MY PLOT JULY 8th TO JULY14th
This rain and cool weather is making a problem or two for us growers. The rain has slowed down the rate of growth of most plants and the damp in the foliage of the potato plants has started of early signs of blight.
All the recently planted seedlings are hardly growing and the courgettes, which by now should be getting into large plants are ticking over. On top of all this every weekday I manage to get to the plot it starts raining!
The experiment I started last week, with cabbages in cut down plastic bottles, is not going to plan! The pigeons have eaten the tops of the leaves above the bottle tops, but the growing tip is still not touched, so maybe they will grow, time will tell.
I have cut the potato haulms off my early potatoes, to stop the blight getting into the tubers and causing them to rot.
The strawberries are still continuing to fruit and are providing plenty of berries for eating, the courgettes are giving about one fruit every two days per plant, very low for this time of year.
I have started picking the first of the cucumbers and cabbages and the calabrese is begining to produce heads.
The onions are showing quite large bulbs for this time, lets hope they continue for the next few weeks.
JOBS FOR THE WEEK
1. Remove old compost heap, again!
2. Start a new compost bin. Done
3. Remove weeds from around stores timber.Done
4. Tidy up potting shed.
5. Tidy cold frames.
WORK DONE THIS WEEK
Sunday
Pick.
Water.
Thin and weed carrots
Summer prune apples
Monday
Cut down potato haulms and dispose in skip
Pick
Water
Start cutting down weeds round timber.
Tuesday
Water
Pick
Wednesday
Pick
Water
Continue weeding timber area.
Thursday
Plant out more cabbage in bottles.
Top up comfrey bin
Water
Tie in grape vine leaders
Cut some more weeds
Friday
Finish weeding timber area
Sort out new compost bin
Water
Pick
Saturday
Weed bed of french beans and sweetcorn
Cultivate above bed
Cut back nettles alongside road
Water
Pick
CROPS PICKED THIS WEEK
Potatoes
Courgettes
French beans
Cucumbers
Strawberries
Cabbage
Carrots
Spring onions
