We have been a bit limited because this is the first year we are growing and our veg plot is very clsy based. However, attempting to grow:
Beetroot
Potatoes
Onions
Sweetcorn
Brocolli
Lettuce
Cabbage
Parsnips and carrots in big tubs
Tomatoes in grow bags
Cucumber in greenhouse
Runner Beans in pots
More experimental this year to see what will grow. Was advised potatoes help will clay bssed soil, so hope this is right as we have quite a few rows if them.
AllotmentMax, I treat French Beans as semi-tropical; germinate in g/house or heated propagator or warm windowsill with cling film or other plastic cover on top. I would not expect much from soil outside. Though I can't see your location, you could be in the Channel Islands
Mark, I too have heard that potatoes will loosen up clay soil, but don't grow them or tomatoes in the same place next year
Philippa, have grown Black Kale before, don't know if it was Tuscan; brilliant crop!
Oooh, I forgot the Figs, for the first year I may have more than one fig, I have followed advice on this forum (possibly Dove) and though I have not cleared the pot of variagated ivy and a form of perennual alisom, I have been feeding it and this has paid off; I may be buying 3 slices of Parma Ham to have with figs this year!
Apart from spuds (4 varieties, 20 of each), I've gone for more variety and less quantity this year. 10 types of tomato, 5 types of sweet pepper, 2 types of chilli, broad, runner, yardlong & French beans, 5 types of winter squash, summer pumpkin, cucumber, red & white onions, shallots, cabbage, 5 types of lettuce, mangetout, leeks, sweet potatoes, parsnips, 5 types of carrot. On the fruit front, 2 types of blackberry, 4 types of raspberry, 6 types of blueberry, 2 types of honeyberry, gojiberry, gooseberry, 2 types of plum, 5 types of apple, 2 types of cherry, 6 types of strawberry, lingonberry, worcesterberry, wineberry, chokeberry. I don't have a massive garden so not quite sure how I've managed to squeeze all that lot in!
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Have ended up with over 40 toms so might need to find homes lol
First time I grew toms there must have been 40 plus seedlings, narrowed it down to 15 this year but only have room for 8 or 10 tops.
Sorry can't help with the kale.
Wow, you lot are growing loads.
We have been a bit limited because this is the first year we are growing and our veg plot is very clsy based. However, attempting to grow:
Beetroot
Potatoes
Onions
Sweetcorn
Brocolli
Lettuce
Cabbage
Parsnips and carrots in big tubs
Tomatoes in grow bags
Cucumber in greenhouse
Runner Beans in pots
More experimental this year to see what will grow. Was advised potatoes help will clay bssed soil, so hope this is right as we have quite a few rows if them.
AllotmentMax, I treat French Beans as semi-tropical; germinate in g/house or heated propagator or warm windowsill with cling film or other plastic cover on top. I would not expect much from soil outside. Though I can't see your location, you could be in the Channel Islands
Mark, I too have heard that potatoes will loosen up clay soil, but don't grow them or tomatoes in the same place next year
Philippa, have grown Black Kale before, don't know if it was Tuscan; brilliant crop!
Oooh, I forgot the Figs, for the first year I may have more than one fig, I have followed advice on this forum (possibly Dove) and though I have not cleared the pot of variagated ivy and a form of perennual alisom, I have been feeding it and this has paid off; I may be buying 3 slices of Parma Ham to have with figs this year!
Apart from spuds (4 varieties, 20 of each), I've gone for more variety and less quantity this year. 10 types of tomato, 5 types of sweet pepper, 2 types of chilli, broad, runner, yardlong & French beans, 5 types of winter squash, summer pumpkin, cucumber, red & white onions, shallots, cabbage, 5 types of lettuce, mangetout, leeks, sweet potatoes, parsnips, 5 types of carrot. On the fruit front, 2 types of blackberry, 4 types of raspberry, 6 types of blueberry, 2 types of honeyberry, gojiberry, gooseberry, 2 types of plum, 5 types of apple, 2 types of cherry, 6 types of strawberry, lingonberry, worcesterberry, wineberry, chokeberry. I don't have a massive garden so not quite sure how I've managed to squeeze all that lot in!
