Slugs, tree roots, summer fruiting vegetables and new plantings

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  • @TheEnglishladyskitchengarden
    @TheEnglishladyskitchengarden 2 місяці тому +8

    Slugs have been the bane of my life this year

  • @marianneeckertjensen4723
    @marianneeckertjensen4723 2 місяці тому +12

    Slugs and snails - also an issue here (Denmark). I found two natural ways to keep the number down: 1) Invite a hedgehog, it will be delighted.. Place a small bowl of water for the the birds and hedgies, and sometimes a little house for the hedgies helps. 2) I tried to place small brances from our large juniperbushes around my kale plants, and as I expected the slugs don't like the smelly and prickely things. And besides that I go out late in the evening with a torch and remove the 2-3 slugs that are still around. :D

  • @beaearth9273
    @beaearth9273 Місяць тому

    Great filming! Thank you so much for sharing your experiances.

  • @lksf9820
    @lksf9820 2 місяці тому +5

    Cabbage white flies past the cabbages, right on cue 😅

  • @annescott6137
    @annescott6137 Місяць тому +1

    No rain for five weeks wow your lucky here in scotland we have had rain nearly everyday this summer and hardly any sunshine tomatoes are still all grean some just have a small blush seed a terrible year still waiting for summer usually can't keep up with corgetts this year the slugs are eating them before they are even ready follage has bean brown all year hopefully next year is better

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  Місяць тому

      That sounds terrible Anne. I hope that autumn is better at least

  • @craigmetcalfe1749
    @craigmetcalfe1749 2 місяці тому +3

    Hey Charles! It takes a real leader to reach back and help other gardeners by not only joining you in the journey but to point out what missteps to avoid. As an Aussie, I always defer to beetroot. We pickle it and add it to our burgers. Cheers!

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому

      Thank you, Craig, that's nice. And you've got me thinking about beetroot, another use for it!

  • @elinoreastwood3062
    @elinoreastwood3062 2 місяці тому +3

    Thanks Charles, your simple advice to have a plan but not be too stuck to it and to have plenty of plants in reserve has really upped my game this season

  • @krazedvintagemodel
    @krazedvintagemodel 2 місяці тому +4

    Thank you Charles! May you continue to be Blessed with abundance 🌻🌱🐈‍⬛

  • @maryrogers5269
    @maryrogers5269 2 місяці тому +3

    sprinkle sand around small broccoli plants..I learned after 4th planting this year

  • @Endurelac1995
    @Endurelac1995 2 місяці тому +2

    You know what would be super cool on those flower b roll shots? A flower species / variety name. Some are so striking.

  • @stokrotnie7
    @stokrotnie7 2 місяці тому +2

    Regarding the slugs problem: Sprinkling a fair layer of cinnamon around plants have worked for me. It hasn’t been very rainy lately but if I’m right the rain/wet soil does not interfere with the cinnamon… I do recommend! :)

  • @samanthahoos9827
    @samanthahoos9827 2 місяці тому

    ❤ Thank you! I ran outside between watching to peel garlic and pick basil for sourdough flatbread and linguine tonight. It feels amazing to eat fresh from my own gardens! 😊 Herbs took over in many places this summer so I need to pull out a spade and chop them back to find beds again. Hopefully the plants I cut in half will come back in their new homes across the property allowing me space to get more garlic in this autumn. I’ve been using it daily thinking I had plenty, but wow I really am going through it! 😂

  • @carvalhofarmgoa4050
    @carvalhofarmgoa4050 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice

  • @racheltree7533
    @racheltree7533 2 місяці тому +1

    I really suffered a lot of losses due to the march of the molluscs in my small, sheltered garden veg patch, the greenery sprung up too much shade over the greenhouse. I took the losses on the nose & used my back up plants & planted patio cucumbers, kept a lot of things off the ground & planted my french beans in troughs. Also made use of copper tape to save my speciality sweet peas- one called Daphne Lavender I sowed in honour of my late Mum, Daphne. So chuffed they bloomed & not one mollusc attack! ! My Mum's mantra was "Nature wins....always remember that! " I nearly threw the towel in with my outdoor tomatoes I thought they were no good - then suddenly yesterday they started to turn red - so happy I didn't give up! 2024 been a big learning exercise! Every year is different as a new gardener of 2020. Thank you, Charles, for your inspired videos- they really cheer me up!

