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It takes an investment at first but once everything goes in and growing you will see the rewards later on when you don't have to buy any produce or less of it. Get some tomato cages as I have tried tying them up it doesn't work alone :) depending on how big or what kind you are growing. Once it starts growing keep an eye on dead leaves as they take growth from new tomatoes once they start. Lots of water.
Great to see the toms being strung up. 👍 May be useful to bury a upside down water bottle next to your toms..it'll make watering easier in July onwards.
I have used the exact same hoops and nuts but used a horizontal cane through the loops as that will not bend with the weight rather than wire. Also consider putting a plastic bottle upside down with the bottom cut off to help with Watering next to each plant.
Maybe somebody has already mentionned this, but you have to prune them (we call it "dieven") you have to remove the little shoots that appear between the main stem and the leafnode. If not you'll get a wild tomatoplant that yields very small to no tomatoes because all the engery goes into growing the plant, not the tomatoes. I'm sure you already saw that somewhere ;) It's going wel!!
Tip for next year… grow them on a bit and bury them much deeper… even better, lay them near horizontally with just the last few inches poking up out of the soil (being careful not to snap them at the bend). Toms will root proficiently from all parts under the soil and whilst you’ll lose a few inches when planting, you’ll get bigger plants and more toms over the season due to the greater root system.
Oh, that poor carrot. Such a determination for life, it germinated and started to grow only to be plucked out and discarded! Could you not of have had just a single carrot in your kale.🤔😂 Looking forward to the taste test in a few months, though I have a pretty good idea as to if yours will be tastier that the supermarkets! Thanks for the video.
Great fun, thanks Andy - yes a trip to the garden centre is rarely cheap ! You're ahead of me despite being in the north, but all my tomatoes are for outside which is an increasing problem with blight ! When I lokked at your space I thought 9 so Eight is a good choice, important to get the balance right between potential yield and air flow ! Get on to Ooni for a Wood-fired (pellet) pizza oven - they should be keen given your following - check out Tony C Smith (relatively local to you) - he had one from them to trial !
my neighbours gave me 4 tomato plants, I'm a first timer also. I'm just repotting them outside though (haven't got round to it yet), whats your plan with the other tomato plants you have left?
Hi Andy, it's all looking good in the green house, tomato plants are coming on well, looks like you going to have a good crop. As always a great video Take care
I have grown san marzanos for ten years make sure the watering is very consistent stick to a pattern they are very prone to blossom end rot if watering is erratic lovely tomato for pasta sauces
Thanks for this video. Can you please tell me, what does the sand do and what does the compost do? Is this appropriate for any lawn? My situation is that our lawn is overrun by weeds, specifically clover and some type of white flower. Grrrrr….
Hi - the biggest problem with our lawn was water logging. The sand drops in to the holes from the forking to stop them closing up, helping with drainage. The compost adds organic material and feeds the lawn. Clover has white flowers - not sure if it's that? You'd probably need a weedkiller (stuff specifically for lawns) but you might end up with lots of bare patches from where the weeds have killed the grass. Best of luck!
What a transformation! And how much work!! Great results❤❤❤ enjoying also the look of a normal black soil😅 in switzerland, where I live, we have clay with stones. Gardening is a challenge😂😂
Use some salt sprinkle it around your beds and edges of inside to deter slugs. Plant your flowers in the front or back garden they are ready to go. Keep only the tomatoes and herbs inside the greenhouse everything else can go in the beds. You have room for one of those lettuce greenhouses aside the greenhouse.
Lavender is a Mediterranean plant and needs a very free draining soil and not to much water. The other little plants with the red flowers are a succulents and don’t need a lot off water either.lots off sun will help them.
It might help to put a strip of gravel where the grass is growing up and scatter some sheep’s wool pellets. I put copper tape on my hosta pots this year which has worked well and a sheep’s wool pellet wig on the surface of the soil. Smells grim but soon disperses. Some delicate plants can’t push through the mat it forms when wet. I collect the little bastards in a sealed pot and relocate them to the wild part in the churchyard. Love your calming voice!
Originally came looking for a review of trail cam with time lapse, but I'll admit to nerding out on the PCB deep dive. AND particularly enjoyed your philosophical consternation at the end there, Andy.
Frogs, ducks, hedgehogs and hens eat slugs so the usual advice is to have a pond. We have a wildlife pond so plenty of newts and frogs looking for food. Also try to mix up the planting in the beds with longer term items interspersed with faster crops like lettuce, radish etc and some flowers.
Hi Andy. Just found your gardening channel and it’s great timing as we are starting to think about doing the same but ready for next year! 😊 I know you’re a man who thinks these things through. What’s your thoughts if any on c24 timber for your raised beds? I’m guessing it’s treated? Was thinking of the chemicals and the veggies that’s all? 🤔
Cheers! Got some sitting in pots between them. But as it's still a bit chilly at night the Basil seems to prefer it on the bench. They're soft and need hardened up a bit. 😂
Crushed up eggshells sprinkled on the soil can help keep the slugs n snails away - they don’t like the texture apparently. Also when repotting plants like your sunflowers you need to tease out the roots a bit to help them grow in the new pot. Looks amazing.
Thanks for the update Andy, you're doing grand - a victim of your own success, and the shelf looks great btw ! To get your sunflowers (or tomatoes etc) out more easily gently place the stem between your middle and ring finger and invert the pot (also gently) and give it a tap, should come out fine. The potting up trick using the existing pot is great where there's loads of foliage but not really necessary when you've got a single stem and can backfill easily! Lettuce are a cool climate plant so will be happy outside already, plant them around the garden in the gaps, they are quite decorative and are less likely to be eaten by slugs if not planted in a block or row and they won't be happy in a hot greenhouse anyway, they'll soon enough be over so don't forget to keep sowing new batches. Don't worry about the Foxgloves they wouldn't have flowered this year anyway as they're Biennial, but established plants are about to flower now so the ideal time to just scatter some seed around the garden is in a few weeks time ! The Kalenchoe can last for years, as they root really easily in water,, a good way to regenerate as the older plants get a bit sprawling and untidy. They also don't like getting scorched, ours always seem happiest in the bathroom or cloakroom where it's indirect light and slightly humid but don't over-water. I think I'd lay a row of block pavers along the side of that raised bed, they give a tidy mowing edge, are inhospitable to slugs and will save you knocking your mower into the timber and damaging your hooks !
Your putting slug pellets on your plants outside the greenhouse hedgehogs can reach those pellets and any slugs which will nibble your marigolds try broken egg shells around your plants slugs dont like the sharp edges - hedgehogs need all the help they can get they are partial to few slugs - also try beer in a jar sunk into the ground slugs and snails love it - garden looking good well done ❤ like your enthusiasm 😂
Hi Andy, it is a working progress, planting and potting and soon you will be reaping the rewards of what you have done in the spring, it will soon be lazy sunny afternoons in the green house sitting down hat over your eyes and plenty of Zzzzzzzzz !! . It's looking amazing you are doing a great job I have been enjoying your gardening videos. Did you get your money back on those solar lights you had in the greenhouse. As always a great video, catch you soon Take care
Thank you - it's all very exciting! Yes, got a refund for the rubbish solar lights no probs. Still on the lookout for a better solution but low priority at the moment. 👍😁
