Fruit and veg growers of 2024

[otolith]

Following on from the 2023 thread

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I've planted in the heated propagator;

Bhut jolokia chilli
Habanero chilli
Bangalore whippet chilli
Aji limon chilli
Guajillo chilli
Kung pao chilli
Apricot habanero chilli
Kashmiri chilli
Sri Lanka chilli

Black Knight sweet pepper

Sweet aperitif tomato
Suncherry tomato
Divinity tomato
Romello tomato

Handsel aubergine
Pinstripe aubergine

Will be getting the cucumbers and courgettes going next month. I've got broad bean and pea plants and some salad leaves growing in the greenhouse at the moment, will also possibly start some spinach off in modules.

I have also ordered some Bangladeshi vegetables that some London folks seem to be doing well with - hopefully my OH will know what to do with them if they are a success;

Hyacinth Bean Seeds
Purple Flat Momota Bean Pea
Hybrid F1 Bangladeshi Ridge Gourd
Hybrid F1 Lauki, lokee, Bottle Gourd
White Begun Aubergine
Snake Gourd

[otolith]

A week after planting, all the tomatoes are up, most of the aubergines, the Kashmiri chillies, and some Aji limon, Guajillo, and Kung pao. I expect the Bhut jolokia, Apricot habanero and Habanero to take longest.

[otolith]

The Gauge said:

Do you keep them in the heated propagator after they have germinated, or turn it off?

First year with this facility. I'm planning to pull them out as soon as they have the first pair of true leaves. Grow them on in an unheated propagator in the house and then get them out into the greenhouse as soon as I can.

[otolith]

Almost everything up, except the bhut jolokia and apricot habanero, just one each of those germinated.

[otolith]

I would quite like to get the broad beans out of the greenhouse and into the ground, when I have overwintered them before they have stayed small, but these are huge.

[otolith]

glow worm said:

I planted the seeds straight in the ground in November . They germinated before the frosts, then I covered with fleece cloches. Aquadulce variety ...I'll fill in the gaps with new seeds.

Edited by glow worm on Sunday 18th February 11:15

Moved mine outdoors today, it was 17C in the greenhouse and they’re just growing too fast to stay in there.

[otolith]

Moved most of these out of the heated propagator to a room temperature one. Tomatoes are a bit leggy but should be okay.



Going to fire off some more bhut jolokia and apricot habanero and a couple of other tomato varieties.

Also going to start some more sweet peas and mixed salad leaves, the first tray of salad is almost ready to start cutting.

[otolith]

How are your plants coming on?

I’ve just got the staging at the rear of the greenhouse built and the watering system connected up.

[otolith]

Broad beans and peas are covered in flowers and the bees have been busy. Radishes and spring onions are up. Just spread nematode slug plague all over the garden - fk those guys. Last year they decimated everything I planted out.

[otolith]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Where are you otolith? You're miles ahead of me. We even had sleet yesterday and the temperature dropped from 17 on Friday to 3 on Saturday. I've got spring flowers but nothing happening on the veg side.

This is at my OH’s house in Surrey, not mine in Lancashire!

[otolith]

I dosed the entire garden with nematodes. They’ve been effective keeping the slugs in check for us before.

[otolith]

https://www.nematodesdirect.co.uk/

Be aware that they don't work on snails - which have done a number on some of my broad beans!

[otolith]

My tomato seedlings were started indoors and went outside in the greenhouse about a month ago - not ideal, but we were going away on holiday and there's no watering system indoors. Actually we had a watering system malfunction and lost a lot of plants, but the tomatoes survived. They aren't really thriving yet, though. I think they need a bit of good weather to really take off and temperatures in the greenhouse are in the twenties in the day but have been dropping to 5-6 degrees at night, which is not good. Hopefully warming up next week.

[otolith]

The nematodes are very effective and harmless to all other creatures. Whether you want to unleash a plague against them is your call, of course.