Trying out Self-watering pots! Plus the harvesting begins. Ep 223 || Plot 37

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  • We are so far behind this season, probably about 6 whole weeks off normal. I'm hoping getting my chillies into these Quadgrows is going accelerate them into catch-up mode. :D
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Komentáře • 92

  • @anjkovo2138
    @anjkovo2138 Před měsícem +20

    I love it when it rains at my allotment. I sit in my polytunnel on my deak chair listening to Radio 4 drinking a coffee from my flask at peace. Lovely😃

  • @thelandofmint
    @thelandofmint Před měsícem

    Lucky you with the rain and cool weather, it's been fire here in central Italy, just can't bear it anymore 😢 excruciating hot and dry and tons of mosquitoes 😢😂

  • @lynnpurfield9430
    @lynnpurfield9430 Před měsícem +7

    Gosh Jess, I wouldn't have imagined I could put in squash or pumpkins at this stage. Be interesting.

  • @tommeltje1
    @tommeltje1 Před měsícem

    ❤🐈‍⬛😍 Good luck whit the kitchen..😊🍾

  • @anjkovo2138
    @anjkovo2138 Před měsícem +5

    Masters of the soil we gardeners are

  • @williampaulfearnhead5534
    @williampaulfearnhead5534 Před měsícem +2

    It always amazes me even though I've been doing this allotment stuff for donkeys years just how I still get joy and excitement at harvesting spuds silly I know but for me that's the joy of gardening putting in the work and seeing the rewards

  • @davidpinchbeck2134
    @davidpinchbeck2134 Před měsícem +5

    Hi, We've been using Quadgrows for tomatoes for several years and they always give us great crops. Just to let you know that at this hot time of year with the plants in full leaf they need topping up probably every 3 days. They certainly won't last for two weeks! Having said that, we wdnt be without them; they are great. We grow our peppers, chillies and cukes very successfully in hydroponic systems in the same greenhouse as the toms. Love your channel. 😘

  • @gardentours
    @gardentours Před měsícem +2

    Those selfwatering pots can be be a game changer.

  • @__Shellspace__
    @__Shellspace__ Před měsícem +1

    fantastic!!! its all coming on now jess and i love that kitchen floor i now need it in mine to go with my dark green walls xx

  • @lindahedley9049
    @lindahedley9049 Před měsícem +2

    I’ve got all my tomatoes and peppers in quadgrowers, they are brilliant, I’ve was on holiday in June and the water did last for just over 2 weeks. I put the feed in the water so you don’t even have to remember that either

  • @nitelite78
    @nitelite78 Před měsícem +2

    0:57 Proper laughed out loud at that look 😂.

  • @BettyandtheBees
    @BettyandtheBees Před měsícem

    The greenhouse is getting snazzier and snazzier! New floor and fancy grow pots!!
    Halley is growing fast!!! Gorgeous girl.

  • @themightykhan2
    @themightykhan2 Před měsícem

    Omg... Did you swear 😂😂😂🤣

  • @janenewley1014
    @janenewley1014 Před měsícem

    Cheers to a kitchen…and I,m only 4 months out of a fully functioning kitchen😱😱😱

  • @annlockey8552
    @annlockey8552 Před měsícem +2

    Don't forget to soak the cloths before planting anything 😊

  • @margaretalice6343
    @margaretalice6343 Před měsícem +1

    I’m hoping we get an extended summer so all our plants catch up 🤞

  • @TheVeganicGardener
    @TheVeganicGardener Před měsícem +1

    I have quadgrows (and made my own duo grows) for about 4 years now and they are brilliant.. the growth on my tomatoes and peppers is astounding when they are in quadgrows ...you will love them... although I use my own liquid fertilisers in them 🙂

  • @margaretalice6343
    @margaretalice6343 Před měsícem +2

    Uchiki kuri are lovely small productive plants. Alas I’m not growing them this year 😢. They grow well in uk. Nice size to cook too I just didn’t have space or seeds 🫣

  • @seanH1768
    @seanH1768 Před měsícem

    This has to be one of the longest kitchen refurbishments on record. It’s coming along & looks good.
    At start of the vlog I thought you was in Yorkshire with that weather.😂. This summer here has been a right washout, a complete write off. Dodging raindrops just to do maintenance jobs. Glad you’re getting some sun.

  • @christinebrooks6364
    @christinebrooks6364 Před měsícem

    Hi Jessie and your Mum, will be interesting to see how your plants,will grow in the quadgrows. Lovely harvest of potatoes, lettuce, onions and beetroot. Lovely video update. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

  • @aoifestone8949
    @aoifestone8949 Před měsícem

    So jealous of all that basil! I grew lemon and cinnamon this year, it's my first year growing anything but genovese, and I'm wondering what I've been doing with my life before now.

