Hobbit Allotment!

[horticultural_hobbit]

Would like to grow chillies and bells next year in the poly. I can wait till they are say 8-10 inches high before I sink them into the beds of the poly. Just wondering if any aunts or uncles had any advice about poly growing. Bit concerned that slugs might eat baby plants.

And aubergines, quite like to transplant them into the poly too. All thoughts gratefully received


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[horticultural_hobbit]

Have a fed chilli babies ^_^ no Superhots yet though, in the heated prop.


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[snohare]

Aha, the plot heats up ! Well, I suppose it is the most chilli time of year...

[horticultural_hobbit]

Very pampered chillies at the moment. If it suddenly goes cold they will be ex-chillies. Only on super hot has come into existence so far-Serrano. The others are still in the magic box.

Nigel, hot patio sizzle, early jalapeño, pretty purple have all come through so far with just being on the sill.

Tomatoes have also been sown . under a fleece. We Marmande, yellow stuffer, ailsa Craig, black cherry, money maker and gardeners delight.


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[horticultural_hobbit]

mama h and i have been digging and leaf molding today. Aubs and chillies sat basking in the sun, as a tomatos. Nothing planted out yet. Stack of spuds to be sunk at some point too.

[snohare]

Heavens, is it hobbitfarming time already ?!!
Wow. Spring is early this year.

<Snohare frantically paws at soil, planting seeds>

[horticultural_hobbit]

Harvested some of Aunty VVG's Sunderland kale, it's rather good! Steaming it later. Sank broadies as the over wintering ones failed. As well as some experimental seeds in the four tier blowaway. Debating how soon potatoes can be sunk and how deep. Trying open ground again this year. Any suggestions? Valley's, ridges? Have previously just bulb planted.


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[rustylady]

Potatoes plant in the ground, about six inches deep HH. I've planted 2 rows over the past two days. Can use a bulb planter if that's easier. Don't make ridges till the shoots show through.

[horticultural_hobbit]

Worried about flooding and if we have a very damp summer again. Plus I don't like digging trenches. Mama h doesn't agree with bulb planting technique as she was never taught that by my nana when he did planted spuds!


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[rustylady]

Plant them when Mama isn't there

[horticultural_hobbit]

Plant them when Mama isn't there

She tends to follow me there and then be the foreman.


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[horticultural_hobbit]

Fished out the second Jamaican jerk hot chilli out of the heated prop. Happy to see both seedlings as they are meant to be really hard to germinate. Just waiting on red and yellow scotch bonnets; these are proving to be quite stubborn. Now have vast array of sweet peppers, hot and super hot peppers.


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[horticultural_hobbit]

Question for the Dorset naga growers on vine. How abundant are they, and what do you do with the fruit?


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[snohare]

What's a "Dorset Naga", Hobbit ? And do the Somerset varieties float ?

[horticultural_hobbit]

A superhot chilli, an experimental one in that I have never grown that sort. There is a Somerset one...or one from Wiltshire. No guarantee I will get any fruit. But if I do, no idea what I can do with them as they are ridiculously hot.


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