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      Nice to hear Rachel!! And your mum was right, so if we can cooperate, we win too :)

  • @christinewilliams1294
    @christinewilliams1294 2 місяці тому +2

    Hello I have found putting tsp yeast a tsp sugar and Litre of tepid water mix it all up and put in tubs with a few holes , Put a lid on them and place in your cabbage patch. The following morning you will find full of slugs. I’ve done it for 1 week and caught about 60 slugs , I could not believe how effective this is , please try this method you will be amazed.

  • @user-te7zz8mv3x
    @user-te7zz8mv3x 2 місяці тому +2

    thanks for the tips, in particular:
    - tree roots stealing water from your veg
    - leaving cucumbers to grow closer to the warmer ground.

  • @ashc9437
    @ashc9437 2 місяці тому +2

    Lost my outdoor Sungold tomatoes to blight last week, here in Kent UK. Last year was ok in the same spot.

  • @marking-time-gardens
    @marking-time-gardens 2 місяці тому +2

    I always learn something new with each video... very much appreciated! Blessings on your growing season kind sir!🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕

  • @dosquats
    @dosquats 2 місяці тому +9

    Thanks CD. I really appreciate the small garden videos!!
    Also it's reassuring seeing you combat these common issues too. Garden looking good 👍

  • @cgohier2000
    @cgohier2000 2 місяці тому +1

    What a strange garden season here in France too! Jungle tomato trees and a few fruit, and loads of tomatoes in the most unlikely spot: the gravel parking lot! Burgundy snails, huge...and brassica not spewing fruit..Nature was playing jokes with us this year!

  • @carvalhofarmgoa4050
    @carvalhofarmgoa4050 2 місяці тому +1

    Good 😊😊😊😊😊

  • @renatamcstay
    @renatamcstay 2 дні тому

    Great ideas come to mind from your advice thank you! Will make our companion planting come together more. Spring here, very wet, hot days cold nights. Winter crops bolting but progress and abundance! Early tomatoes at 10cm. Potatoes are in and garlics are doing well!

  • @theresabisson1040
    @theresabisson1040 2 місяці тому +9

    Thank you Charles - while it's lovely to see your amazing market garden, this is so useful and heartening for those of us who have small veg garden spaces and allotments. My allotment is next to a wood, on a windy slope and surrounded by some neglected plots, so faces lots of the challenges you describe... Please keep encouraging us despite the problems of real life growing!

  • @questchain1115
    @questchain1115 2 місяці тому +23

    Finally a full video. Slugs were terrible this year around. Greetings from Germany!

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +9

      Oh dear.
      I'm publishing more full videos now than two years ago for example. You could always turn off notifications if you don't want to hear about the shorts, but they're a great way to get information to people who might not find the long form.

    • @bethciaccio3450
      @bethciaccio3450 2 місяці тому +5

      How terrible, all this free helpful content and occasionally it's slightly longer between full length videos.
      Thank you Charles we really appreciate this and all your other content 😊

  • @mojonojo3
    @mojonojo3 2 місяці тому +1

    Looking forward to seeing you next Sunday on the 1st of September.

  • @brendagamba7826
    @brendagamba7826 2 місяці тому +2

    Good morning from a granny here in Cape Town.

  • @thenextpoetician6328
    @thenextpoetician6328 2 місяці тому +3

    From now on, I'll be interplanting onion and garlic next to anything leafy. I've started using wool to control slugs and snails for strawberries with impressive early results, and tomatoes when more wool gets delivered free. I'll plant more flowers, and on that subject, I watched an excellent presentation explaining why marigolds are not at all as effective as people think, except specific use cases.

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      The marigolds are doing a great job here, and it depends what is meant by effective! In my garden, they are effective at lifting my spirits, providing ground cover under tall plants, like tomatoes, and generally giving the balance of flowers, compared to leafy plants, which I feel ensures greater health and productivity.

  • @whileriding
    @whileriding 2 місяці тому +2

    Small garden no dig would be a fantastic book topic

  • @daisyw.7080
    @daisyw.7080 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you Charles for the encouragement. I somehow seem to be overwhelmed every year in the summer. This year it’s been incredibly hard in Holland. Lots of slugs, lot of rain, tomatoes rotting on my outdoor plants because of the chemtrails, my polytunnel tomatoes seem to be doing fine but because it was so cold they struggle to ripen. It’s been a hard year!

