And this zepplin, 60cm again!
Tucked right in underneath again so really hard to spot.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
6 March, today's haul
Tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, zucchinis and chillies. Could have picked beetroot but they seem to keep better in the garden.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
4.7kg Zucchini
This us what happens when you have 3 plants too close together.... Sneaky marrows grow. I thought the previous one at 50cm was big, but this beastie eclipsed it.
60cm long
13cm diameter at the fat end and 4.7kgs.
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60cm long
13cm diameter at the fat end and 4.7kgs.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
22 Feb various
Tomatoes; still being massacared. Have resorted to cutting away bad bits and using the rest.
Beans; fruiting! Well hidden though so I didn't realise until I saw them through the garage window. I think some have been left a bit past optimal picking.
Beetroot; still picking first batch. New batch coming along. Will plant one more lot on next few days.
Caulis; totally decimated by horrid caterpillars.
Lettuces. Most bolted. Iceberg still doing well.
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Beans; fruiting! Well hidden though so I didn't realise until I saw them through the garage window. I think some have been left a bit past optimal picking.
Beetroot; still picking first batch. New batch coming along. Will plant one more lot on next few days.
Caulis; totally decimated by horrid caterpillars.
Lettuces. Most bolted. Iceberg still doing well.
-- Post From Sandra's iPhone
Cucurbits 22 Feb
Pumpkins... 4 now. This one is 23cm diameter.
Zucchinis still fruiting well.
Cucumbers, can't beleive how many on one plant! Have got 5 last week, there are another couple nearly ready and lots of babies. Am going to have to get creative to use them.
And, um whatever this is. I thought it was a cucumber until it started fruiting at which point I was baffled but now I'm thinking maybe a rockmelon?
-- Post From Sandra's iPhone
Zucchinis still fruiting well.
Cucumbers, can't beleive how many on one plant! Have got 5 last week, there are another couple nearly ready and lots of babies. Am going to have to get creative to use them.
And, um whatever this is. I thought it was a cucumber until it started fruiting at which point I was baffled but now I'm thinking maybe a rockmelon?
-- Post From Sandra's iPhone
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Pests and fertilising
Horrid little hump backed caterpillars are eating my tomatoes.
No idea what to use to stop them. Have had to cut off a bunch of damaged fruit.
But yay. Fruit is ripening!
Have also discovered I'm supposed to fertilise biweekly. Luckily there was some tomato food in the shed so they just got their first food post planting.
Notes for next time:
Plant earlier! Late September perhaps.
Fertilise regularly and the plants might not be half dead.
Figure out organic control for nasty humpback caterpillars!
-- Post From Sandra's iPhone
** Ok apparantly the control for the mini beasts is digital (squish) which is no good as they can do too much damage before being found. Or Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) spray which is only harmful to caterpillars BUT takes 3-5 days to work, in which time they can do some serious damage :( Oh well. Needs must.
No idea what to use to stop them. Have had to cut off a bunch of damaged fruit.
But yay. Fruit is ripening!
Have also discovered I'm supposed to fertilise biweekly. Luckily there was some tomato food in the shed so they just got their first food post planting.
Notes for next time:
Plant earlier! Late September perhaps.
Fertilise regularly and the plants might not be half dead.
Figure out organic control for nasty humpback caterpillars!
-- Post From Sandra's iPhone
** Ok apparantly the control for the mini beasts is digital (squish) which is no good as they can do too much damage before being found. Or Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) spray which is only harmful to caterpillars BUT takes 3-5 days to work, in which time they can do some serious damage :( Oh well. Needs must.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Herbs Feb 2010
Basil
It's in with the tomatoes but a bit shaded. Next year I'll aim for it around the edge of the bed.
Sage
Flowered massively and then died right back. I've transplanted it into the new herb area as well as one little self sown seedling
Parsley
I sowed seeds but they had very low germination rate. I got more from self seeded in store punnets.
Thyme
Transplanted to new herb area and taking a while to come back
Mint
Planted about 2 months ago. Starting to take off now but being eaten by caterpillars and white fly. Damn pests.
Other
I've got:
Lemon Grass
Oregano
Chives (from punnet as seeds failed to germinate)
It's in with the tomatoes but a bit shaded. Next year I'll aim for it around the edge of the bed.
Sage
Flowered massively and then died right back. I've transplanted it into the new herb area as well as one little self sown seedling
Parsley
I sowed seeds but they had very low germination rate. I got more from self seeded in store punnets.
Thyme
Transplanted to new herb area and taking a while to come back
Mint
Planted about 2 months ago. Starting to take off now but being eaten by caterpillars and white fly. Damn pests.
Other
I've got:
Lemon Grass
Oregano
Chives (from punnet as seeds failed to germinate)
Garlic 2009
Wow! I miss a couple of bulbs last year. They grew this year and I have about 2kgs of beautiful garlic. Without a shadow of a doubt I'm aiming for an annual crop of this especially given it grows over the worst time of the year for growing.
Potatoes Feb 2010
We dug a few potatoes up from under the rose and transplanted them into the vege garden.
Most died but two grew really well. One has died back completely and the other is on it's way. I would dig them up but they are in a bit of an awkward place being almost under the zucchini. I may have to wait until the zucchini dies back.
Potatoes are so easy to grow and expensive so I'm keen to try and plant them in some kind of raised planter next year . It will be interesting to see how many potatoes are dug up.
Most died but two grew really well. One has died back completely and the other is on it's way. I would dig them up but they are in a bit of an awkward place being almost under the zucchini. I may have to wait until the zucchini dies back.
Potatoes are so easy to grow and expensive so I'm keen to try and plant them in some kind of raised planter next year . It will be interesting to see how many potatoes are dug up.
Beets Feb 2010
Silverbeet
Planted from Diggers seed didn't get anywhere but a couple of self seeded ones from last years have grown nicely.
Beetroot
Diggers Heirloom mix. Growing great and some lovely beetroot.
I planted 1 lot in November and another lot in January. The November lot are picking now.
Planted from Diggers seed didn't get anywhere but a couple of self seeded ones from last years have grown nicely.
Beetroot
Diggers Heirloom mix. Growing great and some lovely beetroot.
I planted 1 lot in November and another lot in January. The November lot are picking now.
Lettuce Feb 2010
I've planted HEAPS this year!
Cos punnets from the shop and Baby Cos from Diggers. All of them have done great.
Mesculun mix from Diggers. Also great.
Iceberg punnets also fab.
Buttercrunch. Bolted in the heat and pretty pathetic really. Which is fine because I don't like em anyway.
Cos punnets from the shop and Baby Cos from Diggers. All of them have done great.
Mesculun mix from Diggers. Also great.
Iceberg punnets also fab.
Buttercrunch. Bolted in the heat and pretty pathetic really. Which is fine because I don't like em anyway.
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