What I Did Today (Undercover)

[Martin H]

Today I got my cold greenhouse sorted for summer. My 5 tomato plants are now in their final pots and they have wires to hang on to as they climb. I've got the spaces organised for cucs and melons but they aren't ready for their final pots yet.

[marcofez]

'Rocket' potatoes planted in the poly!

[marcofez]

Have prepared the polytunnel for a crop of 'Rocket' potatoes,1st earlies. Planting the tubers the 1st week of Feb for a May harvest. In & out before the summer crops go in.

[marcofez]

Showed my niece around my polytunnel, picked some tomatoes and cucumbersand gave everything a good soak. marvelled at how my watermelons are getting on!

[Small pumpkin]

Put up my second tunnel 10ft x 10ft ( 3m x 3m ), just a little one but I'm very happy

Here is the new tunnel & our friend we roped in to help.



Still have a bit of work to do, but It will be full of plants by tomorrow evening.

[Small pumpkin]

Put up my second tunnel 10ft x 10ft ( 3m x 3m ), just a little one but I'm very happy

[Small pumpkin]

Weeded as best I could between the triffids ( tomatoes,tomatillos & cucumbers)
Rearranged pots on bench. To make life as easy as possible for the neighbour, who will be watering for me next week. While I help my grandparents move back into there house after being flooded in December.

[marcofez]

The usual, watering the polytunnel. De-leafing bottom tomato leaves and pinching out side shoots.

[marcofez]

Went out early to put up some brassica cages and plant some brussels, but its tipping down with rain. Instead, planted out watermelons, honeydew melons and some more peppers into the polytunnel. Tidied up also. Then got wet walking back home! Had a cuppa!!!

[veggiechicken]

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[cheapskate chaz]

Thought I might mention, I bought a drip feed system off Ebay, not that successfull, it`s a bag drip and the connection at the base of the bag is the same as those found on Lilos/rafts etc, and when I fitted the insert it leaked past it, twisting it around didn`t get any better so might fit it with some sillicone sealant. The drip ends aren`t that much cop either, they fell apart leaking everwhere, not a good buy realy, so luckily I have some that had been chucked out and they work ok.
My idea is to make a better system with a 5 gallon container and a proper tap that fits the tubing tight! and fit it onto a shelf to give some pressure.

[cheapskate chaz]

I know how you feel, 95* in both houses, I do have an auto window to let some heat out in the glass house, but yet to fit one into the polycarbonate house. White washed it at the weekend so should cut some of the rays from scortching the leaves, but boy does the heat make cider taste so wonderfull..haha.
I`ve had to move things around in the glass house as the slugs are getting friendly with all my plants, so lifted everything off the deck with makeshift staging, even after laying down slug pellets they are getting past them...little bas...darlings!
One thing though...5am and the sunshine is fantastic, well worth getting up for that alone.

[hellybore]

Ran down the allotment after work to open the greenhouse door and revive my poor droopy tomato plants - for the second day in a row! Must get up earlier so I can go down there before work and open it. Blimey it's only May and it's like an oven in there! Steep learning curve for me, this greenhouse business

[marcofez]

The polytunnel is slowly being emptied of plants needed to be hardened off! Soon I will be able to fill the poly beds up!!! Also watered the plants inside.

[horticultural_hobbit]

Planted aubergines, chillies and sweet peppers into the poly.

Shuffled the Superhots around.


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