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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago
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I've only just started trying to grow in my garden, I've got tomatoes coming up planted from seed although they are still tiny, some melon seedlings and a couple of cucumber plants.
I also planted some pepper seeds, and have something coming up there too, but I've no idea if it really is a pepper or a at this stage!
I'm a very new gardener but I am liking it. |
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"I've only just started trying to grow in my garden, I've got tomatoes coming up planted from seed although they are still tiny, some melon seedlings and a couple of cucumber plants.
I also planted some pepper seeds, and have something coming up there too, but I've no idea if it really is a pepper or a at this stage!
I'm a very new gardener but I am liking it."
I love doing it!
I've got tomatoes and peppers too. And loads of other stuff! |
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I have some spuds that are just flowering, have got carrots, beetroot, peas & something else (can't bloody remember what else I planted) growing too.
I usually kill plants so its a shocker anything is growing!
Have got a good sized plum tree too that was already in the garden |
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We're growing a lot of vegetables. Runner beans, French beans, carrots, beetroot, Swiss chard, rocket, spinach, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, aubergines, potatoes, cape gooseberry, strawberries, raspberries, grapes etc. I
It's been a great year so far for cucumbers, so much so I've had to pickle loads. |
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"I've only just started trying to grow in my garden, I've got tomatoes coming up planted from seed although they are still tiny, some melon seedlings and a couple of cucumber plants.
I also planted some pepper seeds, and have something coming up there too, but I've no idea if it really is a pepper or a at this stage!
I'm a very new gardener but I am liking it."
It's such a good way to relax. |
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"I have some spuds that are just flowering, have got carrots, beetroot, peas & something else (can't bloody remember what else I planted) growing too.
I usually kill plants so its a shocker anything is growing!
Have got a good sized plum tree too that was already in the garden "
I grew less this year. Never again! So much effort for so little reward  |
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"I have some spuds that are just flowering, have got carrots, beetroot, peas & something else (can't bloody remember what else I planted) growing too.
I usually kill plants so its a shocker anything is growing!
Have got a good sized plum tree too that was already in the garden "
Cool cool! I have peas and beetroot too. I've had to help them all this year with additional watering.
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"We're growing a lot of vegetables. Runner beans, French beans, carrots, beetroot, Swiss chard, rocket, spinach, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, aubergines, potatoes, cape gooseberry, strawberries, raspberries, grapes etc. I
It's been a great year so far for cucumbers, so much so I've had to pickle loads."
Oh cool! I've got squash growing and lettuce. |
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"I've only just started trying to grow in my garden, I've got tomatoes coming up planted from seed although they are still tiny, some melon seedlings and a couple of cucumber plants.
I also planted some pepper seeds, and have something coming up there too, but I've no idea if it really is a pepper or a at this stage!
I'm a very new gardener but I am liking it.
It's such a good way to relax. "
Yeah, it's pretty much the only thing which relaxes me. I just fiddle around with them, reporting them etc. |
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"Who here grows fruit or vegetables?
I'm growing quite a bit at the moment.
If you are, what are you growing?
What else are you growing?"
Ermmm...
Radish
Sweetcorn
Broccoli
Cabbage
Turnip
I can't remember the rest. |
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"*peas not less 
Peas!!!! Something not right there! Peas are giving me huge crops for no effort. I'm eating peas every day."
It's shelling the Damn things. It's so much easier to get a packet from the freezer lol. My peas have finished now, I've pulled them up and put spinach in their place |
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"Who here grows fruit or vegetables?
I'm growing quite a bit at the moment.
If you are, what are you growing?
What else are you growing?"
About two years ago, I grew sprouts and the crop was ridiculous. I must have had 2 carrier bags literally full to the top with sprouts.. |
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"Who here grows fruit or vegetables?
I'm growing quite a bit at the moment.
If you are, what are you growing?
What else are you growing?
Ermmm...
Radish
Sweetcorn
Broccoli
Cabbage
Turnip
I can't remember the rest."
Quite a lot then! |
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"I have some spuds that are just flowering, have got carrots, beetroot, peas & something else (can't bloody remember what else I planted) growing too.
I usually kill plants so its a shocker anything is growing!
Have got a good sized plum tree too that was already in the garden
I grew less this year. Never again! So much effort for so little reward "
Lol Ive only done 1 row of the veggies, I didn't want to waste all the seeds in case they didn't grow with my fingers of death
If they come out alright I plan on extending & making a more permanent veg patch for next year |
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"*peas not less
Peas!!!! Something not right there! Peas are giving me huge crops for no effort. I'm eating peas every day.
