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With the recent rubbish weather, I feel that I am slipping even further behind "schedule".
At present the only thing that I am harvesting is potatoes - nothing else is even near fruiting/ flowering.
In the ground I have onions - the stems of which are about an inch thick. Runner beans are about 2-4ft high, no flowers yet. Sugar snap peas are anywhere from 6 inches high to about 3ft, one flower. Courgettes went in a couple of weeks ago and are starting to take (they were planted in from pots), likewise with the butternut squash. I've also just planted some brussel sprouts, but they are tiny.
In the mini greenhouses I have some dwarf bean seedlings starting to show, some more sugarsnap peas the same. I have a few chilli plants (about a foot high), various tomato plants (plum, cherry and beef) at various stages of early growth (again, no signs of fruit). There are some pepper "sprouts", more onions in vending cups, a couple of cucumber plants with about 5 leaves and that's about it.
Oh, and I planted some carrot seeds in loo-roll centres and they are starting to poke through - my last effort of planting a few hundred seeds resulted in just 4 seedlings. And I planted some mixed lettuce, and they are starting to show.
Hopefully the weather is goingto be a bit better this weekend, so I can make some headway on the allotment and start getting things in the ground, but it is disconcerting.
Anyone else feeling behind?
Oh, I forgot to mention - my second early spuds are coming up the size of large jacket potatoes. Should I be diggin up my main crops now before they end up the size of footballs?
At present the only thing that I am harvesting is potatoes - nothing else is even near fruiting/ flowering.
In the ground I have onions - the stems of which are about an inch thick. Runner beans are about 2-4ft high, no flowers yet. Sugar snap peas are anywhere from 6 inches high to about 3ft, one flower. Courgettes went in a couple of weeks ago and are starting to take (they were planted in from pots), likewise with the butternut squash. I've also just planted some brussel sprouts, but they are tiny.
In the mini greenhouses I have some dwarf bean seedlings starting to show, some more sugarsnap peas the same. I have a few chilli plants (about a foot high), various tomato plants (plum, cherry and beef) at various stages of early growth (again, no signs of fruit). There are some pepper "sprouts", more onions in vending cups, a couple of cucumber plants with about 5 leaves and that's about it.
Oh, and I planted some carrot seeds in loo-roll centres and they are starting to poke through - my last effort of planting a few hundred seeds resulted in just 4 seedlings. And I planted some mixed lettuce, and they are starting to show.
Hopefully the weather is goingto be a bit better this weekend, so I can make some headway on the allotment and start getting things in the ground, but it is disconcerting.
Anyone else feeling behind?
Oh, I forgot to mention - my second early spuds are coming up the size of large jacket potatoes. Should I be diggin up my main crops now before they end up the size of footballs?
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