Allotment Diary Mid July Vegetable Plot, Greenhouse & Polytunnel update & 1st Outdoor Potato Harvest
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2015
- The latest update on the veg growing from the allotment, greenhouse, and polytunnel.
In the Greenhouse the Tomatoes, Chillies, Cucumbers & Peppers are growing well and forming plenty of fruit and almost ready to start harvesting.
Up at the allotment the cabbages are growing really quickly considering they are a later maturing Savoy type and a red variety.
The peas are almost ready to pick with the odd pod now full.
The lettuce are growing way too fast to eat them all and I'm going to have to start giving some away.
The garlic is doing OK but is slow to bulb so I'm feeding with some high potash fertilizer to help make the bulbs a bit bigger.
The giant marrows are growing well but the risk of gale force winds this weekend is a bit worrying as I'm not sure they'll survive.
The onions are doing OK and the remaining ones that didb't go to seed seem to be bulbing up now.
In the polytunnel the courgettes and beans are growing like mad now and are being harvested frequently.
The giant onion is still growing albeit slowly, fingers crossed it grows for another month or so.
Harvested the first of the outdoor container grown potatoes and was surprised at the amount I got.
That's about it folks..
Happy Gardening.
Plot and greenhouse looking good.
Wanted to thank you for the advice you gave me about growing potatoes on another one of your videos. I harvested my potatoes yesterday, grew them in pots and managed to get 2.5 pounds. Really happy with them. ThankYou
Oliver Southworth Good stuff.Cheers, Dan.
I love your 'pet' onion.... you look after it like a child.... I hope it grows to your expectations. Peter was asking for your help on his blog... his onions aren't big enough for his show but they look great to me. Best of luck with the weather.... gorgeous part of the Country.. Was up in York on Tuesday.
grumpy poo What's the address of his Blog ?I'll have a look.Cheers, Dan.
Great update Dan, impressive haul with the potatoes & if I were you i'd get the sheep back in that field : )
Regards Joan
Mrs Doyles Garden Trouble is they'd eat the trees too.It'll be right once the trees grow and shade out the grass.Cheers, Dan.
Thanks for the wander mate. Patch looks great.
Cheers.
RobBobs Backyard Farming Things slowly coming to after a cold start.Cheers, Dan.
***** Think it's moved on to us :-/
Not even going to hit 20°C today, Brrrrrrrrr
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Looking good - monster tomato plants which will hopefully produce a great crop for you. Enjoy the harvest :)
Looking great Dan - you give us all something to aim for.. ;-). Mossy
MrMossyMc Don't be daft boss, what you produce from your tiny area is amazing.Cheers, Dan.
Thanks Dan!
Great update! Loved the onions, especially the giant one. The potato harvest is amazing! Thanks for sharing!!
I want to have my own garden like this..... you have a gift of growing produce! Thank you sharing! One day I'll grow my own vegetables and fruits!
As usual a good show but I must tell you about our local show. As you know I have followed you with the potatoes this year did all as you advised, only ended up with third prize with Kestrel. Thanks Dan for the tips.
Keep growing, Mike B
Another great watchable video, no reply needed!
Just keep them coming!
Good luck in the show! Low number of entries at Keighley today. I should have made an effort to enter.
I sure hope those winds fizzle out before they reach you. Your garden looks wonderful and it would be terrible for you to lose anything. Amazing what a good potato harvest you got for them being so early.
Nice one Dan looking good as always buddy 👍 I got flowers on my Jalapeno and sweet pointed peppers and loads of tomatoes but no ripe yet, and also two courgettes and a cucumber so far..
Bulldog BadgerPlenty of time yet for everything to fruit up and grow,We may have an Indian Summer and stuff growing into October yet.Not holding my breath though.Cheers, Dan.
Great vid Dan! We got 3.768lbs for two seed potatoes, home guard I think. Best harvest so far x
amandanectar Sounds like a great haul.It's the fact that you eat what you grow that's the main thing .Cheers, Dan.
hi dan, what a lovely crop of spuds, having seen yours I tipped one of mine out today and got just over 2lbs ,after the wife stopped laughing she said why don't you dig those ones you dumped in the compost heap out as I had about 8 split and soft ones over in april and just left them to grow in the far corner of the heap,well this time she nearly wet herself as I kept pulling out loads of spuds,in total just over 10lbs,i think next year I will dump everything in the compost heap and hope for the best, cheers john
johnny carey It's amazing how the small ones keep growing if you can get them to root again.Cheers, Dan.