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      Oooh! Sorry to hear that Daisy and can one say that it might only improve?!

  • @annesimms7356
    @annesimms7356 2 місяці тому +1

    This video was chock-a-block full of great advice! Thank you! 😊😊

  • @davidbrevans5533
    @davidbrevans5533 2 місяці тому +2

    Nice to see a true garden with its troubles

  • @johnmorgan5495
    @johnmorgan5495 2 місяці тому +1

    Always great videos X

  • @lyndaturner6686
    @lyndaturner6686 2 місяці тому +3

    I do love the small garden videos, it’s so much more reflective of my garden, I have raised beds though as the ground was poor. But I have a banking dividing my garden from the farmers field , I have never seen so many slugs , I have put beer traps down and they are full every day , also I have large trees so variable amounts of shade , this year the beans were slow initially but now I’m picking all the time and the rain is suiting my leeks , I’m in Cornwall and we’ve had so much rain , grey cloudy skies but humid so it’s the most challenging year but there have been wins , so we have to embrace them and hope next year will be better, but it’s your small garden that gives me the will to carry on , it reminds me I’m not alone.❤️

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +2

      Thankyou! And I admire you for growing on in those conditions, and am happy you do, we all need the food and the sanity!

  • @sunitashastry5270
    @sunitashastry5270 2 місяці тому +1

    Yes the challenges are many. But the fruit of the labor is oh so sweet.Already harvesting tomatoes, courgettes as you call them, potatoes, a few peas, and herbs. So looking forward to eggplants, peppers, beans, more potatoes and the endless tomatoes and apples. Th k you for all your insights and advice.

  • @timflatus
    @timflatus 2 місяці тому +2

    As ever, your small garden proves the most reliable guide for me, you answered most of my questions. I'm struggling to keep the ground covered, which is to do with germination problems, so I need to consider my seed medium and strategy. I'm probably just going to get some flowers started now. That said, I'm getting plentiful harvests from my first year of full production in my new garden, which is feeding me and my friends and looks set to continue for the foreseeable! Hatfuls, capfuls, big bushel bagfuls, little heaps under the stairs - Hip hip, Hooray!

  • @stevendowden2579
    @stevendowden2579 2 місяці тому +2

    nice video charles ive got lots of slugs even in the greenhouse this year

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      😮 oh dear. Water less often Steven, to have dry surfaces at least

  • @juliehartley3652
    @juliehartley3652 2 місяці тому +2

    Great video. Lots of good advice and it's lovely to see such a positive attitude to gardening. Your small garden is looking very productive. 😊

  • @Purplexed14
    @Purplexed14 2 місяці тому

    Very interesting on the long-stemming. I've found the same thing with my polytunnel tomatoes! Boisterous foliage, small height and with a few plants giving very small fruit (cherry variety).
    I'm actually going to revert to outdoor tomatoes next year. I got much better outdoor harvests and general plant health from being outdoors in 2023.
    Thank you for more tips and techniques!

  • @WiltshireVeggies
    @WiltshireVeggies 2 місяці тому +2

    Love the small garden videos! ❤ That last tip about saving/keeping back transplants is soooo important for keeping the growing space full and productive!

  • @brendagamba7826
    @brendagamba7826 2 місяці тому +4

    Slugs n snails are savages 😂

  • @9172Nee
    @9172Nee 2 місяці тому +4

    Dear Charles, thank you for the encouraging video.
    To be flexible seams one of the key attitudes I learned this time 😊
    I've gone a bit grazy on Tomatoes this year have about 17 plants planted them everywhere. Some next to the plum tree and other not so suitable places and have earned already over 10 kg. The slugs and snails dont like them as much. On other things I've given up and now try again with something else, thanks to your advice

  • @LinhsBonsai-j3f
    @LinhsBonsai-j3f 2 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful plants and flowers. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @southernhemispheregal
    @southernhemispheregal Місяць тому

    Over winter and now early spring here in NZ I've also had to deal with slugs and snails. Just hoping our summer is dry and we get some relief! I've just had to compost 5 cauli heads...cut into them and some small slugs were lodged inside. I usually have a MUCH stronger stomach but for some reason today I just couldn't bear the thought of them leaving their slime all over my food. Will be taking all your tips Charles and any others I can find!

