Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Jun 9, 2021 13:18:45 GMT
Don't plant pumpkins guys, I didn't realise the plants are vines that spread out with the grabby little tendrils so the flower bed is in danger of being taken over and turned into a full on pumpkin patch from the 4 I planted. On the plus side, we'll probably have a bumper crop come Halloween. Tomatoes at vegetative stage (post seedling) given to us by our neighbour are planted and set in well. 2 out of 5 Chilli plants made it through the winter (although these are indoor plants). Only had 3 seeds sprout out of 10 that I planted a few months back  |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 10, 2021 21:24:16 GMT
Didn't know that about pumpkins! Yikes.
Tomatoes- so so.
Courgettes- doing better.
Some-kinda-Beans- doing... ok, trying.
Sunflowers- yeah baby, gonna be whoppers.
Spontaneous Tree I didn't dig up last year- getting big.
We love Spontaneous Tree.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 10, 2021 21:50:15 GMT
Planted sunflower seeds today.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 11, 2021 5:49:42 GMT
Spontaneous Tree approves.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 18, 2021 18:14:46 GMT
Potatoes starting to flower!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 18, 2021 20:55:02 GMT
Spontaneous Tree is rapidly expanding foliage.
Tomatoes, courgettes and sunflowers blooming. Cleaned out the 'pond'/wet-habitat.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Jun 23, 2021 8:39:41 GMT
My pumpkins are flowering. Had to tangle the vines around each other due to lack of space. May replan now I can see where the fruits will be.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 23, 2021 9:10:41 GMT
Potatoes are flowering. Not long now.
-Ralph
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Post by Stomski on Jun 28, 2021 7:18:58 GMT
EGADS! INVASION!!!!
Hundreds of tiny black eggs (may be fungal, but look more spherical) on the underside of the leaves and around the flowers. The eggs seem to be attracting ants too.
I have deployed the forces of non chemical pesticide.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 28, 2021 8:43:28 GMT
Get them!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 28, 2021 17:38:49 GMT
Wipe them out. ALL OF THEM.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 28, 2021 18:00:07 GMT
The lettuce and spinach appear to have been wiped out overnight.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jun 28, 2021 23:09:48 GMT
Nooooooooooooooooooo!
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Post by Stomski on Jun 29, 2021 6:36:17 GMT
Have you got slug pellets Ralph? Wipe them out. ALL OF THEM. Hehehe. I was scratching my head trying to think of how to get 'a communications disruption can mean only one thing' into my post, but just couldn't make it work. youtu.be/VVzWvsrZM1k |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 29, 2021 9:06:31 GMT
The slugs are my friends.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 29, 2021 17:26:25 GMT
The slugs are my friends. -Ralph Foolish gastropod loving Habsburg fool! GASTROPODS ARE THE ENEMY!!! AND *I* WILL MAKE THEM PAY FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE!!! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 29, 2021 17:27:23 GMT
The lettuce and spinach appear to have been wiped out overnight. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 29, 2021 19:28:27 GMT
They are not Nestor! Nor are they from Frontios!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 29, 2021 21:02:48 GMT
No, but they are Bourbon! They are Romanov! THEY TEAR US APART!!!
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Post by Stomski on Aug 2, 2021 8:41:11 GMT
A new threat has appeared, claw marks appeared on my pumpkins! Squirrels? Cats? Rats? WHO KNOWS?
Oddly the longest vine hasn't fruited. Some tertiary vines have appeared on it that look like the flowers will fruit, so may revert to manually pollinating and chopping the main vine if it takes.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 2, 2021 9:18:51 GMT
Spring onions and potatoes harvested. Alas, the corn appears to be suddenly dying!
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 5, 2021 17:29:53 GMT
Last year the front way hedge rows got taken out, I put them in pots to my amazement most are looking great and a number of other after having been dead for months are slowly recovering.
Ive even found use for the ones that didnt, with a bit of trimming they are making great frames for the runner beans to climb.
Bramble bush looks like its going to bombard me with brambles for the next month or two and a few tomatoes are ripening.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 25, 2021 16:59:53 GMT
I thought the corn was dying off but now they show new life!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Stomski on Sept 8, 2021 6:58:44 GMT
My glut of tomatoes succumbed to some kind of plant infection? Stalks went brown which spread to the fruit, some turning moldy on the vine. Couldn't find any answers on line.
3 pumpkins harvested, final vine took a while longer to fruit, but got there in the end. That one will be ready mid October, perfect for Halloween. Hopefully the other three will store in the garage, but conditions are still a bit warm.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2021 7:42:39 GMT
Our tomatoes are touch and go at the moment. Some bloody thing has nibbled at one.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 8, 2021 19:04:19 GMT
We have some nice round tomatoes, but, they're all still very very green.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 18, 2021 17:58:25 GMT
Tomatoes turning a pleasing red.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 18, 2021 18:42:43 GMT
You still tomatoes on the go?! Ours never turned red, bar a few lucky ones.
The rest...
ARE DEAD!!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2021 8:47:50 GMT
Two rotted, but the other dozen or so have been turning red.
I AM THE TOMATO MASTER!
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 6, 2022 5:45:49 GMT
I let my Cucumber go yellow!
Gutted.
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