How are the veggies coming along?

[peds]

3 hours ago, scbk said:

First courgette of the year on it's way!!

 

The calm before the storm...

[peds]

On 16/05/2022 at 08:55, Stere said:

Just got a big pack of new bamboo canes for bean poles saw they do big ones that might be  good for a geodome:

 

3.6m Bamboo Canes | Garden Cane Multipacks

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Bamboo canes are a gardener's essential accessory. Strong, durable, versatile and long-lasting, we can supply our canes...

 

28-30mm diameter 3.6m resonable price considering imo.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolutely, get a load of angled stoppers 3d printed to join up the pieces, wouldn't cost too much, I'm sure there's people online who've got plans for one. That'd be a quick way to throw up a dome. 

[5thelement]

Even though I was a bit late this year, starting from scratch in the new place, things are doing okay.

First of the Cucumber (Devils food🤮) round Courgette for a change, Baby Sweetcorn as it is difficult to find here and I use it a lot. 
Tomatoes  doing fine outside, first time growing Sweet Potatoes, hopefully they are doing as well underground as they are above. Pears/Apples/Peaches doing fine despite the late frost that lost us a lot of blossom and hammered my Kiwi Fruit right back to the main stem.

Edited June 13, 2022 by 5thelement

[MattyF]

How did you get on growing the sweet potato ? I tried a few years back and it was an expensive disaster !

[MattyF]

First peas last night.

[5thelement]

25 minutes ago, MattyF said:

How did you get on growing the sweet potato ? I tried a few years back and it was an expensive disaster !

Won’t know the results for a while. I think the trick is to keep the soil moist but don’t overwater or fertilise as you just end up with masses of vegetive  growth and no crop.
I have mulched them with a 4” layer of well rotted wood chip.

[david lawrence]

I tried some cucamelons

slow to start but growing now in front porch

fruit size of a modest grape 

Whenshould I try one ?

will they be worthy of their space ?

 

[sime42]

I tried some cucamelons

slow to start but growing now in front porch

fruit size of a modest grape 

Whenshould I try one ?

will they be worthy of their space ?

 

 

I think they're worthy of the space. I grow them every year and we all love them. You can graze straight off the plant, (my three year olds preference), or add them to salads if they make it into the house. Grape sized is about right to pick them. They'll go a bit bigger, damson sized, but get somewhat sour and tougher.

They're funny plants; slow to start as you say but once they get going they can be proper rampant! It's a job to keep up with the fruit if there's a couple of plants or more. I think they like it hot, that might explain the slow start

 

 

[Stere]

I grew them one yr in a polytunnel  there was 100's on each plant they grow like crazy.

 

This  is talking over atm, it self seeds all over, its alot easier to grow than normal spinach as doesn't bolt.

 

Tetragonia tetragonioides - Wikipedia

EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

 

[sime42]

That looks like good stuff, I'll try some next year. It looks just like Sea Spinach. I can't be arsed with normal spinach as it's always too keen to bolt as soon as you get it in the ground.