Will I get veggies this year?

I planted from seed: broccoli, green beans, aubergine & courgette... I planted them at the appropriate sowing times for each one, grew them to 5cm on the windowsill then transplanted outside to planters and to my bricked veggie patch. They are all growing leaves nicely, the green beans are beginning to show little white buds.

Am I likely to get veg off any/all of these this year or what happens? I'm not clued up with these as it's my first time growing veg. Also I wish I kept the seed packets so I know when the harvest time is for them... anyone know the approx harvest time for these please? :dh:

 

Hi Snowbaby,

Yeah, sounds like you did good. Courgette should come on soon, if the beans are showing flower buds then the pods will follow in a week or two. Aubergines might be a bit ambitious in Scotland without a greenhouse/cloches though. Broccoli, if it don't come on this year, after being eaten by batterpillars, it'll bear spears next spring when theres not much else green to eat.

 

I think you'll get veggies Snowbaby - but you'll be lucky with the aubergines.
I tried with them for years - indoors - with no success.
Last year in the conservatory I got 2 big whoppers.
But they're not worth their space for 2 aubergines and I won't be growing them again. I think I just wanted to prove I could do it.
The rest of your veggies should come on just fine. Good luck with the aubergines and keep us posted. One of my gardening friends got a great crop in Aberdeen last year so there is a chance.

 

oooh! I'll be lucky if I get aubergines then as I'm such a novice at this!! I will be sure to keep you updated! The plants have taken a major growth spurt in the last 2-3 days!

The green beans, this may sound like a ridiculous Q... I've put canes into the bean bag planters... do I manually tie the plants to the canes as the grow? I wasn't sure if I would damage them by doing so, but I doubt they will cling to the canes by themselves :rotfl: My broccoli plants are fairly growing!!

If I remember tmor I will take photos to show off! Thanks for your help!

 

Tease the beans toward the poles, once they find them they will wind thereselves up. I teased one 2 days ago, its now made 4 turns around the pole

 

Wow, how smart! Thanks I will try today... when the rain stops! Thank goodness I didn't water them last night as it's rained all night!

 

You lucky thing, not rained for weeks here

 

Thanks JWK, the bags I have for my beans, they have cane support things you slot them into at the bottom, then tie them together at the top to make a tripod shape. So that should be ok, right?

Is it very sad that I can't wait for the rain to stop, so I can go out and "inspect" the plants for today?! :lol:

 

I managed to grow Aubergines fully outside from seed in a growbag when I was a kid, they were white small ones not the large dark purple ones. It was in Sussex though so a bit sunnier than Scotland, but maybe they're a bit more hardy than the dark ones, I think I got about 2 per plant.