A member of the Brassica family grown for leaf salad, left to produce seed for next year.
Needing a bit of spare room so not easy on a small plot. I seed a few varieties of Rocket and Land Cress too.
Posts archive for: 3 June, 2007
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Cucumber
@ 2007-06-03 – 18:59:25
Burpless Cucumber under glass are now starting to climb and produce fruit.
The staging is now free I shall allow one plant full run of the top level and another the bottom. Cucumbers are produced hanging between the slats.
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5 Days on
@ 2007-06-03 – 18:39:51
The wind and rain left the Broad Beans bent, battered and torn.
You would never believe it to see them now.
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Tomatoes
@ 2007-06-03 – 16:11:21
The last tomato picture didn't do justice to the crop. There are actually two trusses set one in full flower and one in bud. Its really just a matter of sitting back and waiting for delicious ripe fruit now.
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Onions
@ 2007-06-03 – 10:47:57
The third of June, is this the anniversary of the Coronation of our Queen then? Or was it yesterday. What has that got to do with Onions?
Just working out how many more days the seed grown Onions have got to grow. Eighteen days it doesn't seem very long.
They are day length plants, while the days are getting longer they grow. After the 21st of June they stop and merely swell. Then they ripen ready to overwinter awaiting next spring when all that stored energy is used to produce seed. If we have not eaten them first of course.
So for now they need all the Nitrogen feed they can get, keeping free of weeds and plenty of sun. Yes I know there are some weeds in the photo, I must see to those.
Later the weeds can even be left to grow a little as they rob nitrogen from the soil and we don't want the Onions to have it. Nitrogen will make them soft and liable to rot. Its Phosphate and Potash the Onions need from the 21st June on. A neat way to change the balance in an organic plot aye.
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