gardening you win some,you lose some Edited August 18, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Successes: Runner beans, there's loads of them and I keep going out and picking them Sweetcorn, had some of it for the first time tonight, so good, delicious and really sweet-literally picked ten minutes before eating! Pumpkin, taken over the garden Leeks, Looking really good Tomatoes, loads of plants, looking really fruitful Sweet peas, they've just started to flower, so everytime I get flowers I pick them and put them in a vase on the table, they smell really good and are really pretty FAILURES: Lettuce, everytime planted the slugs ate it Courgettes, 5 plants, now one Tomatoes, Mum forgot to get the chicken sitter to water them, are recovering though. Strawberries, Starlet to a liking to them! Basil, It never germinated Overall it's been really good and I love growing veg, and am still planning what else to grow for the rest of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 You're not too late to grow: Swiss Chard Kale Spinach Spring Cabbage Cauliflower Carrots (Ideal for small spaces - They can be grown in buckets) Potatoes for Chritmas (Can be grown in buckets or compost bags) Courgettes (In a greenhouse, under fleece) Lettuce All Herbs Probably loads more! Glad you had a successful grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Not a brilliant year. The weather is to blame of course. The things I have managed to grow have all been very nice. Just not enough of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Ive had a few ups and downs too throughout this season Plants doing well Sugar Snaps French Beans Peas Parsnips Carrots Beetroot Cabbage Red & White (thanks to Martin) Cucumber - drowning in them! Toms - just fruiting now - how late?? Courgette Plants doing a dying duck act Strawberries Leeks Onions Spring Onion Pumpkin Spuds Salad I must say OH & I have learnt so much this season and now we have a master plan for next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Successes - Tomatoes, Aubergines, Sweetcorn, Apples, Lettuces. Failures ( that did do well last year ) - runner beans and Courgettes. Sweet peas have also been good again this year. In the wilds - the sloes are going blue, and there are BAGS of hazelnuts - no field mushrooms yet though round here . Oh, and blackberries - some ready, some will be in the next couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Doing well: Runner beans, french beans, all sorts of beans - I have a freezer full! Rhubarb Potatoes - first and second earlies were great. Broad beans Courgettes Butter nut squash (lots growing) Jerusalem artichoke Curly Kale Spinach and swiss chard Tomatoes (just ripening outside) Cucumber Chillis Aubergine Sweetcorn Not doing so well Carrots (although I have just planted some fresh seed) Parsnips Broccoli and cabbage and cauliflower Not bad for a first year I don't think and I am a complete novice - I have an ongoing battle with the weeds and am determined to grow more of the stuff I like next year (less courgette - although did have some in a chocolate cake last week!!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Success broccoli until.... Failure chooks got at them and munched them. Broccoli was the only edible plant we had planted... and all the little broccoli plants were given to us We gave the giver half a dozen eggs in return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Success Peas Runner Beans Carrots Beetroot Lettuce Onions Garlic Broad Beans Courgettes - just starting Cucumber - just starting Strawberries Raspberries Bluberries Apples Pears Damsons Plums Still growing Sweetcorn Brussels sprouts and Cabbage (very lacy leaves!) Parsnips Caulis Chillis Leeks Piggies and Lambs, Turkeys and chickens! Disaster Potatoes - blight Complete Disaster! Tomatoes - caught blight from the potatoes I grew 5 different varieties from seed - was waiting for a glut - and bought a passata machine ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Success Strawberries Caulis Cabbage Peas Potatoes Turnips Carrots Cucumbers Disasters Dwarf French Beans Beetroot spring Onions Lettuce Leeks Squash Radish Still Growing but not holding my breath Sweetcorn Parsnip Tomatoes Runner Beans Aubergines Chillis Peppers It has been cold up here most of the summer A max of 6oc yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 That's not very warm is it? - I think out overnight temps. are around that You've done amazingly well to grow so much in a short season - well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 My: Peas Courgettes Tomaotes Have been fab My: Beans (french and runner) Radishes Potatoes Have been absolute pants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Very interesting topic! Here are my results (grown in high-walled garden in central Edinburgh): Did or doing well: PeasBroad BeansLeeksAll my herbs except BasilCos lettuceRocketLollo Rosso lettuceBroccoliSecond early potatoes (Duke of York)3 kinds of raspberriesApplesPlums Disaster: Courgettes - 6 fine healthy plants all just got eaten upFrench Beans (planted 3 times but either didn't germinate or got eaten as soon as they appeared)Pears (there is 1!)Basil My rhubarb is also happy - nothing ever seems to upset it! There seems to be a spectacular quantity of snails this year and a lot of slugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 My very first attempt at veg growing: Successes Runner beans Carrots Broccoli Cucumber Courgettes Parsley Peas Radish Lettuce (mixed salad leaves) Not brilliant, but got some results: potatoes tomatoes dwarf french beans sweetcorn (still growing) spring onions (still growing) Failures Peppers And I have a load of leeks still going strong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I have found the solution to my Veg glut of things I'm not too keen on!! Yesterday I put a plastic box outside my house with a note to please help yourself to free fresh vegetables. Full of: 10 x courgettes ( I even tried courgette chocolate cake but there are just too many!) 2 x bags of runner beans (freezer is full) bunches of spinach and rainbow chard ( I have loads) I thought it would still be there at the end of the afternoon. Within 3 hours - all gone. This evening I have planted winter radishes, winter lettuce, Lambs lettuce and radichio. Let's hope they taste nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 You should have put an honesty box out for people to donate money to. Then it would go towards the cost of seeds etc. I'm very jealous, we've had zero courgettes from our one and only plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 They were yellow ones and the slugs haven't touched them. My green ones have been totally destroyed - funny isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Brilliant = potatoes, raspberries & blueberries. Oh, and eggs Pants = absolutely everything else!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