It's shelling the Damn things. It's so much easier to get a packet from the freezer lol. My peas have finished now, I've pulled them up and put spinach in their place"
What I've found is that if you snap the top, then pull downwards, you pull a sort of 'spine' out which opens the pod cleanly.
My peas are coming to an end too... O have more ready to plant out.
Kelvedon Wonder.
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"Who here grows fruit or vegetables?
I'm growing quite a bit at the moment.
If you are, what are you growing?
What else are you growing?
About two years ago, I grew sprouts and the crop was ridiculous. I must have had 2 carrier bags literally full to the top with sprouts.."
Were they easy to grow? I bloody love sprouts! |
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"Who here grows fruit or vegetables?
I'm growing quite a bit at the moment.
If you are, what are you growing?
What else are you growing?
Ermmm...
Radish
Sweetcorn
Broccoli
Cabbage
Turnip
I can't remember the rest.
Quite a lot then!"
Yeah, there's more too. I just can't remember what! |
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"I have some spuds that are just flowering, have got carrots, beetroot, peas & something else (can't bloody remember what else I planted) growing too.
I usually kill plants so its a shocker anything is growing!
Have got a good sized plum tree too that was already in the garden
I grew less this year. Never again! So much effort for so little reward
Lol Ive only done 1 row of the veggies, I didn't want to waste all the seeds in case they didn't grow with my fingers of death
If they come out alright I plan on extending & making a more permanent veg patch for next year "
I don't ever sow directly to the ground. |
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"I have some spuds that are just flowering, have got carrots, beetroot, peas & something else (can't bloody remember what else I planted) growing too.
I usually kill plants so its a shocker anything is growing!
Have got a good sized plum tree too that was already in the garden
I grew less this year. Never again! So much effort for so little reward
Lol Ive only done 1 row of the veggies, I didn't want to waste all the seeds in case they didn't grow with my fingers of death
If they come out alright I plan on extending & making a more permanent veg patch for next year
I don't ever sow directly to the ground. "
No I haven't, the spuds are in stacked tyres & the veg patch is like a raised bed, rectangle of house bricks 6 high & filled with compost |
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"Who here grows fruit or vegetables?
I'm growing quite a bit at the moment.
If you are, what are you growing?
What else are you growing?
About two years ago, I grew sprouts and the crop was ridiculous. I must have had 2 carrier bags literally full to the top with sprouts..
Were they easy to grow? I bloody love sprouts!"
Yes, super super easy but they like heavy soil. Basically sow seeds in a closed food container. Keep them warm and damp for about a week then they'll sprout... Put them into little pots and look after them in a greenhouse. After about 2 weeks, they'll be strong enough to go outside. Just plant them in heavy soil about 60cm apart. |
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"*peas not less
Peas!!!! Something not right there! Peas are giving me huge crops for no effort. I'm eating peas every day.
Oh come on, don't take the pea!  "
Oh, I've taken the peas many times today! |
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"I have some spuds that are just flowering, have got carrots, beetroot, peas & something else (can't bloody remember what else I planted) growing too.
I usually kill plants so its a shocker anything is growing!
Have got a good sized plum tree too that was already in the garden
I grew less this year. Never again! So much effort for so little reward
Lol Ive only done 1 row of the veggies, I didn't want to waste all the seeds in case they didn't grow with my fingers of death
If they come out alright I plan on extending & making a more permanent veg patch for next year
I don't ever sow directly to the ground.
No I haven't, the spuds are in stacked tyres & the veg patch is like a raised bed, rectangle of house bricks 6 high & filled with compost "
Omg this convo is making me want to go out and expand the veg patch. |
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I've got cherries, apples, pears, plums, starwberries, loganberries, raspberries, figs, red currants, white currants, black currants, gooseberries, tomatoes and a load of vegetables and herbs. The currants and the berries (except gooseberries) have done really well this year. |
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"I have some spuds that are just flowering, have got carrots, beetroot, peas & something else (can't bloody remember what else I planted) growing too.
I usually kill plants so its a shocker anything is growing!
Have got a good sized plum tree too that was already in the garden
I grew less this year. Never again! So much effort for so little reward
Lol Ive only done 1 row of the veggies, I didn't want to waste all the seeds in case they didn't grow with my fingers of death
If they come out alright I plan on extending & making a more permanent veg patch for next year
I don't ever sow directly to the ground.
No I haven't, the spuds are in stacked tyres & the veg patch is like a raised bed, rectangle of house bricks 6 high & filled with compost
Omg this convo is making me want to go out and expand the veg patch."
