What I Did Today (Undercover)

[VirginVegGrower]

Delia Sniff's if you haven't got it, I'll post it up. It is a lovely soup. It is a bummer about the garlic as most of mine went into the poly, but hey you win some, you lose some. Maybe you will fair better than I have. At least I know for next year.

[VirginVegGrower]

Pulled the remaining garlic - got so sick of waiting and so did the oca. Lazy garlic made and oca put in the new gap, placed in a row, behind the tomatoes. Watered everywhere. Tied the grape up and noticed I have GRAPES. Teeny tiny, but bunches nonetheless. Picked a load of broad beans off for freezing. Noticed potatoes have flowers now - hurrah. I also have parsnip seedlings through in the poly. Double WAHOO. Whilst I would not grow garlic or shallots again in the poly (epic fail compared to allotment grown) I would grow overwintering onions in there. I have beauties fattening nicely, compared to my lotty ones. The Broadies have been a bonus in there as the lotty ones this year are rubbish. Carrots have foot high tops on but no shoulders showing yet. I may pull one and take a peek. Loving this polytunnel lark

[Bren In Pots]

Planted Chinese Slangen and Marketmore cucs in the GH border.

[VirginVegGrower]

Watered both poly beds. Fed tomatoes, peppers and cucumber plants. Pulled some onions at the front HOOGE Radar onions, thank Zazen for the recommendation (bye bye Shakespeare, hello Radar), which made way for three more tomato plants. Planted remaining oca plants, so all are now in, bar the one I gave to Bins. Be interested to see if there's a difference between outdoor and undercover grown. Harvested a mass crop of broad beans, with more still coming. Hung onions from the trellis wires - that feature is so handy. I love it. Wish I good have another polytunnel with a swimming pool sunk into it. I need a cool down when I've spent time in there.

[SarzWix]

I have almost completely run out of water About 50l left in the big tank and that's it. Panic is setting in because it takes nearly 100l to do a full water of the tunnel and greenhouse. Seriously considering asking the householders adjacent to my plot if they'll sell me 1000l of water to refill the tank...

[VirginVegGrower]

I have almost completely run out of water About 50l left in the big tank and that's it. Panic is setting in because it takes nearly 100l to do a full water of the tunnel and greenhouse. Seriously considering asking the householders adjacent to my plot if they'll sell me 1000l of water to refill the tank...

No tap on your site?

[Scarlet]

Pulled the remaining garlic - got so sick of waiting

That's what've done today, giant garlic too - just couldn't wait any longer

[SarzWix]

No tap on your site?

Nope. Just rainwater collection from shed rooves etc. But one of my butts split over winter, and the drain-pipe which feeds the big tank became disconnected from the gutter somehow so it wasn't refilling, and now poof! it's all gone

[VirginVegGrower]

Nope. Just rainwater collection from shed rooves etc. But one of my butts split over winter, and the drain-pipe which feeds the big tank became disconnected from the gutter somehow so it wasn't refilling, and now poof! it's all gone

Crikey that's not good. We only have one tap between 25, which I am now thankful for. Although poly and greenhouse at home, where we have a tap too.

[VirginVegGrower]

That's what've done today, giant garlic too - just couldn't wait any longer

Not growing mine in a tunnel again. It just looked like a thick leek. Not sure it split. If it did, it still stayed tiny. Some had a curve to the bottom, but no decent size.

[SarzWix]

My onions are all coming out this afternoon because they're starting to bolt. None of them have gotten to a decent size really, they're going to be a pain to use. On the plus side, it'll give me room to get more tomatoes in

[VirginVegGrower]

My onions are all coming out this afternoon because they're starting to bolt. None of them have gotten to a decent size really, they're going to be a pain to use. On the plus side, it'll give me room to get more tomatoes in

Bolting in the poly? Now mine have done the opposite. Great in the poly, but bolted on the allotment. Anyway, deading time - get those toms in clouds and silver linings!

[redser]

Got the last of my onions out over the last few days. I dug one garlic and wasn't impressed. They are still plenty green so I'm going to leave them in the hope they come good. Glad to have onions up, managed to fit in 15 sweet peppers in their place

[VirginVegGrower]

Here's a pic of my Radar hanging in the poly.
There are still some growing

[Scarlet]

Not growing mine in a tunnel again. It just looked like a thick leek. Not sure it split. If it did, it still stayed tiny. Some had a curve to the bottom, but no decent size.

Well, I used one last night. It had split so fingers crossed the others will have done the same. Size wasn't too bad (see pic- hope you don't get a bad neck!) Not as big as my outdoor grown ones last year. The the bed I have growing outside now doesn't look as good as last year either but they still look very healthy and will stay there for a while yet.