My 1st attempt at an Online Veg Growing Diary

This year I have decided to have a bash at producing my own Online Veg Growing Diary of my exploits in my plot in the Yorkshire Dales.
I am also trying to beat my best weight for an onion of 6lb 10oz.
I'll be showing my progress there.

Please have a look if you can by clicking the link below

Thanks.

My new site


Please see my big onion pics below.





[ 02. February 2008, 11:05 PM: Message edited by: vegmandan ]

 

great new site, they are some size onions vegmanden and thats a super pic of i presume its you lying down next to your onions, well done best of luck

 

Well done, 6" onions your pollytunnel is really neat vegmandan, i used to grow veg but i didnt like the bare soil when all was picked so i lay gravel and plants for year round interest. i still grow potatoes in deep containers and if i had a bigger garden id grow veg again, Dee..

 

Dan I have to say great website and such a tidy plot too.

Your pictures of last years progress was a delight to see so much so I'ave saved it to my favorites.

I wish you well with your quest for the biggest and best show stopping onion ever! Hel.xxx.

 

I'm inspired after reading your website, and i'm going to try onions this year. Can I ask where best to site onions, full sun ,part shade or shade? cheers

 

Hi,Give your onions as much sun as possible -full sun preferably.
A reasonably well drained soil, not too acid,ph6.5-7.5 and make sure they get plenty of water in Summer once they start to Bulb up after June 21st if there's a dry spell
.
Basically you want to get as many leaves as possible before June 21st since each leaf = 1 onion skin and generally after the longest day they stop growing leaves and start to bulk up.
Thats about it really..

 

hi Vegmandan, Well you learn something new every day. Even though i dont grow veg, im still interested in how it is grown..Fascinating facts there vmd...DEE..

 

Great.
I wish I could grow veg.

 

Just give it a go.

One thing with veg growing is that
If your lettuce,onions,carrots,radish or leeks aren't prize winning examples at least you can still eat 'em and they probably taste better for being smaller anyway.

As long as you can keep Mr Slug away you'll definately get some reward for your efforts.

It's got to be worth a try ..

 

I did try a couple of times but lost interest.
I don't have a green house or much room without changing the garden round.
They were out in the open to the birds etc and were eaten as soon as they popped through.
Can you grow some in tubs?

 

You can certainly grow salad stuff in tubs or grow bags like little gem lettuce,spring onions and radishes quite easily.

 

I will be on holiday for 2 weeks the middle of June so won't be able to grow them then.
What can I grow before I go and what could I try at the end of June.
Not sure when you should plant what.
I really would like to have a go.
Do you just put them in ordinary potting compost?

 

Thanks Vegmandan ,grt info- one more question- any special feeding or just water?
cheers

 

Little gem lettuce only take about 2 months to grow so you can sow them from early May 'till the end of August.

I was still picking them from my garden at the end of October last year.

The same with Spring onions.

Radishes are even quicker so you can sow them every 2 weeks.

A 2 week holiday in June is no problem as long as you give them a good watering before hand and move them into a slightly shaded spot they should be OK,obviously the bigger the pot the better for moisture retention and a soil based compost like John Innes is better than just growbag stuff at retaining moisture but normal multipurpose compost is fine too.

You can feed them with a general fertilizer like miracle grow after a month or so.

Thats about it really.

There are other lettuce of the "pick what you need" sort where you just pull the outer leaves off-as many as you need at a time instead of cutting the whole plant and it just keeps on growing and you keep on picking.

The main variety is "Salad Bowl" but there are loads of similar types of all different colours.

Also there are some tiny little round carrots you can grow in pots which grow quickly to about ping pong ball size.They're pretty easy too.

Good Luck !!

 

Thank you I am going to have a go this year.
I'll let you no how I get on.