Wait til winter when nothing is growing lol that's my plan |
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"I've got cherries, apples, pears, plums, starwberries, loganberries, raspberries, figs, red currants, white currants, black currants, gooseberries, tomatoes and a load of vegetables and herbs. The currants and the berries (except gooseberries) have done really well this year. "
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My currants have done well that s year too. Especially the blackcurrants! |
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"I've got cherries, apples, pears, plums, starwberries, loganberries, raspberries, figs, red currants, white currants, black currants, gooseberries, tomatoes and a load of vegetables and herbs. The currants and the berries (except gooseberries) have done really well this year. "
That's a lot of berries |
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"I've got cherries, apples, pears, plums, starwberries, loganberries, raspberries, figs, red currants, white currants, black currants, gooseberries, tomatoes and a load of vegetables and herbs. The currants and the berries (except gooseberries) have done really well this year.
That's a lot of berries"
I'm finally falling asleep  |
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"I've got cherries, apples, pears, plums, starwberries, loganberries, raspberries, figs, red currants, white currants, black currants, gooseberries, tomatoes and a load of vegetables and herbs. The currants and the berries (except gooseberries) have done really well this year.
That's a lot of berries
I'm finally falling asleep "
Are you berry bored of us now? na night |
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"I've got cherries, apples, pears, plums, starwberries, loganberries, raspberries, figs, red currants, white currants, black currants, gooseberries, tomatoes and a load of vegetables and herbs. The currants and the berries (except gooseberries) have done really well this year.
That's a lot of berries
I'm finally falling asleep
Are you berry bored of us now? na night "
Haha! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Loganberries, blackcurrant, apples, pears, strawberries, grapes, plums, peas, carrots, herbs... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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On my allotment.
Got Lettuces, courgettes and beetroot coming out of my ears (not literally). Had loads of peas, beans, cherries, ??. Currently blueberries are mid crop, ?? starting to ripen, sweetcorn over 2m tall and starting to ??. Brassicas and parsnips coming on a treat. Second load of ?? planted.
Gonna be a pain getting back to work later this month.... Even had time to set up a small wildlife pond! |
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Tomatoes, cucumbers, some pepper & chilli plants , corgettes, Strawberries, blackcurrants, salad leaves and various herbs.
Seriously considering putting a couple of raised vegetable beds in somewhere next year so I can grow more.
K |
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"On my allotment.
Got Lettuces, courgettes and beetroot coming out of my ears (not literally). Had loads of peas, beans, cherries, ??. Currently blueberries are mid crop, ?? starting to ripen, sweetcorn over 2m tall and starting to ??. Brassicas and parsnips coming on a treat. Second load of ?? planted.
Gonna be a pain getting back to work later this month.... Even had time to set up a small wildlife pond!"
Haha, sounds fun! |
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"Tomatoes, cucumbers, some pepper & chilli plants , corgettes, Strawberries, blackcurrants, salad leaves and various herbs.
Seriously considering putting a couple of raised vegetable beds in somewhere next year so I can grow more.
K "
I'm considering expansion today! |
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Patio Apple and cherry tress.
Beans, cauliflower, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, strawberries and loads of herbs 
There's something special about going into the garden, picking it to eat
If only the strawberries were at 2m height though  that said both my daughter's are taller than me now so I'll continue to watch them grow  |
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By *inxybWoman
over a year ago
Durham |
I’ve tried a few things in pots this year but I’m battling with ravenous slugs and snails...they’ve stripped my dwarf beans, eaten the tops of courgette plants and now they’re starting on my wigwam of peas! Thankfully they seem to have avoided my leeks, shallots, spring onions, carrots and potatoes. |
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"I’ve tried a few things in pots this year but I’m battling with ravenous slugs and snails...they’ve stripped my dwarf beans, eaten the tops of courgette plants and now they’re starting on my wigwam of peas! Thankfully they seem to have avoided my leeks, shallots, spring onions, carrots and potatoes. "
If you can get any sharp sand sprinkled liberally round the base of plants really helps with slugs and snails. Also attracting birds like sparrows . |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I've just harvested my first new potatoes which I'll be having tonight with mint also from the garden.
Have got parsley, fennel, various lettuce, kohlrabi, carrots, radish, spring onions, chard. I've mixed them in with herbs and flowers. It looks fab
My corriander has bolted though ?? |
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"I've just harvested my first new potatoes which I'll be having tonight with mint also from the garden.
Have got parsley, fennel, various lettuce, kohlrabi, carrots, radish, spring onions, chard. I've mixed them in with herbs and flowers. It looks fab
My corriander has bolted though ??"
My coriander has bolted too.  |
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Ooh we’ve planted loads of seeds this year, when all the garden Centers were closed during lockdown.
Think the shopping chaos has encouraged a few non growers to get their green fingers into motion too.
We currently have lettuces, tomatoes, and cabbages, cauliflower, peas and runner beans and potatoes and leaks and marrows and looking forward to pumpkins in the autumn too. Also managed a good crop of strawberries and cherries.
