Hello, this is where I'm at, tips appreciated

Hi,

New grower here, just started growing this Spring on a whim really, but I think I'm hooked now.
Mainly interested in food crops. What I have now is just a taster to see how I go, but I want to do things better next year & get some decent yields.

My garden is really wild, so I'll have to let winter take it's toll before attacking it. Then I'll put up 2 raised beds for toms & spuds.

Anyway, here's some pics of my plants, all started from seed.

Carrots: ripped one out and it's tiny (about 2cm). Think there are too many in there.

Toms: Not bad looking and some nice fruits, but I think it'll just be indeterminate ones next year.

Beets: Apparently each "seed" is a bunch of seeds, didn't know that when planting. Got a few nice beets already but not a good yield.

Radicchio & rocket: Not bad I think. Probably planted them too late to get the full effect though.

So, any tips for a complete newb are appreciated. I'm growing in mainly compost, some things have perlite in. Feeding everything with tomato plant food.

Cheers

 

Pull the largest one, in a group, and that will allow space for the smaller ones to fatten up (getting a bit late in the season now, so perhaps a tip more for next year ) Best to harvest them in the evening, otherwise the carrot fly will get the scent of them and come and lay eggs (and the grubs will wreck the carrots) - or net them with very fine netting, such as enviromesh / veggiemesh(sp?)

Same thing, or thin them when seedlings. I prick out 3 seedlings to a 9cm-pot, plant them out "as one" and then pull two of them as thinnings and let the others grow on to fatten up.

 

Hi people, I'm just re-introducing myself.

Strangely enough, I'm back, after more than eight months
No-one will remember me, but I'm back anyway.

I've got a lot going on now, gardening-wise. Hoping for much bigger returns this year.
I've also just taken over a plot at a local allotment, so I should stick around this time.
There's a lot of work to be done on the plot, but I hope to show off some late cropping stuff by autumn & early winter, and there's lots so see in the garden, when I get some pics.

So.... hello for the second time

 

Welcome back Beatrice.

 

Welcome back @BeatriceSimoni

 

Hiya....welcome back to GC.

 

Thanks guys, nice welcome

So last year I had a few things in pots. This year I have 2 raised beds, loads of grow bags and loads of stuff in pots

1 raised bed is sweetcorn and bamboo for runner beans, which are just coming up now.
The other has onions at the bottom & carrots and parnsip seedlings just showing now.

I've got leek seedlings in a tub, collard greens, strawberries, maincrop spuds, 19 tomato plants including Marmande & Money Maker, purple sprouting broccoli, mini sweetcorn and a bunch of other things.
My berries are doing well. my spuds are flowering, as are the toms.
I think I left it a bit late to pinch off the side shoots, but I have done it now.
The wind has been quite savage recently, so some of the toms have had moisture stripped from the leaves, making them look thirsty, but they're fine.

Now I have to get going on my allotment. No rest for the wicked!

 

More pics

 

Good heavens, you have been *very* busy indeed! Well done you

 

Thanks M, it's been a lot of hard work, especially over the winter, what with digging & amending the beds etc
Makes it all worth it to see everything so green though.

Now I've got the allotment as well, I can keep us in fresh, real food throughout the year. Thank God for that!