its an allotment we us with groups that go every week, so something had to be done on site, I just thought my colleague had more common sense, but apparently not!
Wow treehugger that must have taken some restraint!
Amazing variety of anomalies this year, sowed a lot of seeds that didnt germinate, or got washed away ie fennel, peas, and spring onion. Slugs ate my carrots (the cross legged variety) and most of strawberries, Had the same problem as Pansyface with my quince tree, only I fruit and only 2 on the pear tree. Leeks had thrips !
had a fairly good year for tomatoes, although 3 or 4 plants had blight. blight on potatoes, and onions didnt dry out properly as when I pulled them up, it rained for weeks!
Great year for squash, courgettes, autumn raspberries, cabbages, parsnips artichokes and beans.
Oh well, better start ordering seeds for next year!!
It has been a hard year for my garden, not helped by my having a lot of time away.
The Gardeners Delight tomatoes in the conservatory were well looked after until the end of August but they weren't very convincing and a month away spoiled them - I have a separate thread about them, and the overflow I planted outside that have suffered even more.
Germination problems early in the year meant very few radish or spinach came up, until subsequent sowings. Radishes never produced radishes, lots of green and even running to seed but nothing to eat. Spinach, I can't even decribe the way the spinach went, the leaves were still edible but a pain to pick. I still haven't taken that bed to hand since I got back from holiday!
Fewer carrots (autumn king) germinated than normal, pretty thin so not much thinning needed or done - they have actually cropped well and are producing straight monsters.
First time with Parsnips (Gladiator), 3 germinated and are doing well.
Peas (Jaguar) - second year experimenting with growing in troughs, Hurst seemed to do OK last year but I think peas want more soil and nutrients so I'll need to look at another solution for next year - they came up as super-dwarf. Peas OK, I do prefer Hurst though.
Raspberries (Autumn bliss) - more canes than ever, fruit still small and falls apart when touched but still fruiting and the birds didn't clean up whilst I was away so I think they will be even better next year!
Elderberries - what elderberries? There were some, I don't know if the wind got them or the birds.
Blackberries (wild along the boundary) - seemed a bit early this year, bulk of them were ready whilst I was away, lots of mouldy and shrivelled ones by the time I got back and I haven't braved looking for any worth picking (or had time, or a nice day to do it).
Flowers (to attract pollinators, I'm not really a flower grower) have done brilliantly. Free Cosmos from Fothergills got planted out in pots and are still going strong, even when the wind flattens the stems they keep growing and flowering. Tagetes did well almost finished, Antirhinnums still flowering, Bergamot (second year) are still flowering well, dwarf sunflowers mostly OK (some thing ate a couple of seedlings and I was away for their best flowering), Lobelia around the sunflowers still going.
Boater - glad you had a good flower crop to make up for the fruit and veg! I also struggle with radishes sometimes which feels daft as they're are supposed to be so easy to grow, but I think they need good, regular watering and good levels of sunlight if they are to make good roots and sometimes my raised beds just get too dry for them...
We have tried growing radish on and off over the past 40 years and never had much success. However our daughter's partner took over part of our veg. patch and had a fantastic first year crop, masses of them - so same soil as us, quite a bit of neglect and this amazing crop - we couldn't believe it! So this year we followed his procedure and what did we get - a load of half eaten, tiny radish!!
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its an allotment we us with groups that go every week, so something had to be done on site, I just thought my colleague had more common sense, but apparently not!
Sounds as though most greenhouse cucumbers were or this year - mine certainly weren't as good as usual.
I agree, you are very restrained Treehugger - not sure I would have been so kind as not to inflict bodily harm
Treehuger , I have found that common sense is a rarity these days !
Have you tried " goggling it " ?
Wow treehugger that must have taken some restraint!
Amazing variety of anomalies this year, sowed a lot of seeds that didnt germinate, or got washed away ie fennel, peas, and spring onion. Slugs ate my carrots (the cross legged variety) and most of strawberries, Had the same problem as Pansyface with my quince tree, only I fruit and only 2 on the pear tree. Leeks had thrips !
had a fairly good year for tomatoes, although 3 or 4 plants had blight. blight on potatoes, and onions didnt dry out properly as when I pulled them up, it rained for weeks!
Great year for squash, courgettes, autumn raspberries, cabbages, parsnips artichokes and beans.
Oh well, better start ordering seeds for next year!!
It has been a hard year for my garden, not helped by my having a lot of time away.
The Gardeners Delight tomatoes in the conservatory were well looked after until the end of August but they weren't very convincing and a month away spoiled them - I have a separate thread about them, and the overflow I planted outside that have suffered even more.
Germination problems early in the year meant very few radish or spinach came up, until subsequent sowings. Radishes never produced radishes, lots of green and even running to seed but nothing to eat. Spinach, I can't even decribe the way the spinach went, the leaves were still edible but a pain to pick. I still haven't taken that bed to hand since I got back from holiday!
Fewer carrots (autumn king) germinated than normal, pretty thin so not much thinning needed or done - they have actually cropped well and are producing straight monsters.
First time with Parsnips (Gladiator), 3 germinated and are doing well.
Peas (Jaguar) - second year experimenting with growing in troughs, Hurst seemed to do OK last year but I think peas want more soil and nutrients so I'll need to look at another solution for next year - they came up as super-dwarf. Peas OK, I do prefer Hurst though.
Raspberries (Autumn bliss) - more canes than ever, fruit still small and falls apart when touched but still fruiting and the birds didn't clean up whilst I was away so I think they will be even better next year!
Elderberries - what elderberries? There were some, I don't know if the wind got them or the birds.
Blackberries (wild along the boundary) - seemed a bit early this year, bulk of them were ready whilst I was away, lots of mouldy and shrivelled ones by the time I got back and I haven't braved looking for any worth picking (or had time, or a nice day to do it).
Flowers (to attract pollinators, I'm not really a flower grower) have done brilliantly. Free Cosmos from Fothergills got planted out in pots and are still going strong, even when the wind flattens the stems they keep growing and flowering. Tagetes did well almost finished, Antirhinnums still flowering, Bergamot (second year) are still flowering well, dwarf sunflowers mostly OK (some thing ate a couple of seedlings and I was away for their best flowering), Lobelia around the sunflowers still going.
Can't seem to grow raddish , tried in trays and just got thin things only good for compost bins
Always have successes and failures
Again a way a lot this year which caused problems
Boater - glad you had a good flower crop to make up for the fruit and veg! I also struggle with radishes sometimes which feels daft as they're are supposed to be so easy to grow, but I think they need good, regular watering and good levels of sunlight if they are to make good roots and sometimes my raised beds just get too dry for them...
We have tried growing radish on and off over the past 40 years and never had much success. However our daughter's partner took over part of our veg. patch and had a fantastic first year crop, masses of them - so same soil as us, quite a bit of neglect and this amazing crop - we couldn't believe it! So this year we followed his procedure and what did we get - a load of half eaten, tiny radish!!
So pleased other having problems with Radish , try again next year
However , planted Winter radish moli and it has done ok ! Amazed , tried it before and ended in compost bin
Thats gardening
boring if everything went well 
Pak Choi doing well, it was rubbish last year but think I sowed it at the right time