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Member since: Mar 11 | Last seen: Feb 12 | Years gardening: 3
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30 Aug 2011
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Pink brandywine, 1 is ready to eat
Pink Brandywine HarvestingMy first ever heirloom tomato a pink brandywine. Now i used to feed with tomatorite but havent in the last month due to a hose i have been using so maybe thats why its a bit smaller that i hoped but it was still nice. Very fleshy barely any seeds in bar 2 i think. I expected a stronger tom flav...Rainy 16°C / 61°F -
27 Aug 2011
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Think the things eating my jalapenos were snails/slugs so got some stuff to kill em these blue bits u shake. Seen a few dead snails lately cos of em so hopefully if it was them eating my stuff then they wont anymore. Pink brandywine the megablossom one, its almost ready to pick its pinkish in co...Cloudy 19°C / 66°F -
01 Aug 2011
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Somit has been munching my early jalapenos!!!
Today when i went to water the things in the greenhouse i noticed when snipping some early jalapenos off as they looked big enough, that some buggers have been eaten em. It is like a slice has been taken off one of the sides on a number of E Jalapenos. About 4 of em. And one had a hole on it b...Storms 24°C / 75°F -
28 Jul 2011
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Harvest today - Lots of little white dots on apache chilli plants? Rhubarb not doing well.
Cloudy 20°C / 68°F
Pic of my harvest today, tumb toms, apache chilli, early jalapeño and 1 gardeners delight tom.
The leaves of the apache chillies are covered in white pin shape dots. Any ideas what it could be? Cant see any on other plants. Cant exactly separate em either from rest of greenhouse as the branche...
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25 Jul 2011
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Bought a hose and what a carry on it is. Also tom harvest pic and rhubarb
Rainy 16°C / 61°F
Bought a 15m hose from Asda few days ago. Bought a nice water gun end the one with multi spray options (very fun).
Now when i get home i wanted to try it out like the kid i am (not really) lol.
But the connectors it came with was for screw on to ends of taps. Well, i don’t have a garden t...
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19 Jul 2011
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Lavender repotted and pink brandywine megablossom pic
Rainy 21°C / 70°F
Thought i would snap a shot of the repotted (arrived today in post too) of the lavender, 3 types not sure which, first 3 names on previous pic on other journal entry.
Also the pink brandywine heirloom megablossom pic to show my first ever heirloom and a megablossom one at that (multiple toms in o...
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19 Jul 2011
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Rainy 21°C / 70°FMade the decision to move the rhubarb out of my greenhouse. It has done its job with helping establish its new home from when i got the crowns about a month or two ago. It should do ok outside on its own, found a baby white slug on it, which was weird as i didnt think it would have any. Oh i pla...
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19 Jul 2011
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My Lavender plants have arrived
Rainy 16°C / 61°FBought 6 lavender plants from tom and morgan as it was on special just pay for delivery (5er). Anyhow got em today (damn their delivery is SLOW…). Anyhow got em and they have flys in the green casing just a few, im wondering if knats :( Anyhow 3 is for me 3 is for mother as were going hal...
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17 Jul 2011
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Small update - Leaf mold, harvest, pruning.
Rainy 20°C / 68°FLeaf mold is something i see more of everytime i open the greenhouse door. Getting sick of it but it is my fault for leaving the door closed and not letting the fresh air dry the leaves off when i water the plants cos lets face it we all occasionally splash leaves when watering especially in an ...
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12 Jul 2011
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Rainy 17°C / 63°FQuick look at the greenhouse picture and a pic of todays harvest of tumbling toms and 2 apache chillies. Btw the pink brandywine megablossom is growing fast and its about the size of 1.5in wide and 1in height. Woohoo my first heirloom. :) Almost no other heirloom plants have put out a fruit yet ...