  • @insidethegardenwall22
    @insidethegardenwall22 2 місяці тому +1

    Lots of information! Many thanks, especially about decisions making In adverse conditions.

  • @andreahorsch286
    @andreahorsch286 2 місяці тому +2

    Unripe tomatoes can go in your salsa verde with all your tomatillos right before the first frost

  • @davidmundy-ig1nb
    @davidmundy-ig1nb 2 місяці тому +1

    Excellent, sir! Lots of useful information and tips! Many thanks!

  • @Bgraytful
    @Bgraytful 2 місяці тому +4

    I’m in an urban setting but still we have a resident possum or raccoon. Which ever it seems to patrol for slugs and snails. This chitter and I have worked out a truce because he/she often dig up new plantings in its hunt. Still I’m grateful to have few snails or large slugs so I just replant and then protect the plants for a while with pieces of chicken wire or wire baskets.

  • @dorotaguziak8838
    @dorotaguziak8838 2 місяці тому

    nigdzie nie mogę kupić tej pięknej czerwonej sałaty. Bardzo ładnie to wszystko wygląda. Gratuluje

  • @thecsslife
    @thecsslife Місяць тому +1

    The young leaves of squash and courgettes are also edible, they taste sweet, not bitter and are very nutritious

  • @lytieuanh1993
    @lytieuanh1993 2 місяці тому

    Garden looking good ❤

  • @Maria-maduixa
    @Maria-maduixa 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank's Mr Dowding for the encouraging. Sometimes after doing a big effort planting the crops, we don't succed.
    We need this kind of support and guiding for start again with excitement🎉👍🏻

  • @nineteenninetyfive
    @nineteenninetyfive 2 місяці тому +1

    The beginning of the season was miserable this year but now it's not too bad. It's all part of gardening but also a lesson for the future. I appreciate you sharing the failures as well your successes.

  • @clairegillies
    @clairegillies 2 місяці тому +2

    very cool and very wet in central scotland, never ending slugs, using nematodes, hand collection and beer traps... still they come....

    • @angelamcghee4489
      @angelamcghee4489 2 місяці тому +2

      @@clairegillies all of the above for me too in South Glasgow😅

    • @Sky-Child
      @Sky-Child 2 місяці тому +3

      And us on the east coast (Dundee)! How can it be too wet and cold but ALSO too hot and dry?!

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      I do not envy your 2024 weather, hope it improves

  • @RobertKillington
    @RobertKillington 2 місяці тому +4

    It's been a good year for slugs and snails, and not so great for the gardeners. I don't need to go out early to find the slugs. I find them crawling around the garden and over the cabbage. I've left the cabbages in place as a sacrifice to save other things.

  • @lucybeevor9148
    @lucybeevor9148 2 місяці тому

    Thank you. Another great video, very useful info :)

  • @jean-pierregesquiere533
    @jean-pierregesquiere533 2 місяці тому

    Hello Charles,
    Je confirme cette année est vraiment une année spéciale !
    Avec cette pluie que l'on a eu de l'automne jusqu'à tard dans le printemps et cette chaleur qui a mis du temps à venir,nos légumes ont eu du mal à démarrer 👍
    Je le vois rien qu'aux courgettes, l'année dernière aux même dates j'avais pratiquement le double de kilogrammes 😲
    Et que dire de mes tomates en extérieur,elles ont mis aussi du temps à grandir et une fois qu'elles se sont bien développées,la pluie est venue les contrarier et le mildiou s'était gentiment invité 😡
    Ceci dit la chaleur s'est installée depuis et j'ai pu quand récolter une bonne partie et prélever ainsi des graines pour les années futures car c'était des nouvelles variétés 😉
    Je suis en Vendée chez mon fils,la belle fille zt mes 2 petites filles pendant 1 semaine 🌞
    Bonne semaine
    Pépé JP de ch'nord de la France 😁

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for writing JP, this is all fascinating, to make the comparisons. You are warmer than here, but that's really the only difference I feel!

  • @smas3256
    @smas3256 2 місяці тому +4

    Weather has been reeking havoc here. I'm still learning. What used to be conventional wisdom isn't wisdom at all. Looking forward to transplanting Brussel sprouts and picking more of our Kennebec potatoes, tomatoes, string beans. We had no idea how hard and firm potatoes are supposed to be. Delicious. Thank you for all the encouragement you give us.

