THE VEGETABLE GROWING THREAD 2018

apology accepted....... Hertfordshire only 15 miles away, so I haven't strayed too far away?

 

Advice please. I have Tomato, Cucumber & P.S Broc seeds growing well indoors under grow lights. I switch them on at 8 AM and turn them off at 11 PM; question, is this too long and should I mimic natural daylight hours. The Temp ranges from 18c to 24c.

 

No matter what types of plants you are growing, you must give them a rest. When it's dark, plants respirate, which is an important part of their growth process. The balance of rest time to active growth time affects many biological processes, including the growth rate, and the setting of buds and fruit.



Vegetable seedlings need 14-18 hours of light a day.

Botanists usually divide plants into three categories relating to their preferred day length: short-day, long-day or day-neutral.

Short-day plants, such as chrysanthemums, kalanchoe, azaleas and begonias, will thrive on less than 12 hours of light per day. In fact, these plants must usually go through a series of even shorter days before they will set buds and flower.

Long-day plants require 14 to 18 hours of light each day. Most seedlings for vegetables and garden flowers are long-day plants. When they don't receive enough light they get pale and leggy.

Day-neutral plants, including foliage plants, geraniums, coleus and African violets, are usually satisfied with 8 to 12 hours of light all year-round.

 

Many thanks for your advice kazzawazza

 

Listen very carefully to the sound of my voice...

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These are vegetables.​

Some of you may remember that I propagated this vegetable by air layering last spring and then potted it up later that autumn, well, here is the progress of it so far:

 

No thems not thems fruits

 

I'm trying to work out the advantage of propagating a pear tree by airlayering
It looks well and appears to be doing fine, but surely it now doesn't have the rootstock controlling its growth.

 

Rootstocks regulate growth in open ground, however, I intend to use pot size and maintenance pruning to accomplish the same thing.

 

Interesting, so I get the impression your going to basically bonsai it
Maybe root prune etc.

 

It's not a veg

 

My first pulling of rhubarb

4 lb.
Is it a fruit or vegetable?

 

Careful, that nearly started world war III on the other forum

It's a veg over here but the Americans re classified it as a fruit, mainly to avoid tax

 

Oh i see,

 

I've finished planting my parsnip seedlings.

 

Rhubarb is a vegetable..........technically.
However, to me it is fruit :rasp: