I think i over did it!!!!

[Topaz]

This is my first proper year growing as last year i only managed tomatoes because the greenhouse wasn't up and running.

This year however I have planted everything i could get my hands on, and at this moment in time i have 42 galia melons up , 5 sweetheart melons, 5 ogen, melons, 32 cucumbers, 27 courgettes, 10 tomatoes, 12 peppers not to mention spuds in 15 pots and 3 huge tubs of carrots.......wonders where the heck i am going to put 52 melons

Anyone else go mad or is it just me

[HeyWayne]

Go on, show us yer melons!

LadyWayne has asked that I grow less courgettes this year (5 plants last year). One thing I learned from last year, was just because there are 3000 seeds in the packet, doesn't mean you have to sow 3000. Oh, and to sow what you do sow, bit by bit.

Enthusiasm's cool, I love it!

[lainey lou]

how many melons? Where d'ya live, the eden project?!!!!!

[Eyren]

I usually sow at least twice as many seeds as I need plants, to allow for less-than-100% germination and other failures. Then, if I have too many, I sell the excess at work for 25p or so each, to cover the cost of pots, compost, etc.

I hope you have lots of friends and colleagues with greenhouses who fancy trying melons this year!

[Nicos]

Topaz ....Good on you!!!!

Ok- so now you can pick out the strongest and healthiest ...and maybe donate the rest to a charity!!!! ( school /church/evening classes/friends/neighbours/work/corner shop/local 'Grapes')
( you might even get a few new 'Grapes' for the Vine on the way!!)

[Farmer_Gyles]

well done topaz
i've got 60+ peppers at the mo - good job i like peppers

[Nicos]

Anyone got any melon with pepper recipes????

[Cutecumber]

Oh my word! That's a lot of stuff.

It's not so much the melons that worry me but the 32 cucumbers and 27 courgettes... have you any idea how many fruits these babies produce!!!

Get some adoptive parents quickly

Me, I do it with tomatoes - got about 50 seedlings at the moment. But I am growing for three other recipients, thank goodness. It will still leave me struggling with where to put some, but that's all part of the fun!

[Nicos]

You all would make perfect Boy Scouts....'be prepared'

It only takes one baby slug one evening to munch through a tray of seedlings you know!!

[Topaz]

Oh my word! That's a lot of stuff.

It's not so much the melons that worry me but the 32 cucumbers and 27 courgettes... have you any idea how many fruits these babies produce!!!

And there was me worrying about the blasted melons. Hadnt given a thought to the courgettes and cucumbers

Went out to greenhouse tis morning and couldnt believe it 4 more melons germinated over night 5 more courgettes and 3 more cucumbers. Think i might put them on freecycle just to get shot.

[lainey lou]

LOL!!! You could set out a little stall out the front of your house!!!

[Two_Sheds]

LOL!!! You could set out a little stall out the front of your house!!!

... and call it Tesco

[Novice Gardener]

Have you thought of offering them on your local freecycle site? Thats what I'll be doing if all my seedlings come through

[Eternal Sunshine]

We always do this, but not quite to the extent you have Topaz! Have you got a massive greenhouse or a polytunnel to put them all in?

Which area do you live in? Maybe you live nearby to other Grapes who can take some off your hands & give you some things you don't have.

[Headfry]

Lordy Topaz.....good luck!!!!!!