๐ฅ๐ I WON'T BE LIVING OFF MY HOME GROWN VEG THIS YEAR ๐ ๐ฅ MUST TRY HARDER NEXT YEAR ๐๐
Its time to tidy up my garden as the weather is changing quickly. There is snow on the way so that's my gardening over for the year. I need to make sure my plants are wrapped up for the Winter months and tidy everything away.
This was my first year of trying to grow Vegetables. It wasn't very successful, i will try again next year but this time i will sow my seeds earlier.
I did collect a few surprises.
After sowing quite a few seeds i pulled 3 whole carrots. I won't be growing these next year as they didn't look nice when i cut into them.
I didn't do very well with the Beetroot either. My fault not potting them into a deep pot. They were to small to eat.
I planted the tomatoes to late in the season. I have them on my window sill but don't think they will ripen. I was shocked to find these as when the plant was growing i thought it could be a weed.
Have you noticed a pattern here, maybe someone is telling me something. Why only 3 of each. I must try harder next year.
Thank you son-of-satire
Thank you @artedellavita
try Iceberg lettuce, either from seeds or small transplants, from the shop.
Cabbage, Cauli, Broccoli, again from seed or transplants.
I never had a lot of success transplanting carrots, have a go if you want to.
Here, I don't plant before the end of August, there is always a flood or frost if I do. Translate that to end of April for you.
We have a "seaweed" liquid fertilizer here, you probably have something similar, have 2 pots of the same plant, seaweed one, don't seaweed the other, see if it makes any difference.
read you dairy before you start.
I will give it a go, never heard of the seaweed fertilizer, will have a look around for it thank you :)
If you are close to the sea, fill up some big leak-proof plastic bags with seaweed, wash all the sand off, take it home, roughly chop it up and put it in a big drum.
fill the drum up with water, wait 2 - 4 weeks, get the fluid out of the drum, dilute 4 water to 1 brew, and water the plants.
refill the drum, wait again, this time dilute 2 or 3 to one [older plants 2, seedlings 3]
repeat the process, dilute 1 to 1
repeat the process, use straight.
B
go to the shop, buy SeaSol, dilute as per the instructions
I do like the sound of B plus i am keeping people in a job haha :)
B is good. Far less smell as well, the rotting seaweed can get a bit nosey.
I don't need that, I'll buy it already made :)
going to need a lot more! lol on first attempt though it looks like you did well, are you going to be growing the same things next year? or try something different?
I'm going to grow tomatoes, beetroot and ordinary carrots this year. Hopefully this year i can grow enough to make a soup LOL
might taste like the best soup you've ever made
It will if they grow and ripen in time :)
Not easy, so many factors involved. Soil, weather insects and animals. I had Woodchuck set me back before I had to trap him.
Your veg must have been tasty :)