  • @labcat647
    @labcat647 Před měsícem +1

    6 weeks here of sweltering 37+ C temperature with absolutely no rain... I'm literally trapped under a "heat dome" (according to the local wx guy)... so I'm mentally soaking up every last drop of your rain before I go try to save me parched garden.

  • @janenewley1014
    @janenewley1014 Před měsícem

    The perfect potting bench😀😀😀wish I had one😀😀😀Jinxy

  • @cherienaera3751
    @cherienaera3751 Před měsícem

    Your mother may remember the joy of new potatoes on xmas morning in the sthrn hemisphere? Nothing. Like it!!

  • @annaking9213
    @annaking9213 Před měsícem

    The self watering pot work great. A friend had some to use.

  • @tamararoberts9307
    @tamararoberts9307 Před měsícem

    Hoping your kitchen is back soon ❤ 🍻 😊your kitty is beautiful 😍

  • @KOLLEKZIYA_FASOLI
    @KOLLEKZIYA_FASOLI Před měsícem

    💚💚💚Thank you very much for this video.💚💚💚

  • @LucRom-kz5uw
    @LucRom-kz5uw Před měsícem +1

    Fantastisch Good work jessie the watering the Greenhouse investerig the planting thans te video Top week grootjes 💐🍹🌶🫑🍅🍆🌤👌🌱

  • @jonquilhawthorne3257
    @jonquilhawthorne3257 Před měsícem +2

    At least you won't need to water !😅

  • @stevendowden2579
    @stevendowden2579 Před měsícem

    really enjoyed that jess good luck with kitchen

  • @samanthahoos9827
    @samanthahoos9827 Před měsícem

    ❤ Baby cats are so fun! 😊 I tried starting broccoli seeds and they bombed so trying to sow all the rest of my seeds again for autumn growing today. Yeah, kitchen - praying! Do you plant anything to keep bugs away from the plot? I have loads of herbs and flowers to keep mosquitos away while bringing in beneficial pollinators.

  • @elisabov
    @elisabov Před měsícem +2

    Nice video 😁 your seed sowing setup is how I normally sits when I sow my seeds 😂😂

  • @lindacapen500
    @lindacapen500 Před měsícem

    Jessie, you will absolutely live the Cinnamon Basil and the Holy Basil. I grow then to make tea out of. The flavor is amazing. And the medicinal values are through the roof. Add a little Lemon Balm and you have a most amazing tea.

  • @robrosy
    @robrosy Před měsícem

    I’m surprised at how late you’ve planted out your winter squashes despite being in London - it’s as if you knew summer would be late this year. I am in the north west and planted mine out at the end of May, which used to be our last frost date but unfortunately they all died due to the exceptionally wintry early summer this year..

  • @ninemoonplanet
    @ninemoonplanet Před měsícem +1

    I actually did something right, for a change. Sowed purple sprouting broccoli this week. I might try (again) Kohl Rabi to see if I can stop over watering everything. I have sown "pink lettuce" which has a lovely flavour.
    I took some very late red currants cuttings and so far all of them are rooted and growing. I really need to be wary of having myself an ego trip. 😂🇨🇦

    • @ninemoonplanet
      @ninemoonplanet Před měsícem

      Holy Basil is also known as Tulsi, frequently used in teas/tisanes.
      It's a favourite of people in Asia and the Middle East.

  • @GeorgeGauge-r2h
    @GeorgeGauge-r2h Před měsícem

    All well having raised beds, but i think its wasted ground to access them .always grow mine rows , i never like wasting ground.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @cherylbiden3126
    @cherylbiden3126 Před měsícem

    Ha that rain, story of the year 😢

  • @kevinstonebanks8552
    @kevinstonebanks8552 Před měsícem +1

    Thanks!

    • @lytieuanh1993
      @lytieuanh1993 Před měsícem

      ❤❤❤ thanks. Bạn thật hào phóng

  • @BumblebeeAdventure
    @BumblebeeAdventure Před měsícem

    🐝thanks for the great video🌻

  • @lobodo988
    @lobodo988 Před měsícem

    Two months without a kitchen sink would traumatize me lol. That is THE busiest location in my house!

  • @kathysumner1443
    @kathysumner1443 Před měsícem

    Nice pears and potatoes.

