Thank you so much all! With some decent sunshine this week and regular watering, the beans and cucumber plants are doing well now so hopefully I'll be able to plant them out in the next week or so (some secondary leaves are coming through on all plants now).
Don’t be too hasty in planting them out, these won’t be going out until the end of the month at least. The bigger and stronger they get, the more slug resistant they’ll be. I will pick the tips out on planting.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
AsDon’t be too hasty in planting them out, these won’t be going out until the end of the month at least. The bigger and stronger they get, the more slug resistant they’ll be. I will pick the tips out on planting.
I'm planting my runners out this weekend and am intrigued by pinching the tips out - it's not something I've ever done on runners - do you find you get more bushy growth and fill out the plants in the areas lower down by doing this?
Don’t be too hasty in planting them out, these won’t be going out until the end of the month at least. The bigger and stronger they get, the more slug resistant they’ll be. I will pick the tips out on planting.
Wow they look great! If you're holding off until the end of the month is it likely there'll only be a couple of months of growth before they finish or should they continue until late-Summer?
Any tips on picking the tips if you pardon the pun? 😆
After two sets of true leaves , I pick out the middles, makes 2 stalks then.
They will go in producing up till end of September.
I left them in a cold greenhouse, the leaves started to go white so they’re back in the warm. You can just see the leaf on the right, that was from the night before. No chance of planting out here yet, temperatures need to be in double figures for beans, we haven’t been above 8° so far.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
After two sets of true leaves , I pick out the middles, makes 2 stalks then.
They will go in producing up till end of September.
I left them in a cold greenhouse, the leaves started to go white so they’re back in the warm. You can just see the leaf on the right, that was from the night before. No chance of planting out here yet, temperatures need to be in double figures for beans, we haven’t been above 8° so far.
Ok thank you - I shall keep mine growing for a few weeks longer before planting out in that case. I have some deeper pots that I can transfer to as I've noticed that the roots are starting to come out of the bottom of my current ones - presumably I'll be ok to keep transferring to bigger pots if I notice that keeps happening over the next few weeks?
Temperatures here have been up and down for a while - it's peaking to the mid-teens over the next few days here in North Kent, some days up to 20° but not too consistently unfortunately.
Shoxt3r Might it help if you put a couple of layers of fairly absorbent paper in the bottom of each successive pot, so as to prevent the delicate roots from going through the holes? I always feel guilty if damaging the roots, when getting the whole lot out as one plug is made possible this way.
It's overnight temps that matter most, regardless of daytime conditions. That's what @Lyn is referring to. We're the same - 8 or 9 is the highest o'night we've had, and mostly in the last couple of weeks as it's been very warm here for the time of year. It just sets plants back unless they're big and sturdy.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Shoxt3r Might it help if you put a couple of layers of fairly absorbent paper in the bottom of each successive pot, so as to prevent the delicate roots from going through the holes? I always feel guilty if damaging the roots, when getting the whole lot out as one plug is made possible this way.
Ah that sounds like a good idea! Would something like kitchen towel be sufficient or were you thinking of something perhaps more robust than this such as blotting paper?
Over the last couple of days I've noticed that at least 2-3 of the plants already have a second stem appearing it would seem and a second set of true leaves are coming through so perhaps they're not too far away from being ready to plant out anyway?
It's overnight temps that matter most, regardless of daytime conditions. That's what @Lyn is referring to. We're the same - 8 or 9 is the highest o'night we've had, and mostly in the last couple of weeks as it's been very warm here for the time of year. It just sets plants back unless they're big and sturdy.
Ah I see - of course! Well according to the local forecast it's only due to dip down to 7 tomorrow night and only then for a short period, but it will mostly be around 9-10. At the moment (around 9:30pm) it's sitting at a "sweltering" 14 in comparison haha. I'm in no rush to get them planted out though, although the sunflowers sitting in the same raised bed (again, in pots) seem ready to go so they may need to get planted out over the next weekend.
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I will pick the tips out on planting.
I'm planting my runners out this weekend and am intrigued by pinching the tips out - it's not something I've ever done on runners - do you find you get more bushy growth and fill out the plants in the areas lower down by doing this?
Any tips on picking the tips if you pardon the pun? 😆
You can just see the leaf on the right, that was from the night before. No chance of planting out here yet, temperatures need to be in double figures for beans, we haven’t been above 8° so far.
Temperatures here have been up and down for a while - it's peaking to the mid-teens over the next few days here in North Kent, some days up to 20° but not too consistently unfortunately.
That's what @Lyn is referring to.
We're the same - 8 or 9 is the highest o'night we've had, and mostly in the last couple of weeks as it's been very warm here for the time of year. It just sets plants back unless they're big and sturdy.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Over the last couple of days I've noticed that at least 2-3 of the plants already have a second stem appearing it would seem and a second set of true leaves are coming through so perhaps they're not too far away from being ready to plant out anyway?
Ah I see - of course!