r/Allotment

Is this good?

I planted (deliberately) the Sarpo Mira's at the bottom but clearly accidentally picked out some of another variety when I bought them (top). All of them are massive, and have done much better than my Sarpo Mira's.

Can anyone ID them so I know what to purchase next year. I am aware it very much resembles your standard issue potato, perhaps the size up.

So this year I realised the variety of corn I've grown is actually a 'baby corn' variety, however the cobs are not as small as I imagined - yet not proper full size cobs either.

How would you cook and eat this? It's not chonky enough to be prepared like normal corn but also nowhere near as tiny as the baby corn you see in supermarkets!

EDIT: further research has led to the discovery that I've accidentally overgrown my baby corn and should have harvested it when it was immature! Another allotment lesson...

I have been so slack on my toms this year, theyre looking very weedy but at least my prints are vibrant 😁

Anyone else?! My allotment seems to think it's October, I'm going to blame this insane weather...

Just wondering what's people's thoughts who know more than me as this will be my first allotment. Does it look like i should just cover over for winter and weed in the spring to start from there. It's the fence section of rhe left up to beyond the shed. Wondering what your first thoughts would be if this was you. 💚

First time trying Okra. How big do they grow?

It’s only gotten about 10 inches high, but has 3 nice looking lady fingers so far.

Had a bit of a mare with plum moths this year, with 90% of my plums lost 😞. Has anyone else experienced something similar and managed to successfully deal with them? I tried using sticky pads and wonder if I just attracted more moths to my tree in the end! Tips for next season very welcome.

3.2kgs of tomatoes 🍅 and 600g of berries. Last batch of blackberries is turning into blackberry liqueur.

From my allotment, I don’t remember planting it, probably from previous owners.

Personally I am making some fritters with mostly courgette, sweetcorn, pink onion, chilli, basil and tiny cherry tomatoes from the allotment.

Bound together with egg, flour and parmesan.

Seasoned of course!

This thing is quite little but it's almost fully purple. Can I expect it to get much bigger or should I just pick it as soon as the purplifying is complete?

About 6kg today. My vegetable patch is 5m by 5m (or 16.4 feet by 16.4 feet). I have a tiny greenhouse and some containers outside. Living in Belgium it was pretty rough with multiple days over 35°c or 95° fahrenheit.

My favorite kinds this year: black cherry and granny cantrell. Already thinking about next year! What did you like this season?

Hi there, took over an overgrown plot in May.

We've had a fairly successful season bearing in mind We've been playing catch-up.

However, what am I doing with this?

This is a patch of golden raspberries, raspberries and blackberries.

In the middle there is a metal posted frame with some netting over.

We've harvested 8 jars of jam so far with berries in the freezer and raspberries about to riped.

I would like to reclaim some of the space back for actual growing. It accounts for maybe a sixth of the plot.

How do I prepare them for next season please.

Do I literally just cut them right back? If so how low?

Would I maybe lift them all out. Dig and condition the area and then replant them in formation?

What would you clever much more knowledgeable people do please.

Thanks in advance.

When to pick these lovelies?