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So we have three raised beds, and one large veg boarder. It was all new ground this year.
The first raised bed was planted with spuds and thats doing fine.
The second raised bed that was completed had a bag of compost dug in, and i planted 2 rows of pickling onions seeds and 4 rows of carrots. This one is very slow, the carrots are still look like seedlings.
The third raised bed was dug over and nothing was included to enrich the soil, this one has beets, a few carrots, a few cabbage, some lettuce basically bits and bobs. This one is doing ok but still slow, thought the carrots (started at the same time are twice the size of the second).
The veg boarder....well what a disaster. I planted onion sets VERY slow growing, actually i think they have even stopped growing. I planted 7 pumpkin plants lost 6. The last one is starting to flower, i pollinated the ripe female flower with the male. It was doing ok, went out the check it the other day the the pumpkin had gone rotten.
In addition to this i also have beets, garlic, onion sets and peas growing in bags filled with potting compost they are all doing really well.
Does it just sound like poor soil conditions, and if so will this improve over the years with care?
The first raised bed was planted with spuds and thats doing fine.
The second raised bed that was completed had a bag of compost dug in, and i planted 2 rows of pickling onions seeds and 4 rows of carrots. This one is very slow, the carrots are still look like seedlings.
The third raised bed was dug over and nothing was included to enrich the soil, this one has beets, a few carrots, a few cabbage, some lettuce basically bits and bobs. This one is doing ok but still slow, thought the carrots (started at the same time are twice the size of the second).
The veg boarder....well what a disaster. I planted onion sets VERY slow growing, actually i think they have even stopped growing. I planted 7 pumpkin plants lost 6. The last one is starting to flower, i pollinated the ripe female flower with the male. It was doing ok, went out the check it the other day the the pumpkin had gone rotten.
In addition to this i also have beets, garlic, onion sets and peas growing in bags filled with potting compost they are all doing really well.
Does it just sound like poor soil conditions, and if so will this improve over the years with care?
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