3: Gardening Diaries ...

[alp]

On my chillis ?

Toimatoes

Look here

 

[Leeski]

There a bit young at the min they are side shoots off my beast I only grow one tomato plant a year and don’t do anything to it just let it go crazy and just use it for cuttings last year was still getting tomato in mid November

 

[alp]

View attachment 41482 There a bit young at the min they are side shoots off my beast I only grow one tomato plant a year and don’t do anything to it just let it go crazy and just use it for cuttings last year was still getting tomato in mid November

You're brilliant! Hope you have the same aspect as this house enjoys in the new house and the greenhouse going with you. It makes a lot of difference to where the same plants are sited.They do flower at different times.

 

[Zenj]

Morning all nice pleasant day grandparenting duties today so no gardening until this evening they live in Whitley bay so I will take my power walk along the sea front ,@alp I water all my containers with tomato feed and Epsom salts I use the Epsom salts every couple of months 1 heaped tablespoon in 2 gallon watering can I sometimes mix the feed in at the same time I find Wilco’s concentrate tomato feed good and cheap it also contains seaweed the lawns I put 2 heaped tablespoon and do it twice in the growing season spring and late summer.When it’s dull I also foliage feed all my garden plants with Epsom salt around twice in the growing season .

 

[Leeski]

Last year the cuttings caught up with the mother plant and were all most identical

 

[Logan]

On my chillis ?

No not on your chillies
On your tomatoes when they're fully grown with fruit on them. That helps the fruit to ripen.

 

[alp]

Can't believe you use cuttings from tomato plants. I must learn this trick. @Leeski Well done. Hope you're going to cook them to get the goodies out. Eating raw is not half as beneficial. You must have known this.

@Zenj I was very stupid and tried to save money and bought the salt from somewhere else. I must send for one from that company when I have finished this one. I thought they were all the same. Will look out for a concentrate when I go to Wilko.

Watching videos on orchid. I have now 3 kinds of orchids. And need different kinds of fertiliser. I need to start using my calendar to keep the fortnightly or monthly regimes. Thank you, @Zenj ! Wish I had some grandparent duties!

 

[Logan]

Hope you're going to cook them to get the goodies out. Eating raw is not half as beneficial. You must have known this.

It's one food that improves after cooking.

 

[Leeski]

That’s two plants that were cuttings I just let them do there thing didn’t take any side shoots out - think I got about 7kg of toms off them

 

[Zenj]

Severe weather warning for Wideopen where we live Thursday Friday including hailstorms wind and risk of flooding

• 24° /15°
  Mostly sunny, a heavy t-stormMore
  
• FRI
  27 JUL
  
  24° /12°C
  Strong afternoon t-storms

 

[Zenj]

I don’t grow chillies but they recommend Epsom salts too EG
Epsom Salts encourages chlorophyl production thus improving the growth and overall health of the plant. World of Chillies recommends a foliar spraying of diluted Epsom Salts (2 teaspoons per litre cool water) every two weeks throughout the growing season. This can be doubled if you have a deficiency problem.

 

[Leeski]

I don’t grow chillies but they recommend Epsom salts too EG
Epsom Salts encourages chlorophyl production thus improving the growth and overall health of the plant. World of Chillies recommends a foliar spraying of diluted Epsom Salts (2 teaspoons per litre cool water) every two weeks throughout the growing season. This can be doubled if you have a deficiency problem.

Mine just get bit of bone meal & fish meal then homemade seaweed tea and I hand pollinate with an Electric toothbrush with soft bristles

 

[Mark56]

Even at 6am, Barney doesn’t want to walk with OH. Prefers laying in the road (!!!) & raising his leg for a belly rub!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Ah.......bless the little guy.....I think I might even choose a belly rub rather than a walk on a hot, muggy day

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Erase that image from your mind........not good