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Don’t forget that if you have 4ft beds against the polytunnel wall you will have to stand on the beds to reach across.
PeteI’ve always been told that curcubits are very promiscuous and will cross pollinate at the slightest chance. If you go onto the Real Seeds website there are instructions on seed saving.
PeteHi Jane
do a ph test, if it is low then add lime. Using compost acts as a buffer so that plants can survive a lower ph.
PeteHi
If you want to save brassica seeds only save one variety a year. Their seeds stay viable for quite a few years so that saving one variety each year means that you can stop cross pollination.
PeteThis is an interesting idea
Pete
pencils are rated on the hardness of the graphite. 5H is hard 5b is soft.
PeteHi Nightgardener
The reason your soil stayed moist was because you had not dug and you mulched. Capillary action brings the water up from lower down in the ground. Where I have mulched the soil under the mulch is moist and I can push my finger into the ground, where I haven’t mulched the soil is dry and hard.
PeteOne of the first items I was told to buy when I started a horticultural course was a 3b pencil. I still have labels from 5 or 6 years ago that are still legible. The other advantage is that a wet thumb rubbed in dust will easily clean the label.
PeteRemember that runner beans are tender perennials in this country. If they can be protected from the roots being frosted they will regrow. Tomatoes are the same.
peteHi Spring
you can still plant your tomatoes. Lay them along the soil and cover the stems with compost. the stems will root and the tips will grow up (don’t cover all the legnth of the stem). You will also get a bonus of stems growing out of the leaf axils.
PeteHi Barbara
Runner beans are tender perennials. In their natural habitat they would grow in the same place.
PeteDid you give them a good soaking first? Quite often they will slide out when wet.
PeteThe reason I do it is that I can set them up if the weather is bad. Also once they are growing away I don’t have to go around putting them back in the ground where they have popped out.
What size pots are they in? I use 9cm pots for most of my plants as I use a bulb planter to make the hole as it is the right size to drop the pot contents into.
PeteLeaf mould is a superb addition to potting composts.