Excellent write-up and fantastic results, Scrungee.I will be mining it in preparation for next year's attempt at growing one myself.
At the community garden, we define a marrow as growing on a long vine much like a pumpkin. A courgette grows on a much shorter, almost stalk-like,...
One of my two pumpkins. [IMG][IMG]Planted at the beginning of July which is quite late for this area.The seeds for them were donated,...
Dwarf French Beans - a very worthwhile crop. [IMG][IMG]Originally, this patch was allocated for my giant marrow growing attempt but slugs and...
The beetroot turned out nice again. [IMG][IMG]
Cutting Test.[IMG]14mm diameter London Plane sapling, 20mm HDPE water tubing and 17mm OD hose.[IMG][IMG]Rapid fire snipping cuts....
Red Plum 8 (RP8) Bypass Secateurs[IMG] [IMG]Price: £2.99 including delivery from aliexpress.Metrics: 208 x 55 x 22mm (LxWxD) Blade...
I am starting this thread for no reason other than to satisfy my own curiosity regarding cheap two-piece bypass secateurs, to see whether or not...
The main Tumbling Toms. [IMG][IMG]
Progress of the Morrisons Moneymaker-type. [IMG]
We have "vegetables"! [IMG]A few moments before. [IMG]And, yes, they were crunchy and tasted exactly like cucumbers with a hint of lime sourness.
The following day - back from the brink. [IMG]
Some have reached the top of the 8ft canes. I've topped them off at 7-8 trusses. [IMG][IMG]
Mine are just beginning to turn. [IMG]Four runt Tumbling Tom seedlings that no body else wanted... [IMG][IMG]The first proper picking. [img]
Nice, very nice.Your evaluation is spot on as other members of our community garden said the same thing upon trying the "Grape" cherry tomatoes.
My Trinidad Moruga Scorpions - now undergoing the stress phaze. [IMG]
The cucamelon... [IMG]The female flower is roughly the diameter of a 5p coin. [IMG]
Cantonese Mao Gua. [IMG]aka Hairy gourd. [IMG]Whilst the Indian dudhi (bottle gourd) can be very prolific under London conditions, I find...
Will the second flush of summer give my butternuts a much needed push? [IMG][IMG]My plot neighbour's Physalis peruviana. They survived winter...
The secret is a little and often, CarolineL.I have found that it's much better than a solid five hours of hard grafting in the garden on a weekend.
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