This is the support I got. Like chicken wire, but quite stout plastic. The 22L pot sits on one end of the net which goes up to the eaves and across and tied very securely.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I am loving your cucumber, I only have full sized ones and they are producing well, just started infact. But I have written down the name of that one, because.. well wow.
That's what we're picking this week. and TWENTY kg of red currants (anyone got any redcurrant recipes?)
Thanks Skandi - I'll definitely buy Cucino seed again next year. Lovely little cue's. As for your 20KG of redcurrants - you could bathe in them or make some redcurrant rosé Lovely harvest you have there
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Skandi, what a lovely selection of veg you have there, and the redcurrants too. As for Pete's cucumbers WOW is all I can say. Pete, you have made a tremendous effort with the support system for the plant and have been well rewarded, do you have cucumber with every meal - my tortoises eat a few slices of ours but we would struggle to get through two a week let alone one a day! Can you remind us which variety you grow please? I have burpless (produced 6) and I think La Diva (smaller produced 10).
Hi GD The variety is Cucino. I've never particularly liked cucumbers, but when I got my new greenhouse a couple of years ago I thought I'd have a go just for fun. I quite like these (which is just as well!) - just had one with my tuna sarnie - so that's 128 so far and about another 25 to hand-out this afternoon and one for my Greek salad tonight. One of my neighbours eats them like sweets - says she has one instead of a cuppa! Another neighbour has 2 tortoises that also enjoy them - and the kale and lettuce I grow. Another neigbour have their kids/grandchildren all very close - and there's plenty for everyone. All of a sudden my toms are starting to ripen - lots of them.... my spinach leaves are the size of rhubarb leaves - lettuce and beetroot starting to bolt..it's all happening at once! And a cricket has just bounced onto on my foot - is that lucky? I'm sure it'll interest my (fly-catching) dog when she notices..
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I have just realised I have been waiting for the toms to ripen for three weeks now. They are a good size Alicante and were the first to fruit , but three weeks no wonder it seems never ending. No wonder the others have caught up. Today I counted as I watered and have 120 ripening, what's the betting they all come at once.🙄
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Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
As for your 20KG of redcurrants - you could bathe in them
Lovely harvest you have there
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The variety is Cucino.
I've never particularly liked cucumbers, but when I got my new greenhouse a couple of years ago I thought I'd have a go just for fun. I quite like these (which is just as well!) - just had one with my tuna sarnie - so that's 128 so far and about another 25 to hand-out this afternoon and one for my Greek salad tonight.
One of my neighbours eats them like sweets - says she has one instead of a cuppa!
Another neighbour has 2 tortoises that also enjoy them - and the kale and lettuce I grow.
Another neigbour have their kids/grandchildren all very close - and there's plenty for everyone.
All of a sudden my toms are starting to ripen - lots of them.... my spinach leaves are the size of rhubarb leaves - lettuce and beetroot starting to bolt..it's all happening at once!
And a cricket has just bounced onto on my foot - is that lucky? I'm sure it'll interest my (fly-catching) dog when she notices..
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The first picking of our runner beans var. 'Butler' ... looking forward to them with some pan fried cod and Charlotte potatoes
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.