How are the veggies coming along?

[sime42]

Yep. Not much pumpkin to see yet though, just a mass of leaves and stems.

[scbk]

4 minutes ago, astra25 said:

Anyone growing pumpkins?

Yes got a few here for the first time this year, can't believe the size of the plants, they're really taking over! No pics as camera is kaput 

[astra25]

Same here I'm just growing the plant at the minute this is my second attempt/year of growing them.

[daveatdave]

this might help Apple ID - How to use this website (gardenappleid.co.uk)

a few years back new someone with what was thought to be a lost variety it took the powers that be about 3 years to confirm it was then they were all over it for 2 years getting cutting off it she got about 10 ready to plant saplings a few years later  don't know what root stock they were on 

[Peasgood]

How are flea beetle affecting your veg? Completely wiped out my nearly ready pak choi and next doors radish.

[sime42]

That's a bugger. They're not too bad here but I'm not growing many brassicas/mustards at the moment so maybe not noticed. Flea beetles have done a lot of damage to radishes and Pak Choi in previous years.
What's the secret to Pak Choi, apart from lots of water? Mine always try bolting straight to seed pretty much as soon as they've germinated!

[astra25]

That's 3 of 7 pumpkin plants currently growing, second pic is 1 beetroot 1 onions 4 carrots 4 potatoes and the rest on the right is trees I'm growing.

All just a bit of fun don't take it seriously.

[Peasgood]

I thought my pumpkins were doing well but they are nothing like those triffids

[djbobbins]

We have got a few pumpkin plants, they had some mildew a few weeks back but SWMBO bought some copper treatment and they’ve picked up since then. Two plants are doing really well, the other three or four still catching up.

We built a frame out of three tripods of 1” timber with about 8 foot of 3/4” copper pipe across the top - the idea is that the plants will grow up the frame (it’s working up to now) and the copper will be strong enough to carry the weight of pumpkins in some kind of sling. She got the idea from Monty Don, apparently (not sure he used leftover copper pipe though!)

[gary112]

12 minutes ago, djbobbins said:

We have got a few pumpkin plants, they had some mildew a few weeks back but SWMBO bought some copper treatment and they’ve picked up since then. Two plants are doing really well, the other three or four still catching up.

We built a frame out of three tripods of 1” timber with about 8 foot of 3/4” copper pipe across the top - the idea is that the plants will grow up the frame (it’s working up to now) and the copper will be strong enough to carry the weight of pumpkins in some kind of sling. She got the idea from Monty Don, apparently (not sure he used leftover copper pipe though!)

They do well up frames,my sister grew pumpkin and butternut squash like it last year and did really good