    • @lksf9820
      @lksf9820 2 місяці тому +3

      You mean wreaking havoc, trust me.

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      😂 brilliant!

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +2

      Main thing is you're doing pretty well considering the weather!

    • @smas3256
      @smas3256 2 місяці тому +2

      @@lksf9820 It stinks and sucks.

    • @smas3256
      @smas3256 2 місяці тому +2

      @@CharlesDowding1nodig I forgot in list. Carmen peppers in buckets. Chard from spring planting.

  • @videovideo166
    @videovideo166 2 місяці тому

    excelente!

  • @li1741
    @li1741 2 місяці тому

    I agree wooden edges and habitat around beds can increase places to hide. We've used oats in the garden and they have gone for them instead of plants really helped with slug attacks actually grew my first decent broccoli because of this method. ☺️

  • @capeeddy
    @capeeddy 2 місяці тому

    In North Carolina, USA, I've been struggling with slugs, snails, squash bugs, and powdery mildew. We had 8 weeks with no rain, and during that time there were no problems. Then the excessive rain started and with it came the aforementioned problems. I'm looking forward to planting the autumn plants soon.

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      It's fascinating how we need rain, but too much rain, meaning little sunshine, is so bad!

  • @__Shellspace__
    @__Shellspace__ 2 місяці тому +1

    i had the same with all my caulis , two varietys so your not the only one , i did gat a few broccoli but only just before the moths hatched on them so hope fully i cleared them , just beans and lettuce in there atm till i put out the brassicas next 3 or 4 weeks i think x

  • @davidcampbell7903
    @davidcampbell7903 2 місяці тому +1

    In SWScotland on the island of Arran we have had continuous rain

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому

      I don't know how you manage. Maybe a polytunnel if not too windy.

  • @tinkeringinthailand8147
    @tinkeringinthailand8147 2 місяці тому

    Great update Charles. As it is monsoon season here, I'm also having problems with slugs and snails, especially with my Chinese cabbage. I'm lucky enough to have a few toads that come along at night and clear most away :)

  • @elijahfromamerica
    @elijahfromamerica 2 місяці тому

    Great job 👏 👍

  • @Im-just-Stardust
    @Im-just-Stardust 2 місяці тому

    Another banger ! Cheers sir. It was my worst year for slugs personally. They destroyed around 2-300 of my seedlings this spring. It was very very very frustrating, but mistakes were made, I learned a lot.

  • @GrowBagUK
    @GrowBagUK 2 місяці тому

    At this time of year it is definitely important to remind yourself of the successful harvests and not be too deterred by the failures. Fight against the 'burnout' and think about potential abundance. Season is not over yet.

  • @HoneyLodge1
    @HoneyLodge1 2 місяці тому

    On the subject of your long stems on tomatoes, does anyone else have huge trusses on greenhouse varieties. I can't believe how long and full ours are this year! Fab video again Charles 👏

    • @livus3787
      @livus3787 2 місяці тому +1

      Yes!! I mean I grow outside but we had very hot summer (Hungary); Osu Blue had like 60 cm trusses, also Sweet Cream with looong leaves, growing suckers ON the leaf's stalks 😃

  • @ladyaugust1866
    @ladyaugust1866 2 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for a great video! I'm heading out to the garden right now to pinch the suckers off my tomato plants. I discovered this year that despite having slugs in my garden, I hardly have any issues with them. Most of my property is covered with woodchips. However, on a pathway, I suddenly noticed many slugs, particularly Spanish slugs. When I observed them, I found that about 80% had holes around the head region. After some research, I learned that these might be natural nematodes in the soil attacking the slugs. I didn’t kill the slugs, just relocated them. But it made me wonder, as the soil improves thanks to the woodchips, could there be more of these nematodes naturally controlling the slug population? I haven’t had a slug problem this year, unlike my neighbors. Also, I’ve noticed that in untouched forest areas, there doesn’t seem to be an issue with slug overpopulation. Perhaps the natural balance in healthy soil is key?

  • @susanturner1171
    @susanturner1171 2 місяці тому +1

    I live in the Pacific Northwest which of course is a Haven for slugs. I think I've got them licked .This year I put in all raised metal beds and I haven't had a single nibble.