What are your preferred feeds for your veggies? We’ve been using chicken poop and they all seem really happy with it. Smells to high heaven though
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By *inxybWoman
over a year ago
Durham |
"I’ve tried a few things in pots this year but I’m battling with ravenous slugs and snails...they’ve stripped my dwarf beans, eaten the tops of courgette plants and now they’re starting on my wigwam of peas! Thankfully they seem to have avoided my leeks, shallots, spring onions, carrots and potatoes.
If you can get any sharp sand sprinkled liberally round the base of plants really helps with slugs and snails. Also attracting birds like sparrows . "
Thanks for the tip, I’ll give it a try |
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"I’ve tried a few things in pots this year but I’m battling with ravenous slugs and snails...they’ve stripped my dwarf beans, eaten the tops of courgette plants and now they’re starting on my wigwam of peas! Thankfully they seem to have avoided my leeks, shallots, spring onions, carrots and potatoes.
If you can get any sharp sand sprinkled liberally round the base of plants really helps with slugs and snails. Also attracting birds like sparrows . "
We’ve been using egg shells, but it doesn’t stop the over hanging leaves from taking a good nibble.
Damn them pesky slugs
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"Ooh we’ve planted loads of seeds this year, when all the garden Centers were closed during lockdown.
Think the shopping chaos has encouraged a few non growers to get their green fingers into motion too.
We currently have lettuces, tomatoes, and cabbages, cauliflower, peas and runner beans and potatoes and leaks and marrows and looking forward to pumpkins in the autumn too. Also managed a good crop of strawberries and cherries.
What are your preferred feeds for your veggies? We’ve been using chicken poop and they all seem really happy with it. Smells to high heaven though
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Blood, fish and bone dug in before planting then miracle grow, gromore or tomato feed after. Monty Don was saying that tomato feed is good for flower production |
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"I'm growing a nice batch of dildo plants yet had to call the police on several occasions..... problems with squatters.
I will visit your garden...
Lol please do !"
You know I like a good root around in the undergrowth.. |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
I have mostly herbs onions and rocket out the back but at the start of lockdown took on a large greenhouse so have lots of tomatoes and a cucumber specifically for a forumite, but it’s no way near big enough yet |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
"I’ve tried a few things in pots this year but I’m battling with ravenous slugs and snails...they’ve stripped my dwarf beans, eaten the tops of courgette plants and now they’re starting on my wigwam of peas! Thankfully they seem to have avoided my leeks, shallots, spring onions, carrots and potatoes.
If you can get any sharp sand sprinkled liberally round the base of plants really helps with slugs and snails. Also attracting birds like sparrows .
Thanks for the tip, I’ll give it a try "
Another good one is saucers of beer, you can sink them slightly into the soil, they drink , they drown. |
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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
I've had loads of strawberries but they are coming to an end although I have raspberries coming out of my ears. New potatoes are ready so I dig up when I need some for dinner. White onions looking good but red not so much. Parsnips ~ I got 24 plants growing well after sowing 240! So a pretty shit success rate, enough for Christmas dinner though. Tomatoes x3 are doing well outside this year, it's a bit of an experiment as I usually do them inside.
In the greenhouse I have chillies and peppers doing ok |
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Lots of strawberries and a herb garden on the go. I'm super proud as I
very few plants survive under my care usually.
I'm loving the fresh herbs though and use them daily |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Yep. I've got carrots, leeks, beetroot, tomatoes, pumpkins, lettuce and a few different herbs on the go. Building the raised bed and planting/cultivating the veg kept me occupied through lockdown! |
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"Ooh we’ve planted loads of seeds this year, when all the garden Centers were closed during lockdown.
Think the shopping chaos has encouraged a few non growers to get their green fingers into motion too.
We currently have lettuces, tomatoes, and cabbages, cauliflower, peas and runner beans and potatoes and leaks and marrows and looking forward to pumpkins in the autumn too. Also managed a good crop of strawberries and cherries.
What are your preferred feeds for your veggies? We’ve been using chicken poop and they all seem really happy with it. Smells to high heaven though
Blood, fish and bone dug in before planting then miracle grow, gromore or tomato feed after. Monty Don was saying that tomato feed is good for flower production "
for the technology minded..plants that produces fruit or flowers need potash, tomato feed is high in potash so is v.good for either fruit or flower production .look at the NPK ratio on the feed and translate it to 'shoots, root and fruits '..grass feed is high in nitrogen (shoots),tomato feed high in potash (fruits) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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My nans quite the carrot growing connoisseur, never quite caught on with it myself. Ive had a dabble and still know a few lads with rooms and lofts full of fruitful adventures |
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