prep for next stage

Hi. Planning next steps and where I should move seedlings on to in the coming weeks.

I am right in thinking I should try and keep cherry toms, peppers, cucumber, melon under cover? - I have a temp/plastic greenhouse .

Courgettes - do they need support? A trellis?

Mangetout, peas, beans do need support - wigwam type.

Do dwarf/patio fruit trees (apples, pear) need to be in constant sun light?

I have a couple of shadier areas I was going to place some growbags. What could I plant/sow in them


I have a pen and paper and are mapping the next steps out.


All help would be gratefully received.

 

How could I forget my wonderful sweet corn. Do they need support as they grow?

Butternut squash. What depth is best to grow them in?

Got a busy day tomorrow - planning erecting and moving to accommodate what is a growing GYO farmstead!

 

Yes you're right in keeping Toms,Peppers,cues and Melon undercover

The courgettes will be fine without support,they'll just ramble.

If the peas and beans are the dwarf varieties they'll just need small supports,(small sticks but if they're climbers they'll need taller wig wams

You could sow some salad leaves in the grow bags they prefer a bit of shade

Your sweet corn will be fine and won't need support

Just bear in mind the temperatures could drop,especially overnight and it's early days for the likes of sweetcorn and beans,keep some fleece handy or hold back planting out if you can

 

Thank Naughty Ginger Gardener. How much rambling space would one courgette plant require?

I want to make sure my plan works in terms of locations, space, companion planting. As well as being able to protect those which will need protecting from birds, slugs.

From all those mentioned above, plus beetroot, carrots, onions, spring onions, potatoes, broccoli, butternut squash, salad leaves. Which need guarding from slugs and which will birds make a bee line for? I have strawberries and blueberries which I know will have to go under netting at some point.

Do onions sets cope with a shadier spot?

Sorry for all the questions - just keen to get it right.

Ta -

 

Bloody slugs!!!!!!!

But butterflies - didn't realise they were a pest. I thought 'us' gardeners liked butterflies?

 

Ooooh - little devils.

 

Ooooooh - that changes my plans a bit. They look great by the way. Haven't really research squash - but hubby was making a list of stuff we buy regularly that we could grow and squash was on his list. I think I thought, 1 seed, 1 product. How many BNS would you get from one plant?

I wonder - I have a 1 meter diameter round raised bed (temp plastic thing), I could give half to courgette and half to BNS and contain them that way.

Thanks for your help. Its always appreciated.

 

You could always grow your BNS upwards @GYO newbie They need a pretty strong wigwam and will need supporting ...
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=g...com%2Fgardenlov3r%2Fplant-supports%2F;236;236

 

As it happens I am going to a wigwam making course tomorrow. Coincidence.

How BNS per plant?

 

Errrmmmm - decisions. Got a bit more time to think as work commitments mean I wont get out in the garden until Bank Hol Monday now.

Will check again which variety i have got of courgette. Thats a lot of space as I have three plants to plant out. As for BNS - growing up could be tricky, especially if I do have 8 per plant. Not that I have even sowed seeds yet for BNS. I can see me taking over the entire garden - not sure what hubby will make of that. I have corn to find room for and cucumber. I will experiment with some cucumber outside and others in a small plastic green house/grow home. They are an outside variety.

Lots to do, think about and research!

 

All Alliums, but I mainly think of leeks and garlic, have an increased risk of rust if planted in "shadier spots".