  • @melindategner
    @melindategner 2 місяці тому +1

    Get ducks! ❤ The ducks will eat slugs and other bugs. You can own ducks, or maybe borrow 😊 if you own ducks, the slugs will be the free Meal you feed them, and if you have female ducks, you also get eggs 🤍

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому

      Yes, and getting or borrowing ducks will provide a free meal for all the foxes which are common here.

  • @angelamcghee4489
    @angelamcghee4489 2 місяці тому +4

    Did anyone catch what Charles says that he sprayed to help keep the caterpillars off his brassica ?much love from soggy ,wet ,cold ,blustery Glasgow 😊

    • @jogarrad
      @jogarrad 2 місяці тому +6

      After abit of Googling (and some dodgy spelling!!) I think it might be Bacillus thuringiensis...?

    • @angelamcghee4489
      @angelamcghee4489 2 місяці тому

      @@jogarrad thankyou so much for that ❤️ I tried googling too what I thought he said but couldn't get the spelling 😅 will try now with your input .

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +2

      You may need to buy it as 'box hedge caterpillar killer', because it's been made difficult to get hold of in the UK. Or as Dipel on eBay, a larger quantity, but it stores many years

  • @garybrohard3144
    @garybrohard3144 2 місяці тому +1

    I have found spraying with compost tea keeps the mildew away.

  • @angelad.8944
    @angelad.8944 2 місяці тому

    Wow, what a gorgeous colour on that Agapanthus at the beginning! I will have to look for that one.
    Really interesting about the tomatoes growing way taller than expected. I also have that happening in my area of Canada. I have had to prop them up in all kinds of ways, lol. Even the strung ones are growing in excess of 3 meters now. My cucumber vines had to be trained along the tops of some of my tomato cages due to the length of the vines. The length of them is hitting the 6 meter mark. I think I will need a fence for them next time. 😅

  • @MrLukaszKaiser
    @MrLukaszKaiser 2 місяці тому +1

    You may use a copper wire it is working like electric fance to them no matter plain copper or this rusty green one's, it is working make surroud square on the ground and the snais won't pass it:-)

  • @juegoslucypasapera7701
    @juegoslucypasapera7701 2 місяці тому +1

    😂gracias por subtítulos en español

  • @problembaer666
    @problembaer666 2 місяці тому +1

    Had the same problem with my romanesco you described for your cauliflower. Huge plants, no heads. Have to go.
    What might be the reason for this?
    Love your vids. Thanks a lot.

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for sharing, I think it's unusual conditions (weather) allied to the planting date. Cauliflower sown at different dates grew fine, same soil

    • @problembaer666
      @problembaer666 2 місяці тому

      @@CharlesDowding1nodig we had a couple of unusal cold days in spring ... they might have caused some "confusion" ... I also had beet root and salsify that started flowering early in their first year.
      Thanks for your feedback!

  • @kateintheartery8281
    @kateintheartery8281 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks. Any tips on preventing creepy crawlies inside of apples please?

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  Місяць тому +1

      Codling moth traps www.greengardener.co.uk/product/codling-moth-trap/ in May

    • @kateintheartery8281
      @kateintheartery8281 Місяць тому +1

      @@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you so much 🙂

  • @geraldcroft9020
    @geraldcroft9020 2 місяці тому +1

    I had no snails where I was in Utah, and where I built was far from any neighbors. It’s very dry there. It is not good habitat for snails, but once I started watering and brought in some potted plants, my snail problem started. I know snails came in in the potted plants I was bringing in

  • @amandar7719
    @amandar7719 2 місяці тому

    Do love your garden updates 💚Definitely had issues with germinating carrots in ground this year. And slug wipe outs in a few carrot areas areas. I’ve been experimenting sowing carrots in gaps/edges everywhere this year so basically succession sowing all year. Same with coriander to eat fresh/dry and store before it quickly bolts. I think I’ve mentioned on a previous vlog of yours that I had one lovely germination of carrots that looking back were sown just after the full moon. The rest of this year tbh has been as and when I have time during sow/transplanting under nets. But…. All the carrots have had poor foliage growth this year compared to other years. Even the ones in buckets.
    I too have noticed taller than usual fruiting vines/plants. I had put it down to poor light/cloudy conditions but could be other reasons. I’m open to suggestions.
    I think we had a light below zero temp early August! (And I suspect in July,too). But only in one area of the garden. Could even have been below zero for less than 30 seconds. Where a line of basil was growing amongst the savoy cabbage. Basil folded, blackened and died. Youngish cabbage got blackened edges on the leaves. Nearby late planted (gap-filler) cucumbers went slightly crispy but pulled through. All in a 3meter rectangular area bordered by grass in the middle of the vegetable patch. Like it dropped down from above in a vortex. It was supposed to be 8c that night. Anyway, just thought I’d mention it. Central UK.

