Week 25 29.09.07 Veggy Plot Report

Posted on 29. Sep, 2007 by Tracey in My Veg Plot

This week I will mostly be harvesting my magic runner bean seeds, I’m hoping they are going to work their magic and produce a wonderful beanstalk like they did this year! Pictured are varieties Red Rum and White Lady seeds.

I left some runner beans on the plant for weeks (longer than usual) so the beans inside the runner pods can form, you can actually see and feel the seeds for size after a while. Wait until the seeds are large then they will be mature. I then picked the beans and peeled back the outershell to harvest the bean seeds ready for sowing next year. I also need to dry them so I will put them in a brown bag in the airing cupboard and according to Garden Organic – See link here, the seeds last up to 3 years.

Pest Problems
Leatherjackets, cranefly, daddylong legs have been all over my plot these last two weeks and they are all congreagating under my environmesh netting and in my runner bean mountain. They are a bit of an annoyance as I have to herd them out but they don’t seem to be doing any damage to my veggies so thats ok.

Heres my plot update pictures for week 25:
I thinned my Pak choi and Turnip last week (Plot 1 – 2 rows at the bottom of the picture) and the rain this week has helped them grow stronger.

And heres the pepper colour change update photo.