12 in places that will be empty over winter, 2 in the tomato potsto designate them as not for tomatoes next year
odd to be planning autumn and spring planting in mid summer but it does make sense
the cucumbers will be replaced with aquadeluce beans to over winter and crop in spring, the roots will continue to fix nitrogen after the beans are eaten and the tops composted
maximum yeild in a small space no dig and organic needs long term thought
re the slimey hoard, i recon it is the smallish pale brown slugs that are eating live plants
they are vulnerable to the nematodes on order
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9252 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 25 11:40 am Post subject:
If planted now, will the harvest be at the end of May before the June deluge?
worth a try as i was hoping it would be cropped before the planting time for delicate plants, if not there are other places for frost sensitive things and summer plantings can be ace for speed from seed to harvest
the japanese leafy thing was up in a week this time, the early one took a month
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9252 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
There are some little round holes in the leaves of my cabbages. Don't think it is slugs, and although the white butterflies have turned up in the garden now, couldn't see any caterpillars or eggs. Must be something else, perhaps flea beetle?
Got a few more blackberries yesterday evening, but not too many. Although we have had some rain wondering if it is going to be like 1976 when things didn't ripen because not enough water rather than not enough sun.