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for sharing all this. There's so much to gain from close observation of what's going on and you are good at that. Here on the morning of 17th August, we had a temperature at 1.2 m height of 5.5°C, that is not far off a ground frost, so possibly it was that morning. Here it was natural I reckon!

  • @Knit333
    @Knit333 2 місяці тому +2

    I only have the orange slugs. The Spanish slug. They are more drought tollerant, is wat I read. It is really frustrating that even though slugs do not really like fennel, they do eat the tops of a small plants and move on. Or when they encounter an onion, they bite the foliage in two and move on😡.

  • @lynnes3659
    @lynnes3659 2 місяці тому +2

    Beautiful plants and flowers. What is the red flowers shown in the video? It looks like a form of hollyhock?

  • @nicolasykes6637
    @nicolasykes6637 2 місяці тому

    I was hit really hard with slugs this year and they seemed to like my broad beans and pea plants, so unfortunately I lost them, however my runner beans seem to be doing well.
    Couldn’t grow any lettuces, radishes or spring onions again slugs attacked them.
    I have persevered and planted cucumbers and tomatoes and they are thriving. Just need some more sunshine to help them ripen and I’ve got a couple of cucumbers that are growing.
    Fingers crossed next year will be better.

  • @marinaetxea4573
    @marinaetxea4573 2 місяці тому +1

    Gracias!!!

  • @djmoulton1558
    @djmoulton1558 2 місяці тому +2

    What are the large red flowers beside you? Thx.

  • @Sky-Child
    @Sky-Child 2 місяці тому +1

    What was the black cherry tomato please? "Awesome Emma" ?

  • @jawadad73
    @jawadad73 2 місяці тому +1

    lupines are a great sacrificial plant for slugs and snails redirection, i then concentrate slug removal efforts from around the lupines towards the compost station furthest away making sure thats also were I dump the slug favorite garden waste... still lost the artichoke's though😪

  • @weldagirl
    @weldagirl 2 місяці тому +1

    I sprinkle Cayenne Pepper around each seedling to stop.slug and snail damage. Instant results. (New Zealand)

  • @vegankind4225
    @vegankind4225 2 місяці тому +1

    Hi Charles, lovely video as always! I’ve got rather a large patch which is close to some large trees, including a large white poplar. In spring and autumn crops grow well, but in summer I really have to water heavily to keep plants going. Im wondering if there are drought resistant crops I can grow during summer time? The kale is doing quite well for instance.
    Thanks for everything you do!

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому

      Sounds great except for the trees. Poplar are thirsty.
      Chard and beetroot can stand a fair amount of dry soil

  • @MamaZeeto_623
    @MamaZeeto_623 2 місяці тому

    Love this thank you so much 🙏🏼💜

  • @K.Ishana
    @K.Ishana 2 місяці тому +1

    Here I am in GA experiencing the same issues you are in the UK. Except no rain, extreme heat but still with slugs, worms and caterpillars. My cauliflower and broccoli didn't form heads either, and I have lost so many seedlings to heat. Hoping Fall will be better. Do you grow okra in the UK?

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому

      That sounds challenging, to say the least! And I cannot grow okra here because it's not hot enough by some considerable margin. Good luck with your fall garden.

  • @liammullan2197
    @liammullan2197 2 місяці тому +2

    Hi, what are those beautiful ruby coloured flowers Charles is standing next to? Hibiscus?

    • @Sky-Child
      @Sky-Child 2 місяці тому +1

      Maybe a type of okra? They are meant to have hibiscus-like flowers 🌺

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      A malva, Malope triffida Vulcan, sown April

    • @liammullan2197
      @liammullan2197 2 місяці тому

      @@CharlesDowding1nodig On my list for next year they go then. Thank you!

