Wednesday 31 July 2013

Bramley Apple Tree - First Year & We Have Fruit!

Bramley apple tree for the first year, cant believe its grown fruit. Took my other apple and pear three 3 years to grow fruit. Sorry for low light picture, was getting a bit dark tonight when I found these :)


Sweetcorn Progress

Wow after a few weeks my sweetcorn are growing well, despite the funny weather this summer.


Pumpkins 2013 Challenge

Pumpkins are doing really well at the allotment in a big pile of horse crap, Im determined to grow the biggest pumpkin on the allotment and if it does get really big then I might go in for the UK's competition, but a don't think it will.


Sunday 28 July 2013

Telepathy F1 cucumbers

Im new to the greenhouse club this year after wanting one for many years. Getting back to the cucumbers, I bought one packet of Telepathy F1 from Wilko for £1.60 and Im so impressed with the growth of these in my quadgrow system. The taste as expected is so much better than the shop bought ones and one plant seems to give you many cucumbers. I've found the skins go more tougher when left to go bigger, but I like them both. Harder skin gives a lovely crunch.




Sunday 21 July 2013

First dahlia flower

First dahlia flower planted in pots this year, had a lot of bulbs die over winter and this one survived.


Red Lilies

Bought these last year and bought orange colour, first colour come up was a lovely red, then orange and now yellow. What the hell is going wrong? But very nice to see I must say.




Gooseberries

Not bad for my second years red gooseberries, weighing in at 312g. First year was hit my saw fly, so soaked in organic bug spray, tip: spray not only the leaves but the bottom of the plant, as the saw fly hides in the soil below. Spray it or the little bug will eat the lot in a day or less and that means no fruit and no growth for next year.


First pears and apples

First pears and apples in three years, hope they drop drop.



Been down the allotment today and my overwinter onions are more like spanish onions from the size of them.








Tomatoes and cucumbers are doing well in my first greenhouse. Im using quadgrow system that ive found is better than my mothering laws ring culture system.