Heads up if you havent looked at the weather...
I had a baby on Tuesday. I had kinda prepped the plot, put in loads of garlic, onions, potatoes, and NZ Oca as they dont need much maintenance... my worry is a heatwave is due on the weekend... my onions might bolt? I am not going to be able to get down there to water it...
I could get a pal to pull em all up...?
Thoughts.
Can I save this at all? I have about 5 that have started to flower. If I cut them off will that work or have they had it now?
Is this normal looking or am I doing something wrong?
A lot of the stalks are collapsing. And it has a lot of smaller , criss-crossing stalks.
I have harvested the bigger outside stalks from it a few times since the start of April.
I also cut off emerging flower buds a few weeks ago.
It has been very rainy and cool here over the past couple of weeks (Yorkshire, England).
Plants were put in about two years ago I think.
I'm sowing various different beans this year, pic one shows Inca Pea Beans from Wales Seed Hub on the left of the container and Czar butter beans from Suttons on the right. Second pic shows some home saved Borlotti and purple climbing beans. The growth on the Suttons beans are noticeably weaker than any of the others with distorted leaves and some plants missing leaves altogether. They also have a worse germination rate.
Remember to save seed from your best plants or next season people!
Hi all, just a quick question, does anyone know what these jelly like molecules are in my water butt. I have taken one of them out on a piece of plastic, and it is jelly like, are these some kind of egg, the water butt is filled from natural water from shed gutter, tia
I have an old plum tree that was heavily prunned a few years ago, since then it hasnt really fruited except last year when it made about 10 plums.
This year it has hundreds (not exaggerating) plums on the branches.
Many of those branches are new, and the way my plot is, I've tried to train them into horizontal branches like an espalier.
I want to avoid biennial bearing, branches snapping and loads of small fruit.
It was already a bit obvious which fruits were small and which buds had too many and which parts of the tree might not cope with the weight so I stsrted thinning a couple weeks ago.
My questions are:
Based in North of UK btw
Thanks! :)
Please use this thread to discuss whatever you've been doing on your allotment lately. Feel free to share or ask any question related to it. And please mention which region and what weather you had this week if you've been planting or harvesting.
We took the plot last Friday. Someone had mown everything flatish before hand.
In three visits I've managed to clear the ground completely and then turn the soil all over.
Currently Knackered and in pain lol.
The bush thing is a maze of berry vines. Not 100% sure what to do with this. I'm thinking we need to get rid of a lot of it so we can see the wood for the trees.
In the top right there's a miner bees nest so we've had to leave that area alone. I'm thinking we could stick a lavender in there.
Next step planned is to put down a load of manure and then turn it over again.
Really disheartened- all my potatoes have died back- I was last here 3 days ago so not sure what’s caused it it’s not dropped below freezing and the weather in the UK has been pretty average. Should I cut off the dead bits or hope they will perk up again?!
I had way too many squash / courgette plants, and as I was away for a week and didn’t want them all in the house whilst I was away, I decided to plant a few out.
My allotment neighbour had planted some out the week before, they were looking good.
Friday, I get back, and those three plants I planted out were gone - destroyed by the frost. My neighbours…. They were fine! Why?! Allotment gods….. why?!
Well…
Today, other allotment neighbour is there, and tells me that mutual neighbour lost all of his freshly planted courgettes and squashes to the frost, and those nice ones we see - all freshly planted 😂 At least it wasn’t just mine that were destroyed!
Every single night a creature of some sort is digging up a single potato. It doesn't eat it. Just digs up one, brings it to the surface and then seemingly wonders off.
What could it be? And any suggestion as to how to put a stop to these antics?
So I'm genuinely curious. Where you are, what does cultivated mean?
I think there's been a shift in our sites beliefs - I'm on a full size plot, 25% of which is a long standing orchard, 25% of which is fruit bushes, a large greenhouse, etc
I've recently been warned I might not hit the 50% cultivated by the end of May rule. But in previous years, due to all the long-standing plants, all I've had to do is plant out my greenhouse, and it's hit it. I've planted out my greenhouse with the exception of the Okra and Aubergines, which are still seedlings....
However, my raised beds are currently empty, and there's an area at the front that still needs digging over (maybe... 5% of my total area), and I've been told by email that if that isn't dug over, I'm not going to hit 50%.
Anyone got any ideas / experienced similar / got examples of what cultivated means on their site? I'm genuinely just curious, I've already raised it with them via email, but I'm curious what others thought!
Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone can tell me what has happened to my poor potato plants.
I’m based in Kent in the UK and this week we had a couple of very cold nights, but no frost that I’m aware of. However, I’m wondering if the cold weather might have harmed these plants.
The ones in the grow bags on my patio are fine and actually are thriving.
If this is frost damage, can they recover? It? Looks like a few other people on the allotment site have similar issues with their potatoes but I haven’t seen anyone to talk to them about it yet.
Thanks for any help or advice. 🙂
They are really like weedily and I watered them really well this morning.
Three of them are doing great, one has suddenly wilted. They have all been watered about the same, all in the same conditions. Any idea what might have gone wrong?
Blueberry plants are looking very tired. The bigger ones seem to have lots of flowers but few leaves which makes me think they are stressed. They are all planted in Ericaceous soil. Bonus if someone knows what’s up with my mint plant as well in pic 5. Thank you
Was clearing out my garden and found a compost bin behind a shed in my garden. It has compost inside but will have been untouched for at least 10 years. Can I still use it?
Has anybody used this new fad of dried compost blocks? I’ve purchased one to try it out as it will save a lot of space and help me with potting on etc but want to know if anyone has had any success / issues with using?
I went to the allotment this morning and it’s a total blood bath. I didn’t realise it had dropped to freezing in my area these last two nights. Like almost everyone’s plants have died. I had to take a breather to stop myself from crying