  • @Olga-fw5by
    @Olga-fw5by 2 місяці тому

    Pozdrawiam z Polski, ślimaki w tym roku to plaga także u nas..

  • @razrafaeli
    @razrafaeli 2 місяці тому +1

    For slugs, Dr Steiner once advised the following remedy: sprinkle out a 3-in-1,000 dilution of pine-cone seeds. The soluble contents of the seeds (which must presumably be extracted by pressure) should be sprinkled over the beds affected. (Taken from Dr Steiner supplements section in the book of biodynamic lectures). Charles, will you give this a try?

  • @TJtheHAWK
    @TJtheHAWK 2 місяці тому +1

    Haven't had the strong slug pressure others are facing here in New Hampshire.. What we've been dealing with is an onslaught of striped cucumber beetles and the subsequent bacterial wilt. I haven't been able to get a cucumber to maturity due to their huge numbers.

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому

      Well, at least no slugs, and I'm glad we do not have that beetle!

  • @derekjones58
    @derekjones58 2 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for the very interesting video Charles. I wonder if you can help me with my ant problem? I am overrun with the blooming things this summer, more than is normal in my garden. What harm do they do and what would be your advice for dealing with them? Thank you.

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому

      Oh dear, if you have any spare water, that's the only remedy I know. Apart from going drastic with boiling up some chilies and garlic, then watering that on the ground. Red ants do secrete acid which plant roots do not like so this could be worth a try.

  • @ninemoonplanet
    @ninemoonplanet 2 місяці тому

    I'm on the Pacific Northwest and just this week the high mountains got snow, apparently all the way to California. Weird weather? Yes and no. The 'polar vortex's which should remain circling the North Pole is wobbling terribly driving warm air North, cold air south. It's due to the world's climate changing too fast.
    Right now it's chilly but not cold, but the rains have fallen most of the week. Cucumbers are 'sulking' and the carrots are still growing well.
    Tomatoes, half of their usual fruit, most still very green.
    Spring I entice birds in, they tend to enjoy my donations of slugs for breakfast. This managed to keep the slug population down.

  • @brianmcguigan5881
    @brianmcguigan5881 2 місяці тому

    Hi Charles, good to see you’ve had some decent crops despite an unusually wet and cool Spring/Summer. I noticed a lot of your beds have wood in them, don’t you have a problem with wood lice? I’ve found them eating my strawberries in the tunnel where I have wood chip paths.
    Regards
    Brian
    South West Donegal

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      Thanks Brian and it's less wood than it looks, because any undecomposed wood from the compost I spread, sits on top and underneath it, is pure compost. So it's not like having wood chip on the bed and yes, there are a few woodlice, but not too many. It's a good point, you do not want too much!

  • @SR-vr4sx
    @SR-vr4sx 2 місяці тому +1

    I noticed you don't use chicken compost. Because there is little availability near you or because you don't see it as very beneficial compared to others? When is a lecture scheduled in Portugal?

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому

      I do occasionally, but there is not much available around here and I don't want manure from battery chickens. Nothing scheduled yet in Portugal.

  • @trevorwills3356
    @trevorwills3356 2 місяці тому +1

    I have Tatsoi plants in pots waiting to plant out and the stem supporting the root system is very thin and fragile . Im concerned it will snap when i try to ease it out of the pot . Have you any opinion on this Charles . Ive never grown this before and its also reputed to bolt quickly in UK climate.

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому +1

      They should be fine if you transplant them carefully and deeply so that the stem is below ground level. And you must have sown them probably in early August so they should be fine to crop without bolting through autumn. They bolt only if sown too early or in the spring time.

    • @trevorwills3356
      @trevorwills3356 2 місяці тому

      @@CharlesDowding1nodig Thanks for your advice Charles I did sown them in early August

  • @MichaelGawesebmainone
    @MichaelGawesebmainone 2 місяці тому +1

    Is it possible to have bare stems on cantaloupe, watermelon and pumpkin like for tomatoes and cucumbers as at 8:36. I’m growing in raised bed, but under net as I got nothing last year from fruit fly destroying every fruit. Then I can just drop and roll stems in net and not making it go out the net.

    • @CharlesDowding1nodig
      @CharlesDowding1nodig  2 місяці тому

      In principle, yes! I never tried it though, and it sounds like it's worthwhile for you to have a go