[devonstewParticipant]

Thanks Charles – I had to look up what senescence means!
I’ll keep watering and hope for a few more courgettes

[devonstewParticipant]

Yes wasn’t planned but a bonus – the kale and leaf beets are very thin now…..

Thanks, sounds like we have plenty of time to get through the remainder

[devonstewParticipant]

HI Charles,

Well the savoys are growing slowly, had a couple just for the pleasure, but wondering how long will i have to eat the rest of them – none of my winter cabbages have ever made it this far into spring so I realise I have no idea how long I have til they bolt!
Any idea?

cheers stew

[devonstewParticipant]

Hi Charles

The variety is Marner Grufewi, says it’s very hardy and late. But can harvest in the autumn! Typical seed packet info!
So from that I think they’ll do something worth waiting for. They will very likely make it through the winter and put on growth in Feb.
Thanks

[devonstewParticipant]

Ah ok thanks Charles, I did not know that….I’ll check it out thanks

[devonstewParticipant]

New Horizon, the same for all plants grown this year and everything else has seemingly been fine….don’t even think that the beets were in there overly long either…..maybe a month or five weeks….but each plant has different requirements I assume.
I was looking again today and some transplants have done a little better than others, but none are great and they have been in the ground since 2 July. The drilled ones are looking great btw

thanks

[devonstewParticipant]

Yes I think soil should be fine, only its second year of production – onions the first year and a few autumn salad crops then a good load of manure in the spring.
Could be module compost, but I would have thought that once in the soil they would recover and grow on? Do stressed module plants not always recover?

thanks

[devonstewParticipant]

Just to offer balance – my Charlottes (from Tuckers) all healthy and producing lots of tubers….

Sorry to hear though, Charlotte are yummy, and to lose out on those would be really disappointing!

[devonstewParticipant]

I grew my cucs along the ground last year – marketmore was the variety – and just let them go wild. worked fine, slugs really weren’t interested in them….i’m going to try growing up this year to compare, but I think it may be pointless….!!

[devonstewParticipant]

We just removed our over wintered chard (and perpetual spinach) today as its long since bolted and we’ve pretty much eaten it all now…..but in addition our spring sown leaves are ready to eat now anyway and are far more tender and lovely…
We have two successions – a small one early in spring to eat from now until when ever, as it does have a tendency to bolt through a hot summer, and then later in the summer we will sow a bigger second succession to take us through from autumn to spring. It works well.

[devonstewParticipant]

ok thanks will leave them in and see what comes!

[devonstewParticipant]

Ditto!

[devonstewParticipant]

Sowed my squash today….feeling a bit late so that helps me to relax a bit!

New Horizon seems good this year – all good germination here

[devonstewParticipant]

Pigeons always seem to be an issue until the grain fields get more interesting for them and then they are happy until about mid November….shame really

[devonstewParticipant]

Hi all,

Enjoying the thread….

I have used vetch last two winters after squash/courgettes are out. I follow these with brassicas, so the vetch can have all the spring to thrive – it grows very fast in the heat of April/early May. Cut at the base it doesn’t come back and then I leave on the soil for a few weeks and then clear the dried stems before planting out my brassicas. Seems to work well as it fills a hole with a nitrogen fixer, and I don’t need any extra ground.

Thanks

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