Vegetable Growing 2025

I’ll put that in my gardening diary, I have heated propagators in the greenhouse, but would it be too cold still, maybe better in the house?

 

I’ll research Japanese onion seeds and see what I can get. As we are not going away on holiday this year I have opportunities to try some different things as well as (hopefully) being on top of harvesting, preserving and winter sowing (winter sowing being a first for me)!

 

Check to see if your propagator has a thermostat, so as to regulate the temperature. If not, consider purchasing an INKBIRD Itc 308
Inkbird Digital Prewired Thermostat Temperature Control ITC-308 Heat Cool UK Fan | eBay UK

 

Managed a full day at the Allotments yesterday. Planted two lots of French beans, climbing and dwarf. Planted out the Tomatoes outside, and gave away the surplus plants. Planted out some more salad leaves in a spare spot in the Brassica cage. Sowed more beetroot, and raddish. Netted the strawberries, and one cherry tree ( looking forward to picking soon) . Watered greenhouse tomatoes.
Doesn't seem much now I've written it down but it feels like progress.
P.S.
I fear I may not get any broad beans, the blackfly have been so persistent I keep jetting them off but more come, they have ruined the flowers so beans are not setting. The other persistent pest is Apple sawfly, I spent ages removing Web and finding clusters of caterpillars to squish.

 

Look what came with my magazine subscription today! Would these Japanese salad onions work as overwintered onions for next year @Hanglow or do I need the White Lisbon as you suggested?

 

Dill in my salad works great, thanks for the tip.

 

The big one has but it was my father in laws and so old there are no temperature markings by the dial, just dots, I tend to err on the side of caution when I use it and only put it on the second dot.

 

Funnily enough that is a Welsh onion! Allium fistulosum which is a different species to a typical onion allium cepa. It's perennial, so you should be able to start a bunch and harvest them throughout the year if they survive. They don't bulb up so they are for scallions

 

Welsh onion! Well I would never have known that. I am going to try and grow thing to much later in the year than usual (no summer vacation for us this year!) so I’ll give these a go.

 

I'd go for something like this if you want sets or seed to overwinter.
https://marshallsgarden.com/product...g-0k1aNukhgqHnd-VuAJKmUFQx-LffooaAnOuEALw_wcB

 

Thanks @pete

 

Well last year I had some nice shallots from seed. Expensive F1 so I planted some this year in the hopes that they would bolt (which they have) and I could collect the seed. Yes, I know F1 don't come true but I am curious to see what I will get when I sow them next year. The snails got most of the seedlings this year so no pickled shallots for me!

 

Pick these up yesterday, now in my diary for August, wish me luck!!! Hahaha

 

Yay, I have pods!! They are between 2” & 3” long, how big should they be for picking please? TIA.

 

Now do you want small tasty beans to eat raw in a salad or do want small beans to cook whole or do you want beans that need shelling and cooking for ages in a casserole?