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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: johhnyco15 on July 11, 2015, 12:16:55
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thought it would be fun to take a peak at pics of plots a4a people here is is my 2 this morning looking forward to some great shots of plots
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OK I've just been out with my camera and shot from all angles! not a sunny day here, but then I'm glad as it was 34 yesterday!
The onions are Trébonce onions, a quick growing and very sweet onion. they are so useful and the only ones I grow.
We planted out leek seedlings last night, as the forecast was cool today, get them off to a good start.
The butternut squash patch on the manure heap has been slow to get going, no water and too hot, but the first flowers are beginning to show now.
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Great looking plots thank you for showing them, everything looks amazing :sunny:
I tried to google Trébonce onions, but nothing for them. Are they only local to your area?
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Ah, I misspelt it - Trébons is the name, a small commune near Bagnères de Bigorre in the Haute-Pyrenées. it is a very much sought after onion locally. The small plants are only available March into April in the markets, so it is necessary to snatch them up when you see them. They grow quite quickly and can be used initially as salad onions, and then throughout the summer as cooking onions, but they are mild and sweet. We love them, and they seem to be trouble free.
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great pics lets hope we get some more :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:
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I'm guessing I'm not the only one put to shame by the neatness of those two plots- not feeling inclined to post a pic of mine! :happy7:
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Please please post photos of your plots/veg gardens! Mine is anything but neat normally. But the weather has been so unbearably hot and dry that the weeds that would normally grow like wildfire simply haven't. The earth is concrete and too hard to hoe, nothing is growing except the plants I planted back in May when it was cooler and camp.
It is ALWAYS interesting to see other people's efforts, please show everyone!
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yes post away :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:
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I may only have 4 raised beds, some tubs and fruit trees but they are all flourishing :icon_cheers:
Tricia
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Wow, Tricia, I'd be so so proud it that was my plot, it looks incredible, and so loved and cared for.
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strawberry bed
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Thanks Peanuts - I do the best I can. I'm not very mobile any more, unfortunately, so it takes forever to get the work done - after 20 minutes I have to take a break but I still get so much pleasure out of growing my own fruit and veg I'll carry on as long as I can.
Tricia :wave:
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Excellent piccies Tricia everything looks in its place and well organised.
Gazza
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My garden still needs so much work! My beds look okay but everywhere else is a tip. Weeds, hedge trimmings, bits of pallet wood that I'm going to build planters out of but haven't got round to yet, weeds, pots that need sorting out, weeds, creeping buttercup breaking through weed membrane, fences that need treating, builders' bags full of shreddings waiting to make paths, a temporary compost bin in a big plastic pot, compost bags I haven't decided yet if I want to reuse for something, overgrown hedges, rotting decking that desperately needs replacing, weeds, dead plants that need to be thrown away, and not forgetting of course, weeds. :/
So it would be hard to take photos that don't show horrible ugly neglect.
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Very impressed and inspired by the lovely plots shown :icon_cheers:
Tricia you seem to make the most of your garden, so glad that it helps you to keep gardening :happy7:
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Ah, I misspelt it - Trébons is the name, a small commune near Bagnères de Bigorre in the Haute-Pyrenées. it is a very much sought after onion locally. The small plants are only available March into April in the markets, so it is necessary to snatch them up when you see them. They grow quite quickly and can be used initially as salad onions, and then throughout the summer as cooking onions, but they are mild and sweet. We love them, and they seem to be trouble free.
They look stunning, I just love the shape and wow what a size, you've grown them well. Are seeds ever available, I'd love to try growing some?
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Ah, I misspelt it - Trébons is the name, a small commune near Bagnères de Bigorre in the Haute-Pyrenées. it is a very much sought after onion locally. The small plants are only available March into April in the markets, so it is necessary to snatch them up when you see them. They grow quite quickly and can be used initially as salad onions, and then throughout the summer as cooking onions, but they are mild and sweet. We love them, and they seem to be trouble free.
They look stunning, I just love the shape and wow what a size, you've grown them well. Are seeds ever available, I'd love to try growing some?
That sounds better- have you got your mojo back :glasses9:
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Not quite :drunken_smilie:
But i'm making plans!
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Trica I love your veggie garden, everything looks wonderful and healthy and you're growing so many different things that look so lush it gives it a tropical feel :toothy10:
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Jayb, Looking around on the internet, I don't find any mention of Trébons onion seeds. They are only available here for about four weeks Feb/March in markets as small plants. i've grown them the least two years, as i find them easy, trouble-free, and very useful in the summer, as they are mild, and grown usefully big as the season goes on. I do nothing apart from sticking them in the ground and watching them!
They look stunning, I just love the shape and wow what a size, you've grown them well. Are seeds ever available, I'd love to try growing some?
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Lol, you're making my mouth water with your description. Many thanks for looking too, I had tried to do a search but could't find anything, I wasn't sure if it was not coming up in a search because I'm in the UK or no seeds.
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Squash Plottie, I've planted loads this year, though not much to show at the moment, C. maxima on the left, moschata on the right which are mostly butternuts .
It's my first year planting through plastic membrane/mulch, I'm hoping it works out well if they ever get a move on.
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blackcurrant bed and cut flower bed really need to pick those currants
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Squash Plottie, I've planted loads this year, though not much to show at the moment, C. maxima on the left, moschata on the right which are mostly butternuts .
It's my first year planting through plastic membrane/mulch, I'm hoping it works out well if they ever get a move on.
they look very healthy jayb reckon you ll get a good crop
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this is my squash plot its a jungle out there :icon_cheers:
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Interesting that you plant your squashes in membrane. Mine root all the way along, as they grow, so get moisture etc all along the stem. But surely they can't have that benefit, if on membrane?
Squash Plottie, I've planted loads this year, though not much to show at the moment, C. maxima on the left, moschata on the right which are mostly butternuts .
It's my first year planting through plastic membrane/mulch, I'm hoping it works out well if they ever get a move on.
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cut flower bed is starting to hot up
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Interesting that you plant your squashes in membrane. Mine root all the way along, as they grow, so get moisture etc all along the stem. But surely they can't have that benefit, if on membrane?
Squash Plottie, I've planted loads this year, though not much to show at the moment, C. maxima on the left, moschata on the right which are mostly butternuts .
It's my first year planting through plastic membrane/mulch, I'm hoping it works out well if they ever get a move on.
I know and I'm not sure how it is going to work out, I can see little roots forming but whether they will be able to push through I don't know as the membrane is quite thick. I'm hoping what they lose by not having secondary rooting will be offset by no weeds, moisture retention from the mulch, cleaner fruits and any soil warming benefits. A bit of an experiment for me this year, but on early progress I think one I'll do again next year.
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Squash plot update, they have really taken off though they had a real battering from wind and rain last week.
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Rain!? Hasn't really rained all summer here... Well we had one day a couple of weeks back and a dribble on Tuesday but the soil is sooo dry right now. Having said that I do have some massive Kuri plants. The Walnuts (BNS) still struggling though..