Sowing, Harvesting & Big Plot Update 18.07.08

Posted on 19. Jul, 2008 by Tracey in My Veg Plot

Today I Will Mostly Be Sowing:

Dwarf Beans – ‘borlotto’,
Broad Beans – ‘the sutton’,
Peas – ‘ambassador’,
Pak Choi – ‘riko white’.

Today I Will Mostly Be Harvesting:

New Potato’s – ‘lady christl’ and ‘charlotte’,
Cabbage – ’spring hero’ and ‘advantage’,
Dwarf Beans – ‘borlotto’,
Dwarf Beans – ‘ferrari’,
Lettuce – ‘balmoral’ leaves,

Vegetables in Progress

Tomato’s – ‘Green Zebra’,
Cucumber’s – ‘Marketmore’,

Marketmore Cucumber 18.07.08

Broccoli ‘tenderstem’,

Tenderstem Broccoli 18.07.08

Plot Progress – Week 23

Plot 1
Carrots, red spring onion and beetroot are growing stronger from sowings made on 1st June 2008. Runner beans are slowly wrapping themselves around the canes. Parsnip foliage is going wild. Sowed Pak Choi into the gaps.

Plot 1 Progress 18.07.08

Plot 2
Tenderstem Broccoli nearly ready to pick, cabbage resolution savoy and golden acre are growing well after transplanting, still a few sacrificial cabbages of ‘advantage’ variety to attract the cabbage white butterflies to lay their eggs on (and not on my newly transplanted ones – seems to be working so far).

Plot 2 Progress 18.07.08

Plot 3
Broad Beans and Mange tout removed after harvesting. New sowings of peas, broad beans and dwarf beans under cloche (mainly due to cats digging bare soil). 2 x butternut squash plants doing well after transplant. Brussels sprout plants wedged in between dwarf beans but are growing steady.

Plot 3 Progress - 18.07.08

Tomato and Cucumbers (outdoors)
Tomato’s have been tied to the canes and pots placed into upside down propagator lids. This has helped as this fence is a sun trap and dries the plants out daily, I pour water into the lids so the plant takes the water from its roots when necessary and doesn’t dry out. All tomato plants are flowering and some are fruiting. Cucumbers are rambling over the decking and are producing flowers and fruit.

Tomato and Cucumber Lineup

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