What I’m sowing and growing in June ~ for year round abundance
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
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My husband says “ What is Steve sowing”….and then promptly asks if I’ve done the same😂! Being on the eastern side, we’ve been battered with winds and torrential rain the last week, so I’m behind. I’d say we are a month behind you, as we’ve not been able to plant out our tender plants (12°C yesterday 😮), not much help when you’ve a greenhouse full of plants raring to go. Thanks for the reminders and your allotment and greenhouse are testament to your hard work and great planning.
Unfortunately you're not the only one to have had the high winds and rain, we had a nasty squall, which flattened my broad beans and knocked over a lot of the trees in containers and lots more, quite unusual. We are waiting for roofers to fit a new roof and they are weeks behind. We have been lucky with temperatures though, hovering around 9-10c for most of May. Hard work not so much, but I do have some pretty good plans now after 8 years of refinement : All the best - Steve
Look at that cucumber plant!
Thanks, I will be doing a video on that soon, some lessons to learn! : All the best - Steve
Fantastic 😊 as always 👏
Weather been all over the place, had to shut my greenhouse again, wind was knocking my peppers. Your greenhouse looks full and over flowing
My peppers are tied in to stakes. The greenhouse is full, but I have a little space, so it's not overflowing like it was.
@@SteveRichards i got 2 tied to poles the other 3 are in pots high up no room for a pole if that makes sense
I have lost half of my seedlings so far to the slugs this year. I gave some tomato and chilli plants to my friend and hers are now 3 times the size of mine. I can not sow quick enough to replace the eaten plants.
Sorry to hear that, it's been a huge challenge this year, I've spent all winter and battling slugs, but now I feel that I'm finally winning : All the best - Steve
Hi Steve, I have a question for your next Q&A.
Do you know much about photoperiodism? Do you factor in the photoperiodism of certain plants in your planting plans?
it's a very interesting subject and not very well documented so far as I can find. The influence of day length, light intensity, plant age, plant size at critical day lengths, temperature and stress on a plant can be quite complex. I'm actually working on a spreadsheet right now to figure out how I'm going to minimally manipulate day length and temperature in the greenhouse (since I have heat and light in there) this winter, so maximise yield, avoid plants going to seed, break dormancy early and all sorts of other objectives. I already do all the basics in my plans, but I think there's exciting potential to go further : All the best - Steve
I was told here in NL when we had our allotment by a felow allotmenteer that yellow courgettes freeze better than green ones - never tried out the theory but maybe it does work! XxxX
I'm growing Zephyr this year, not a true courgette, much firmer, more like the summer squash it is, but it's shaped like a courgette. My wife prefers it so much that it's the only 'courgette' she wants me to grow now. It might freeze well, but we don't freeze much, certainly not squash : All the best - Steve
Fantastic as always, Steve. That cucumber plant is amazing! All the best- Alison
It's nice isn't it Alison, I really like having some height in the greenhouse! It's a bit stressed at night though, now that I'm not heating : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards we have cold nights here this week. Lows of 7 degrees! I've not planted my outdoor squash or polytunnel cucumbers out yet. This happened last year and I held off till second week of June and regretted it. I may plant them today and cover the squash with cloches made from 5 litre water bottles at night and fleece the cucumbers ? I know you used 30 l buckets last year but I dont have enough spare at the moment.
What do you think? All the best -Alison
For me there's no sign of summer weather arriving for weeks, so it's always a difficult call. My squash are out and unprotected and they are sulking, but they normally pull through. Early June up north is often worse than May. I think protected with cloches and fleece everything will be fine though : All the best - Steve
Omg im in fife scotland and at least 4 weeks behind. 😥😭
When did you sow that cucumber plant? And did you use any fertiliser to get it growing so well? Looks great!
14th Feb, tomato food once it started fruiting : All the best - Steve
Good show, cheers Steve
I am envious of your cucumbers.
I don't buy them so I always look forward to them in mid-May, then I'm sick at the sight of them by October and happy to be without through winter : All the best - Steve
Excellent
You might like to try a tray of spinach with your grow lights in tge conservatory Steve. I get frustrated trying to grow it full sized but if I sow thick and wait for true leaves, keep it in the back bedroom, it works.
ah yes, grow it cool and with a shorter day length, powered by my solar panels. I might try that. How deep a tray do you use? : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards I have those bright green seed trays on Amazon. About 1 inch but if I want more or use big seeds like pea or sunflower I just use a seed tray with sterile compost.
Thank you Steve. I sowed another couple of boxes of autumn carrots. I will try those Sugarsnax soon too.
On The Peoples Food and Farmers Alliance they were saying we should now be relying of France for carrots but they are not available so they are coming from China. There will be a serious shortage of basic crops we can grow easiky here. We in Wales have thousands of acres just left...its almost sinful.
John Seymour will be fuming from his grave
@@SteveRichards yes.
There was no frozen mixed veg in Aldi the other day. Not one bag. Thank goodness for our garden veg plots.
@@Cheriesgardenvegplot they say there will be no Christmas veg this year so if you see parsnips, carrots, sprouts, perhaps grab some for the freezer as extra protection.
@Cheriesgardenvegplot really! I’ve not been down a frozen veg isle for 8 years, so it’s all news to me, although I do buy tomatoes in winter and early spring
Did you harvest garlic Steve. I so cared for a bed of bought garlic cloves but the leaves had turned yellow so I harvested yesterday. A bit disappo8nted by the small size so Im making garlic puree for little pots in the freezer.
Not yet Lynn, I don't harvest until well into June, most of the growth of the bulb happens in the last 2-3 weeks : All the best - Steve
Do you have heat in your greenhouse Steve?
I do, I have a video coming out on the 3rd, which goes through all of that : All the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards thank you. I did look back to see if there was a video before I asked!
Ask away, it's not a problem Denise, it's a lot easier for me to find video than it is for you. Here's the video czcams.com/video/GUwzbAor9iI/video.html and check out the link in the description of that video too for all of the details : All the best - Steve
Omg!! Fruit already?! I started peppers and tomatoes in Feb. No sign of fruit. I feel utterly useless now 😅
You need to watch my video on growing early tomatoes Emma : all the best - Steve
@@SteveRichards thank you, I’ll look out for it
How to grow hanging basket tomatoes ~ nice and early
czcams.com/video/aMG2V1RbN2Y/video.html
@@SteveRichards thank you. Think I need to feed more by the looks of it. I was doing once a week.
It's that tricky balance of getting enough light, heat and feed : All the best - Steve