Great video. Everything looks good. Maureen formally from Peterborough now in Hot Las Vegas
pborgal Not doing too bad after a cold start this year, Cheers, Dan.
Nice Substantial looking Plants. You should have a good harvest.
Patrick Meehan Not too bad after a slow start.Cheers, Dan.
Good veg, and patatoes ,
As ever Dan, you show us how it can be done and what we should be aiming for. I am further south and my peas garlic and onions came along quicker but still not to the standard you have. I do listen to everything you say and am trying to gradually build up my soil so I am hopeful that one day when I have all the infrastructure in place that I will get some beauties like you. Fingers crossed eh. Many thanks Dan, and all the best.
Lovely video potato yield was great May try those cucumbers next year what was the variety please Dan Now i know it was you and that crafty Ian Knockton that was down in the corner of Ann Summers giggling away cant miss that giggle of Ian's LOL Have a great weekend Dan Hope the weather dont get that bad for Ya Pam
Everything looks GREAT! Reflects well on your 'green thumb'!!
auntnut2011 Cheers, Dan.
The garden is looking great! Wow, that is a huge onion. I hope you get one at 10 lbs this year.
Thanks for sharing. That was a great potato harvest. Your garden is coming along nicely. God Bless and take care. Hope the wind misses you or is not severe.
Brilliant vid as always. Love your natural commentary and Yorkshire lingo. Not so much different from us in Lancs. not looking forward to winds if they come as you say. I'm on my 4th attempt green beans and they're hardly in flower yet and only 5ft tall. Winds will kill em off! My indoor cuke got flowers and no cucumbers yet! Chillies great and harvesting my outdoor bush toms already, indoor ones nowhere near ready. keep an eye on turnips. Mine are super quick. Seed to table in under a month! Don't ask me how and leaves huge! Hot here around teatime about 25* only 10-12 overnight. My 2 cabbage I planted a month ago as 2" seedlings are now ft long sprout plants! Packet obviously wrong!
Marina Wilson It's been a weird year this year, late stuff maturing early and early stuff not growing.I suppose that's the fun of it all.Cheers, Dan.
awesome update thank you for sharing
Linda Penney Cheers, Dan.
lovely potatoes cant wait to see how my potatoes come up
Hi Dan. Top video of the plot and missed your tour around. Seems everything's flying now after a shite start. Put some Miracle Grow in the King Eddies as suggested, and bugger me sideways! Flying along now and new green shoots popping up.. Cheers for that. Can't believe the yield you got from the Charlotte, We'll be planting some out for Christmas and...We're both plugging for you to get that 10lb Onion :'-) Takes Care, Andy & Karen.
Little Garden Diary I was surprised at the yield for such a short time, must be the Spuds Galore Fert maybe.Gonna buy a big sack next year to make it cheaper.Onion probably won't go to 10 but if not next year I'll have a proper do at it and grow loads myself and it will happen....maybe.Cheers, Dan.
***** Hi Dan. The Spuds Galore seems to have worked great guns. Didn't purchase it until after planting out the Pentlan Javelins and the difference in growth (With the Main Crop!) is astonishing! hahahaha. One of the many things I've learnt from you Dan is you are tenacious, and you 'will' get that 10 pounder :'-) Cheers and Takes Care, Andy & Karen.
great vid, thanks for sharing
Proper allotment video, looking great Dan, the field with the trees looks good, be a spinney soon.
garryentropy Was hoping for a forest but the bloody field voles ring barked half the trees and they died.
Gonna do a Field Vole Stamping Upon Video soon, little b+stards !
plastic sheaths for the trunks?
bit late now though
garryentropy They all have plastic tree guards but they burrowed underneath and made a nest at the bottom and ate all the bark.Little sods !!
another enjoable round up Dan.Cant wait to see what that giant carrot looks like.
Have our local show 1st august then next village show a fortnight later, and was after some advice. wondering will carrots last that long between shows without to much deterioration and best way to look after them
cheers
Martin
Awesome crops Dan. Well done :)
Steve T-J Cheers, Dan.
And I love you too, Dan!
Love, Charlotte ;)
***** I just love Charlottes me ...Cheers, Dan.
Looks great. Makes me want to dump out my potatoes and see what I have, but i got them in late so i will go until fall. Hope your onion goes past 10 pounds. lol
chris fry Cheers, Dan.
