The NSC gardening / Grow Your Own 2010 thread

[jevs]

Got the following in my small but organised garden

Tubs

Potatoes (grown in those flexi plastic tubs sometimes used by builders
carrots (growing in tubs prevents carrot root fly)
Parsnips (ditto above)
Beetroot (ditto above)
Raddish
Iceberg lettuce (in troughs)
Runner beans (grown in large tubs up a wigwam)
Sweetcorn (4 per tub)

In the ground

Strawberries...approx 30 plants giving 1lb of fruit per plant
Onion sets red and white onions
Peas up the fence
French beans up the fence
Sprouts...a few plants for crimbo

baskets

Cherry toms

Greenhouse

Cherry toms, normal toms, cucumbers, peppers, chillis

Plus i have rosemary out the front, thyme (normal and lemon) on my rockery and i'm growing corriander from seed)

 

[Dave the OAP]

Can I just add here, if anyone wants some Flat Leaf Parsley, dont buy it, come to Uncle Dave. I planted a small pot with about 2 sprigs in it......by last september it had taken over the veg patch like a triffid!!!!!

I pruned it and now its gone beserk again!!!!

I have Lettuce, Rocket, and italian salad leaves growing from seed......Spring onions just showing and tomato plants also just starting for next year.

In the garden I have Blueberry/raspberry/Strawberry bushes and Chives/Mint/saffron/Corriander/basil/Parsley....et al!

 

[The Large One]

Snails are cunts.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

For those that haven't started and are not particularly motivated, you can get a small amount of seeds sent to your door, for FREE.

BBC - Dig In : Grow your own vegetables

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

If you are thinking about growing your own, just go for it. Don't think - just buy some seeds - and have a go. It's often easier than you would think and incredibly rewarding. And follow Jevs lead and grow anywhere - tubs, walls, fences, growbags (hard to water) anywhere. I'd recommed the salads, but beetroot are damn easy too, as are squash and courgettes.

 

[Skaville]

Strawb's and chillis.

 

[Skaville]

Snails are cunts.

Snails and slugs are Palace scum. Everyone knows that.

 

[1234andcounting]

Shouldn't someone be asking the club if there will be any allotments at Falmer? It will give us all something to do during the (inevitable) dull games.

My list
Toms
Aubergines
Courgettes
Peppers
Lettuces

plus herb garden with mint, sage, chives, rosemary

 

[Lord Bracknell]

This year I shall mainly be nicking stuff from gardens in the Blakers Park area.

 

[The Large One]

This year I shall mainly be nicking stuff from gardens in the Blakers Park area.

Beetroot, mainly, I suspect.

 

[aftershavedave]

Chilli pepper seeds hot pepper seed, the hottest there is.

very groovy chilli pepper site i've found

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Nowhere near as prolific as some:

Spuds
Sprouts (Later)
Cabbage
Chillis
Toms
Runner Beans
Onions
Rosemary
Basil
Mint (as if you have to do anything to it)

 

[The Large One]

I'm growing some hardy panniers.

Also, I forgot - I've got a load of lettuce to be planted in our window box. Don't know what variety.

 

[The Large One]

Got me first potatoes out of the ground this weekend...

Onions and rhubarb died a death...

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

Got me first potatoes out of the ground this weekend...

Onions and rhubarb died a death...

dug out a load of jersey royals at the weekend and picked a nice couple of cucumbers,another couple of weeks for the toms

 

[Seagulltonian]

My first year of growing stuff, as I thought nothing would grow if I planted it

From seeds, Peppers, Chillies, Carrots, Onions, Cucumbers, Courgettes, and Cherry Tomatoes. Spuds, not going as well as I hoped. Had some lovely strawberries off my shop-bought plants.

And, my major success this year has been Sunflowers. No flower's as such yet, but 4 foot high plants from seeds, hoping they'll be 10 foot by September

Picture of them as babies,

I'm so enthused by gardening now, finding it theraputic in stressed times, I've even done a website. See my signature.

 

[The Spanish]

anyone know much about corn on the cob things? How long until the corns turn up? Mine are f***ing massive now. Repotted them a couple of weeks ago. Now they are pushing at the roof of the greenhouse without a cob in sight yet. I am a bit frightened of them now to be honest.

 

[The Large One]

I've got spuds growing in open ground and in bags. The bagged potates - or at least the foliage - have gone bananas (if you excuse me mixing my metaphors). Today, it rained for the first time for about a month, so I've needed to regularly water them. Thirsty fuckers they are. But anyhoo, it seems to being paying off.

Onions, I was told AFTER I'd planted them, are very fussy about where they grow. My garden appears to be one of the places they don't like.

I've also had a decent harvest of peas, which may have been better if the snails (still cunts) hadn't been so gluttunous.

 

[The Large One]

anyone know much about corn on the cob things? How long until the corns turn up? Mine are f***ing massive now. Repotted them a couple of weeks ago. Now they are pushing at the roof of the greenhouse without a cob in sight yet. I am a bit frightened of them now to be honest.

Reading other websites, it looks like you should have planted them outside by now.

Growing Sweet Corn and how you know when to harvest. s Weblog

 

[The Spanish]

Reading other websites, it looks like you should have planted them outside by now.

Growing Sweet Corn and how you know when to harvest. s Weblog

cheers TLO- they are in massive buckets rather than pots so hopefully will be alright they are about 5ft already. Oh well if not will move them this week. They have been a piece of piss so far.