Peas doing well.

[chris]

Colin - any chance of more pics of your container growing garden as of late please? I like to see how you're doing it.. since loosing my main growing space at home, I'm intending on using containers - if not only to have another nose

[Potstubsdustbins]

Chris,

Happy to oblige anything special or just an overview.

Colin.

P.S. Though I own up to failures I don't do pics of them LOL

[binley100]

humph.... my peas keep getting nibbled , luckily the purple ones are at home for me to save seed. The ones on the centenary garden (alderman and little marvel) were even more disastrous .....is there time to resow? I have mange tout and lincoln on my plot .

[chris]

Overview would be good Thanks!

Interesting idea for the peas though - are those containers resting from the wall, or directly off the fence? That'd be a good way of me keeping the chickens off some stuff

[Potstubsdustbins]

They were something I knocked some years ago, they are free standing if you look closely you can see the two centre legs. The outer most rear legs are screwed back to the wall with angle brackets to make sure it does not fall on anyone.

Colin

[binley100]

that's very good but what about my peas?

[Nicos]

Bins.....Yup- you can resow peas- I've just put a 3rd sowing in

[Potstubsdustbins]

Binley,

I have just started to chit my second sowing Kelverton Wonder from there they will have to stay in 3 inch pots until the container is cleared after the first harvest.

Pea Geisha is a late sowing crop, sow June/July harvest into October.

Hope this helps Colin

[binley100]

Fankoo........

[bethduckie]

I've just stuck some mangetout in today Binley... so I sure hope so!

[Flummery]

My best crop so far has been from Kent Blue mangetout - seeds originally from Muckdiva here. They have been cropping for a couple of weeks - loads of pods - eaten them most days. They are a fabulous pea. Canoe are doing well, as are Alderman but they both need another week or so to swell the pods. Mind you, my Purple Mangetout (from my own breeding) have been ready to eat for weeks too but I'm waiting to see how the pod matures so I can tell which are true mangetouts. Thinking of banging in another row of Kent Blue next week.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Well Chris you did ask.

If I can get this right it should be.

Pic 1, