THE VEGETABLE GROWING THREAD 2018

My runners are just setting

 

Runner beans were much later this year.....poor germination and slow to grow but now picking every day or two.
For me the white flowered varieties are best.....White Lady for past 2 years. Superb taste, stringless and prolific

 

I was a bit later sowing because of the weather and i used a old packet of unopened seed and they wasn't any good.

I find firelight is good.

 

My long runner beans have suffered from scorching temperatures and lack of rain, I'll be lucky to get one 24" long this year. @Linz How are your long runner beans doing?

 

One plant survived the awful spring

 

Ah


Forgot to sow them. They're still stuck in my seed box. Sorry.

 

Sow by next year or germination will be reduced.

 

The "giant" marrow...





Something tells me that the seed supplier didn't isolate and control pollination of their prize-winning marrow.

 

If it was from a giant Marrow, it's crossed with a Pumpkin. And orange marrows aren't accepted for entry into giant marrow competitions because they're not true marrows.

The flowers need to be tied up/bagged/covered before they open, then hand pollinated, then tied/bagged again.

 

Anyway, I fancied eating some corn on the cobs today.


Lark F1, to be precise.


They passed the finger nail test (just about).

 

Just as I feared.

I just hope that the pumpkin papa was of a tasty variety at the very least.


Could anyone who also purchased seeds from ebay seller classofseed please let me know how your plants turned out.

 

Oh bad luck @JWK. At least you had pretty foliage to look atThis veg growing is quite a steep learning curve as I am finding out. My pathetic Cauliflowers (great the 1st 2 seasons I grew them....beginners whatsit) now look like colanders as the cabbage whites have had a field day. That's it I am definitely not going to grow the bu..ers again and stick to growing more borocolli instead, way easier and to me anyway, freezes better if by some miracle I get a glut of them.

 

I seem to remember @shiney you saying you didn't have time anymore to grow veg apart from your amazing beans...had 2nd thoughts and just working even harder than usual?