We've had our first cucumber this year too. They must like the rubbish compost because everything else is struggling
Your Charlotte's look good hope mine turn out as well. There just seems to have been so many set backs this year that I am not sure what I will end up with. Everyone seems to be in the same boat. I thought I'd try Solent White garlic this year. I live in Manchester so we have pretty much the same conditions (except we get more rain probably). I saw your results and thought I'd give it a go. I started them in autumn and they were going well. Then they all grew scapes. I contacted T&M who I purchased from and they're sorry but they must have sent the wrong ones here's a £10 voucher. Now I have a load of hardneck garlic that won't keep and I don't even know what sort.
loominL Hardneck Garlic will keep for quite a long time so don't worry.Softneck garlic will still send out scapes sometimes so just cut them off and you may have had softneck all along plus a free £10.Cheers, Dan.
Your john's long cayannes are looking great mine are about a foot and a half already (shocking) all my onions bolted :( early accept the walla walla's (sweet onions are huge) my carrots I started before you but yours are way bigger than mine! Atlantic giant pumpkin plants are a monstrous mess and I have a couple 3' pumpkin's already :)
MrTheSack It's been a strange year this time , nothing seems to know what's going on.Cheers, Dan.
Hi Dan thanks for another cracking video I do look forward to your "round ups" is there any chance you can take a measure of your show onions please I'm just curious to see how big they are compared to mine in Newcastle
Many thanks Gary
gary cooper My onion is now 22.75" so no massive but OK.Cheers, Dan.
That is one big onion, I think there's a lot of growing time left so barring disaster, its got to be a 10 pounder. I can't see any blight on the potatoes yet but these days it seems to be a sure thing every year. 10 years ago it was 1 in 3 years. I think it's evolved. At least the Sarpos will be ok.
catscats50 That's why I just grow mainly Sarpos nowadays.I know what you mean, 10 years ago I had King Eddies, Sante etc growing until October and getting massive Bakers but now if we get past August we're lucky, and what's the point of a tiny King Eddy.Onion wil be 9 lb 15.. just wait and see.Cheers, Dan.
***** one day (shanks fists) I will master your carrot and onion skills! :P
Spuds did great mate I have everything crossed for the 10 pound onion. Not sure about them pickling cucumbers ;-)
Southpaw Davey It'll probably be another 9 pounder knowing my luck but we'll see.Sick to death of the pickling cucs, you can only eat so much Greek Salad.I'm sh+tting like a horse at the moment with all this veg.Cheers, Dan.
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That is one hell of a onion you've got there Dan....How do you tape measure to get you size for the shows ?
Hi Dan, after a shaky start with the weather, things look to be perking up. A nice haul of spuds you got there. During your reveal you could give us a talk about tups, wethers, gimmers, hogs, yows, etc LOL!!!!. Do you speak Swardle????
I like the look of those Ox-horn peppers, where did you get those from?
Do you put any potatoes in for christmas? I was thinking of trying some Charlotte and Maris Peer.
Cheers..........Nigel
I'm new to growing my own veg and wondering how you make your polytunnel and your tunnel for you cabbages and what did you use on them
Hello Dan what's the name of the giant tomatoes your growing.
Buddy you amaze me. I was happy to get 1.25 pounds of `taters per seed. Two quick questions if I can. Is it too late to get in a crop of Alderman peas? And number two...I want to try for some Christmas Potatoes this year. Do you think I'd be alright planting those seed sometime around 15 Sept.?
Thanks for the update.
R W Glavin Not sure how long Alderman take to mature, but they are a tall variety so probably longer than most.All I can say is give it a try and maybe sow some faster dwarf varieties too just in case.As for spuds it all depends on when your frosts are, I'd sow earlier and leave the spuds in the pots if you get frost.Cheers, Dan.
How did the "Potato Magic" perform? Will you use it again?
hi mate can you tell me where you get your buckets for the spuds please?
A cucumber that big called femspot, have you been shopping in Anne Summers ??!!!
Ian Knockton Now Ian , you know I haven't been shopping at Ann Summers after the last time when you told me to go and ask for some F1 Strapon Black Mamba Courgette seed grown by John Holmes.........Cheers, Dan.
Fab vid (as always). Question though, how do you water your greenhouse produce if you don't visit for weeks at a time, some kind of irrigation system I've missed seeing?
Also, no Basket of Fire this year?
Liz Wanden I'm in the greenhouse and up at the plot every evening so It's all taken care of.Cheers, Dan.
when did you plant your garlic?
Hi what do you feed your tomatoes and chillies?
what kind of cucumbers are those?
How heavily do you water the potatoes in pots ? I want to give it a try next year.
heyrocknroll I just water them when they need it maybe a gallon a day in hot weather, It all depends on the weather.Cheers, Dan.
Is this just one kale plant?
Mallika Kamat There are 3 in there.Cheers, Dan.