  • @UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm
    @UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm Před měsícem

    Hey Jessie, we have had over 25 inches of rain ☔️ so far this year. Al my okra drowned in 3 inches of water and died. I have billions of tomatoes though. You have so nice peppers and tomatoes this year. So glad you’re getting your kitchen back in order hopefully soon I don’t want to jinx it and say when. I hope you get your kitchen back this week. I’m unless you have a really fun week and we will.Cya next thyme..Steven

  • @juliehale9491
    @juliehale9491 Před měsícem +1

    If you go to “In the garden with Ellie & Kate” they grow their peppers in those quad grows every year and they have tremendous results.
    If you go to their community page they have several videos on them.

  • @njnyboer9264
    @njnyboer9264 Před měsícem

    Cinnamon basil!
    Gotta get me some of that
    My fav is Thai basil, that'll take some beating

  • @sugahpeppachannel4163
    @sugahpeppachannel4163 Před měsícem

    Your mama is beautiful.

  • @Lynne-plot35b-36b
    @Lynne-plot35b-36b Před měsícem

    Hi Jess plots looking fab. Poor little chucks not being able to go out for a wander. You could do with a portable pen for them to come out into so they are not so free but able to have a Scratch about. I can’t elus e there are many basil varieties. Be good for you to do a taste test.

  • @tempusthespoon3118
    @tempusthespoon3118 Před měsícem

    This is only my second year growing food and it’s been so frustratingly slow! Things are finally moving but compared to last year it’s awful!

  • @kazjohns
    @kazjohns Před měsícem

    Also growing Sart Roloise and Alice’s Dream next to each other in Autopots in the greenhouse, so really looking forward to your findings with which tomato your fav was last year! Agree, really spendy investment with self watering pot systems. For me, game changer and worth the investment. Not used Quadgrows before and considering them for next year for melon plants. Can’t wait to see your verdict.

  • @tassiegirl1991
    @tassiegirl1991 Před měsícem

    Lucky Jess the quad grows look so neat and tidy in the greenhouse. I’m very seen a few you tubers have had the same luck that company are great to gardeners in the UK. I think you will find them a small if grace just remember to keep them topped up
    I’ve used self watering (slightly different process) large about 30-40L pots for years in my garden and patio only thing outdoors is in winter they get a bit waterlogged. But in summer fantastic if growing in pots.
    I bought the labels after seeing Danny I think had them only thing being the canes I use are thin and the label doesn’t stay where I want it up where I can read

  • @SalVitroNY
    @SalVitroNY Před měsícem

    I love summer rain. I totally wanna move there & farm

    • @thedorkasaur
      @thedorkasaur Před měsícem +1

      For it to be summer rain, you really need the summer
      Right now, it's like autumn. Just grey and wet, very little sun and very little warmth

    • @SalVitroNY
      @SalVitroNY Před měsícem

      @@thedorkasaur What is autumn like there? She just planted tomatoes last week 😂 we couldn’t do that in NY in autumn

    • @thedorkasaur
      @thedorkasaur Před měsícem +1

      @@SalVitroNY yeah we shouldn't either, but the weather ain't getting better.
      We nor ally plant tomatoes out in May, but out weather has been so rubbish, everyone has held off, it ain't getting better so we had to get in. I done mine like 2 weeks ago also

  • @myrustygarden
    @myrustygarden Před měsícem

    I hope the basil does well 🙏, Christmas card hold the envelope firm 😂 and are cheap as chips to buy. Oh quad grows very nice gift from Ian I hear they can be slug spas so keep an eye out. I use a hook on label similar. 34:58 you need a fence like the school has 😅 it would work great. Nice potato harvest. Send rain here we’ll take it. Have a fab week, Ali 🌞31c 🥵🇨🇦

  • @kerryhood3795
    @kerryhood3795 Před měsícem

    I set up one set of my new quadgrows last weekend, hoping my tomatoes grow now

  • @IlkkaVuoristo
    @IlkkaVuoristo Před 9 dny

    22 months is ridiculous! In that time someone could go to carpentry school, graduate, and make the darned things themselves... (probably)

  • @AnnJackman-rc7sg
    @AnnJackman-rc7sg Před měsícem

    hi. i planted summer broccoli amongst my bolted leeks and had very little slug damage to young plants..... maybe some protection going on there.. ann in derby

  • @Sylvie_M
    @Sylvie_M Před měsícem

    If you stirfry bolted lettuce as you would other greens, the heat destroys the bitterness. Apparently, I was told this is an eastern European practice. I have tried it and it works!

  • @elainemcgran8828
    @elainemcgran8828 Před měsícem

    I'm going to get some for next year. It's the feed I'm really impressed with. I mostly use tomato and seeweed feed but it says on the labels when mixed with water the feed only last like 4 days after that its no good.

  • @markford7532
    @markford7532 Před měsícem

    I used those self watering pots,you're going to need a bigger grenhouse!!

