Another fan of Crimson Plum here! Super productive, really tasty and somehow has had very little blossom end rot despite being in the same compost...
My cucumber plants (all outside) are being attacked by spider mites. I've never had this before. I've stupidly put off dealing with it so now it...
Update to this..I think the local foxes thought it was crazy for me to attempt watermelons this year so made the decision for me about a week...
Hi Goldenlily, can I ask what compost you used?My plants are exactly the same. Thick stems, huge lush leaves and the plants themselves look...
Thank you both for your replies :) and JWK for the link. I don't have a greenhouse or polytunnel so would be growing them outside and probably in...
Thanks, I'll try that :)Oh I didn't know this, thank you. I have started spotting a couple of tiny beans, so hopefully that continues :)
Has anyone tried growing melons and watermelons? I bought some seeds of Alvaro and Mini Love from Thompson and Morgan. I sowed them in April and...
On the topic of beans and pollination.. My Firestorm runner bean plants have lots of flowers but they've all been dropping off. I had the same...
I try to be consistent with the watering but it's difficult especially in this heat and with them being in pots!I always mulch them all with...
Thanks both! I'll do as you suggested :)
Picked my first couple of Mini Munch cucumbers yesterday :) . The first tiny courgettes are appearing (favourite thing is seeing the tiny yellow...
Lovely looking tomatoes! I must try growing Maskotka again next year. Hope the taste of your Purple Fairies improve Eaten by weasels :)I've had...
Hi everyone, a bit embarrassed to ask this but..Last week I started harvesting some of my garlic and hung them up in the shed as usual. The...
Thank you to everyone for your replies about pot sterilising and blight. I've been doing it every year that I've been growing tomatoes (partly...
To everyone who grow their tomatoes in pots... do you guys wash and sterilise your pots every year? Or do you not bother? My tomato plants always...
Hi THFC (fellow spurs fan by any chance? :) ) - so disheartening about your plants! I wonder if it'd be worth rooting some side shoots of the...
Have you tried hand pollinating with a brush? I do that sometimes and it seems to work. There have definitely been fewer bees around here too (in...
Thanks everyone. I guess I've been lucky to not have had a problem with any of their seeds previously.Definitely agree that Thompson & Morgan...
Curious to know if anyone else has had this this year..I've been growing Thompson & Morgan Mini Munch cucumbers for so many years and have never...
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