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Next year I will not grow things we do not like eg courgettes just 'cos i like the way they grow- ie. fast!
I too, will label but most importantly, I will not ignore my allotment over the winter months thinking the weeding and allotment fairy will keep it in good shape for me!

Two things i will do differently next year are going to be, sowing spring onions in some guttering and either move to allotment or grow them on in the guttering. Spring onions dont seem to want to germinate let alone grow for me.
And i will give up on carrots, The 1st lot failed apart from a few stragglers in a pot.the second attempt i used carrot king pelleted and even these have failed. Not happy!

Next year I will not go on holiday for two weeks, leaving the watering to a friend (she did a great job) with the instructions, pick what you want when its ready.

Only to find when I came back that she hadn't picked anything cos she didn't want to impose. My courgettes were giant marrows, pea plants had fallen over with the weight and the broccoli had lovely yellow flowers to name but a few

Oh she did pick the strawberries but only after she arrived one day to find most had been eaten by the birds

One thing I will have to figure out though is when stuff is ready to harvest, too often I seem to find I leave things just that one day too long

I will be planting "twinkle" peas they were lovely, not a single pod full made it to the pan

I won't be doing the 3 sisters planting thing - the place is like a jungle, you can't move in there. Everything is growing amazingly, so from that point of view it's great, but I've discovered that none of us are really keen on the french beans! So perhaps next year it will just be 2 sisters!!

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Next year i will space out my carrots and onions, they grew well this year but as a first timer i just thought " what the heck, i'll just see what happens" and left the seedlings where they were, everything has grown but on a smaller scale, onions 3"x3" and carrots 6" long, and my biggest lesson learnt....do not put tom plants in grow bags!! they dont offer good support and topple over when you are on holiday!

I will not grow spring onions (not worth the wait), or main crop potatoes (will stick to earlier varieties & leave more room for other crops).

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Next year I will plant more than I did this year of each variety, but less than the previous year.

I will also plant more things sooner and learn how to use things like cloches more effectively.

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Next year I will have my allotment for the whole year and will actually be able to plant things on time rather than 3-4 months late and not really get much produce.

Next year I will also have my beds marked out properly so I do accidentially trample my spring onions.

Next year I will plant more of everything. I keep undestimating the amount of land I have and now have loads of space left.

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James

I like to try, might not get far, but I like to try.

Didcot eh? Know it well lad!

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Next year I won't heave a big sigh of relief in mid-May, thinking all the hard work of spring is over, and neglect my plot in June aka Weed-Month!

Also I will try root trainers for the veg I've had trouble getting to planting-out size (e.g. leeks) and see if that helps.

I will also water things more conscientiously...

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Change of plan already! Next year I WILL grown French Beans again, turns out when you grow them yourself they're gorgeous!!

But I WON'T bother with outdoor tomatoes again - blight is just soul destroying

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Next year I'll sow the butternut squash earlier and make sure that I have fleece ready in case we have another summer like this one. It's just so depressing to see the tiny fruit just beginning to form and know that it's too late. I've left them in and I'm hoping (without any real expectation) for an Indian summer.

Next year....
I will try to be more disciplined with my greenhouse watering so my tomatoes don't get horrible brown bums
I will not go on holiday in July as all my beautiful courgettes turned into honking marrows
I will not grow things I don't eat - even if the seed catalogues do make it look exciting
I will repeat sow peas until they do germinate more than 1 pea :-(
and the thread about labelling TRUE !!! shelf full of ugo's ( unidentified growing object )
all part of the fun though !

Grow more french beans Cobra, forget about the Kinghorn wax (don't like them). Plant stuff out from the celltrays before they become bonsai veg. Net brassicas against cabbage white - need to make some bigger supports and buy more netting.

I will
- Do my seed buying in December, so that I can...
- Plan what I'm going to sow in modules ready for early planting
- Do early potatoes, and then store them
- Only grow things which are yummy and expensive and/or unusual
- Not stomp all over my lawn with muddy boots on a wet March Sunday- took me all summer to get the grass back, and it's still not the same

I will ~most definitely!!!~remember we got our 2nd plot because pumpkins like lots & lots of space~therefore not try growing them on top of each other~which they are literally doing!!~tomorrow need to try & rescue a little crown prince from almost definite suffocation from a rather large red(that I've forgotten the name)
Also save some seed from one of our F1 yellow courgettes(again forgotten the name!)~it had a baby last year~ie self seeded over winter!~& the baby is now a monster!!growing like a pumpkin & producing at least 4 or 5 fruits a day!!!!

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I will remember to put the Enviromesh back over the carrots, instead of thinking 'It'll be fine, they're in a trough and it is a late sowing after all'.... All the foliage now has a telltale pink tinge, and the one I pulled out looked like cork when snapped in half

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“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

I won't assume that the 2 of us (even with chooks by then?) will manage 15 kale plants!

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When planting in containers or troughs I will remember to check if they have holes in. Had to rescue 10 floating kale plants yesterday!

Why on earth are they made without drainage holes anyway??!

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Next year -

I will cover my carrots with Enviromesh to keep out the evil carrot root fly. I lost the whole lot this year.
I will only plant one courgette. I know that one is too many but I always plant two!
I will forget trying to grow outdoor tomatoes. I never have any success and this year lost the whole lot to blight.
I will cut down on the number of runner bean plants otherwise I'm going to have to buy a separate freezer just for beans.
I will have another go at growing peas. If I am lucky this years harvest plus next year's crop might give us enough peas for a whole meal!
I will try growing fennel. A friend gave us a bulb recently and it was gorgeous.

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next year.......... I will not have to post in this thread, because i will have remembered NOT to do all of the above * smug smiley*

brilliant thread, thank you.

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Just seen this thread, its great.
Next year I will:
LABEL, LABEL, LABEL, LABEL. I gave lots of friends 2 melon plants each, as I had loads. They appreciated the gift, however the collection of courgettes, butternut and sunburst squashes that appeared around my neighbourhood were not what they were expecting. I had none of the above.

Plan. (Have actually made this one already, now... Do I stick to it?

Move my greenhouse to where I want it, not where the Ex Mrs Leponge told me I could have it.

Keep my greenhouse tidy. I broke a pane of glass solely due to its untidiness.

Dig and prepare everything in January/February so that its easier to start in March/April

Read the instructions!!!! (Well, perhaps. I am a bloke after all)

Get a chest freezer to replace the one taken by Ex Mrs Leponge, to store the glut, and not give it all to her.

Not sow my tomato's on boxing day.

Like everyone here, I'm sure there are many more.

Homesick in Sudan

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