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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2007Newbie Veg Questions
Hi all A few basic questions from a relative newbie if I may: Should "Tender Green" french beans need supporting? Should the above produce curly or straight(ish) beans (mine are distinctly curly). How do you tell when onions are "ready". I have a dozen or so that have filled out to a decent size, but should the tops die off/flower/seed or whatever before harvesting? A few small courgettes have formed behind flowers, but then disappeared. Are they being snaffled by some local sneak thief or is there something that needs to be done to make these "set"? Why do tomatoes do so much better in grow bags? I have planted some in open ground, but with at least a 50% local addition of seed compost. So I was expecting a similar result to the grow bags - but no, much slower and less convincing foliar growth. Any comments/suggestions appreciated. Phil TheScullster <phil@dropthespam.com> writes >A few small courgettes have formed behind flowers, but then disappeared. >Are they being snaffled by some local sneak thief or is there something that >needs to be done to make these "set"? You could aid pollination by taking a male flower (no courgette behind it) and inserting it into the female flower. Shouldn't need to, though. Possibly air is too dry? >Why do tomatoes do so much better in grow bags? I have planted some in open >ground, but with at least a 50% local addition of seed compost. > So I was >expecting a similar result to the grow bags - but no, much slower and less >convincing foliar growth. Seed compost has very little in the way of food in it (seedlings don't need much).  SignatureKay > Hi all > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Should the above produce curly or straight(ish) beans (mine are distinctly > curly). See here: http://tinyurl.com/2qrslu > How do you tell when onions are "ready". I have a dozen or so that have > filled out to a decent size, but should the tops die off/flower/seed or > whatever before harvesting? Its all here: http://tinyurl.com/32tv5w > A few small courgettes have formed behind flowers, but then disappeared. > Are they being snaffled by some local sneak thief or is there something that > needs to be done to make these "set"? Hopefully this site will help: http://tinyurl.com/3d7vrl > Why do tomatoes do so much better in grow bags? I have planted some in open > ground, but with at least a 50% local addition of seed compost. So I was > expecting a similar result to the grow bags - but no, much slower and less > convincing foliar growth. If possible study the makeup of the compost in the growbag and then try and replicate it for the tomatoes which you plant in open ground. Or follow this advice: http://tinyurl.com/27mw9u Regards, Emrys Davies. > Any comments/suggestions appreciated. > > Phil Phil wrote > A few basic questions from a relative newbie if I may: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Any comments/suggestions appreciated. Tendergreen is a Dwarf French Bean and therefore does not need support. Whilst the beans are always shown straight they are invariably curved, some more than others, doesn't change the taste though. When onions are ready to pull their tops start to die back, we have got all ours up and drying out on wire mesh shelves in the last couple of days. They will then need cleaning up before being hung up in netting onion sacks. Onions that grow flower stalks are not much good, use for a salad or something, don't bother storing them. Sounds like your Courgette flowers are not being fertilized, usually happens to the first few but not after then when the male flowers (the ones without the embryonic courgette) are in abundance. Try hand pollinating. Having never grown Toms in grow bags I can't answer that except that they are usually placed in a sheltered warm spot unlike the open garden. We always grow ours out on the allotment in normal soil and have late but have excellent crops usually, this year due to the constant rain only one variety has not succumbed to Blight. SignatureRegards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK "Bob Hobden" wrote snip.................... > Having never grown Toms in grow bags I can't answer that except that they > are usually placed in a sheltered warm spot unlike the open garden. We > always grow ours out on the allotment in normal soil and have late but > have excellent crops usually, this year due to the constant rain only one > variety has not succumbed to Blight. Thanks Bob and others for informative response. Bob, what are the signs of blight? I have noticed that some leaves on my toms look brown (maybe wind burnt?) around the edges. These are the ones in grow bags so I think it unlikely that they will have suffered too much from water logged roots (if that is the cause of blight). The leaves have also gone a bit leathery-looking. But I have a few promising looking tresses (sp) of toms. My location is on top of a hill, though surounded by housing, so it does get a bit windy even in the more sheltered corner I use for veg. Phil > "Bob Hobden" wrote > snip.................... [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Phil Late blight ( the bad one) causes big brown blotches all over the leaves and stems and tomatoes which may addtionally get whitish fur. Early blight (not so bad) gives yellowish patches with brown in them. If you are not sure, try google images search tomato blight and you will get some pictures to compare. Gill M m "Gill Matthews" wrote after "Phil" replied to >> "Bob Hobden" who wrote >> snip.................... [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > google images > search tomato blight and you will get some pictures to compare. Late Blight (commonly just called Blight) needs wet/damp leaves to get a hold on the plants , it is rain born and the only thing you can do is to try to prevent it by spraying all parts of the plant with Bordeaux Mixture (Copper sulphate and Lime) and re-spraying if it's washed off by the rain. Once the plant has the disease it's too late and you need to pull it up and destroy it, any set tomatoes will only rot. Usually the plant gets Dark Brown/ Black patches on leaves and stems which spread all over the plant including any fruit and the whole plant simply collapses. Also affects potatoes as they are the same family (think of the Irish Potato Famine) and the spuds rot in the ground if you don't dig them up quickly. There are resistant varieties like "Ferline" tomatoes (I'm told there are others too, anyone?), and all Sarpo varieties of potatoes. Our Ferline toms are the only ones not to have got blight already this year which proves something. SignatureRegards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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