  • @Inceywincey121
    @Inceywincey121 Před měsícem +2

    Should the wick be soaked first?

  • @micksbackyardaquaponics1408
    @micksbackyardaquaponics1408 Před měsícem +1

    Hi jess were did you get the south watering containers from there an is there a website for them there an that was amazing video clip you an your mum put together there it was great to watch it there an keep up the amazing video clip there 👍👍

  • @ConcreteCauldron
    @ConcreteCauldron Před měsícem

    lol…Potty Mouth @ 41:32 😂❤🎉

  • @--Singularity--
    @--Singularity-- Před měsícem

    That 3 weeks without nutrients means very small plants like one inch tall. But you plants are ten times bigger. It´s possible to start with mild nutrients immidiately. You´re already very late on this season..

    • @--Singularity--
      @--Singularity-- Před měsícem

      That champion is small bell pepper the plant can grow 1 meter so i would give that nutrients now.

  • @annavranden6450
    @annavranden6450 Před měsícem +1

    Have you tried solarizing the soil contaminated with clumproot?

  • @nitelite78
    @nitelite78 Před měsícem

    44:46 Have you tried Red Grenoble for a crunchy lettuce? I grew for the first time this year and thought they were excellent.

  • @jacquiwateridge5535
    @jacquiwateridge5535 Před měsícem

    Hi Jessie, Not sure chillies will like quad grow. They tend to prefer drier comditions. Tomatoes love my quad grows

  • @traceypotts9425
    @traceypotts9425 Před měsícem

    Batting tor the other team 😮

  • @jeanlauridsen8596
    @jeanlauridsen8596 Před měsícem +2

    Beautiful Lady , My Jessie Babe.

  • @tangocat4370
    @tangocat4370 Před měsícem

    I grew minutina and they grew so good but I did not know how to prepare them. Can you share how you cook them? I typically just sauté my greens in fat and garlic.

  • @mikeunderwood1102
    @mikeunderwood1102 Před měsícem

    i didnt see the quadgrow holes, for putting the water into them.

  • @paulinemorris5186
    @paulinemorris5186 Před měsícem

    are you not supposed to pre wet the membrane?
    Ive got the older system, had it for years , love them

  • @cherainharris844
    @cherainharris844 Před měsícem

    Not to be contradictory Jess, but aren't you suppose to soak your wickets first before you put them in your Quad grows? X

  • @aarontaylor3768
    @aarontaylor3768 Před měsícem

    Hi Jessie do you have any tips for growing Kohl Rabi ?

  • @nitelite78
    @nitelite78 Před měsícem

    20:57 Also the contrast in colour between golden and dark red beetroot on the plate is beautiful.
    Is there much difference between a variety like boltardy and wodan? I was just thinking there's probably not much difference taste wise so was just going to stick to boltardy for this time of year too. But wondering if there's any difference in taste or growing habit or hardiness to warrant trying a different dark red beetroot variety at this time of year?

  • @user-qe7sy1uu5j
    @user-qe7sy1uu5j Před měsícem

    What about the lids for the Quad Grows? Tony C commented about his problems getting round the stems but you seem to have left them off - which allow more evaporation?

  • @katybroadbent6713
    @katybroadbent6713 Před měsícem

    Hiya, where do you get your metal grid sheets from please? X

  • @kathrynhobbs8874
    @kathrynhobbs8874 Před měsícem

    Jessie is it kailan? And minutina?

  • @davidarnold7145
    @davidarnold7145 Před měsícem

    Hello Jessie, Love the ideas witht the wrap around plant labels for the tomatoes but what pen would you recommend thats fade resistant as i tried several marker pens and they fade in the sun.

  • @Melinda_WA_US
    @Melinda_WA_US Před měsícem

    Do you eat the turnip greens?

  • @fionaringwood9752
    @fionaringwood9752 Před měsícem

    Anyone managed to get Nipper leek seeds in the UK?

  • @lucrom1097
    @lucrom1097 Před měsícem +1

    Fantastisch Good work Jessie you the best te moostiun te planting thans te video groetjes Regen Top week 🌺🤗👍🌱⛅🌻🍅🌶️🍆🌿

  • @salilsahani2721
    @salilsahani2721 Před 15 dny

    :)

  • @traceyheadford9760
    @traceyheadford9760 Před měsícem

    Hi jess where do you get the minestra seeds please..xx

  • @maryellenweber3545
    @maryellenweber3545 Před měsícem

    Is your honeysuckle as invasive as here in the US?

  • @FoodThymeAndGarden
    @FoodThymeAndGarden Před měsícem

  • @anjkovo2138
    @anjkovo2138 Před měsícem +1

    👍🤍👍💮🥀🌻