Allotment Picture update (lots of images)

[sandersj89]

Managed to take some pictures this morning while having a break from sorting a few things out.

Brassica nursery bed as I have club root and raise them all in pots, these are being planted out over the next week or 2



Pinks and Freesias for cutting, the Pink is to be named after Mum and my father hopes to have it available commercially in a few years time, the nursery have given me some to see how they go on my heavy soil!


Plastic greenhouse stuffed with toms and a lone cucumber.



Aubergines, get moved into the greenhouse every evening to keep snug.


Tumbler toms just a day or two away from picking but the plants do not look great. Covered in toms though.



Patch one of sweet corn, these are swift. Butternut Squash to one side.



Peas now ready and starting to pick.



Outdoor toms, various varieties, Ferlinem Sungold, San Marzona, Gardeners Delight, Marmande



Very rusty garlic, will have to how effected by white rot they are……



Carrots under fleece and the parsnip bed.



Runners and Barllotti Beans.



More sweet corn, Northerm Eraly Extra Sweet



Courgette rush about to start


Sunflowers for cutting



Cauliflowers, small but perfectly formed, these are all year round sown last autumn.



Cabbage, Trixie, under mesh and broad beans in the background, busy picking them.



Spud field, Ratte, Aran Victory, Kestrel, Marfona, Mimi and foremost.



Asters, Rudbeckia and Echinacia for cutting between peas and toms



Really pleased with 4 seasons lettuce, this is from a packet of seed bought 3 years ago and they are still going great guns.



At the moment most things look OK and we are eating well, could go with a drop of rain though!

[sandersj89]

[markyb23]

Good stuff Jerry.Thanks for showing your crops to us.
Hope you dont mind,just want to ask a couple of quick questions.
1. Can I still sow All Year Round cauliflower and get a crop this year?

2. How do you start your lettuces off?-direct, one per module/pot  etc.
 
  Just thought I'd ask as your crops look so good.
     Cheers-Marky. :)

[tim]

Not bad for a young'un!!

[busy_lizzie]

Jerry, so impressive! What fantastic crops you have!  So organised and  productive. Congratulations, absolutley brilliant!  :)  busy_lizzie

[Mrs Ava]

So Jerry, where do you hide the weeds?  ;)

Fantastic!  Very jealous of your toms....I am weeks away from picking any.  Same with courgettes!

What are the brassicas that you will be planting out?

[Hyacinth]

Gobsmacked! All so lush and so much more forward than any of mine. Beautiful crop(s) and thanks for sharing.

[sandersj89]

Good stuff Jerry.Thanks for showing your crops to us.
Hope you dont mind,just want to ask a couple of quick questions.
1. Can I still sow All Year Round cauliflower and get a crop this year?

2. How do you start your lettuces off?-direct, one per module/pot  etc.
 
  Just thought I'd ask as your crops look so good.
     Cheers-Marky. :)

Not at all.

Re the cauli, yes, sort off, if you sow now you will get a spring crop, bit late for an autumn crop now. I will be sowing some in the next 2 or 3 weeks.

Lettuce I start in modules, 2 seed to a module and remove the weaker. They plant out far better that way as they have no root disturbance and are less prone to bolt.

Thanks

Jerry

[sandersj89]

So Jerry, where do you hide the weeds?  ;)

Fantastic!  Very jealous of your toms....I am weeks away from picking any.  Same with courgettes!

What are the brassicas that you will be planting out?

Ha, one picture there spurred me on with the hoe later when I saw how weedy it looked!!!!

The brassicas are a mix of things, cauli, sprouts, cabbage, kales, 2 or 3 types of most.

Thanks

Jerry

[windygale]

Hi Jerry, well done to you, i think ill give up the RHS course, and come and take some lessions from you, is you caravan free  :'( ::) ;)
keep up the good work, and place more picture on here
windy

[markyb23]

Thanks Very Much for the info Jerry.I will start some All Year Round Cauliflowers soon.I sowed some  Marvel Of The Four Seasons Lettuce in individual mini-pots a few days ago.It's probably my favourite lettuce.I've done ok with Sangria, but they are nearly finished now.
  I will try and get my finger out and have a go at posting some pictures soon.
   Thanks again-Marky. :)

[mc55]

Jerry, beautiful plot, it looks as if it gets a lot of attention.

[Robert_Brenchley]

What size pots are the aubs in? How are your outdoor toms getting on? Some of mine have set the first truss, but other varieties haven't.

[flossie]

Amazing - so productive and tidy.  How much time does it take each week?

[sandersj89]

What size pots are the aubs in? How are your outdoor toms getting on? Some of mine have set the first truss, but other varieties haven't.

Sorry for the delay in replying!

Outdoor toms are doing fine, I am picking Tumbler now and Sungold, another cherry will be ready come the middle of this week.

I am about to pinch out the tip of Ferline, 4 trusses set nand one to go. Marmande and San Marzona and doing their usual sprawl mall over the place. And gardeners delight looks like it will be a nice crop.

Fingers crossed for all of those!

The Aubs are in 16" to 18" pots. Now flowering.

Jerry

[sandersj89]

Amazing - so productive and tidy.  How much time does it take each week?

Hard to say as it varies lots though the year, but average out at about 3 hours a week or so through the year. At the moment it is about an hour a day in the week and 2 or 3 a day at the weekend. I was up at 5am yesterday to avoid the heat!

Jerry

[Hyacinth]

Thanks for the info about Ferline, Jerry. I'm growing this for the 1st time and it's streets ahead of all the other outdoor toms. Will count to 4 and pinch out. :)

[sandersj89]

Thanks for the info about Ferline, Jerry. I'm growing this for the 1st time and it's streets ahead of all the other outdoor toms. Will count to 4 and pinch out. :)

Hang on a tick, I said 4 trusses set and one to go, so count to 5!!

Others may do more but that worked very well last year and I was still picking in october!

Jerry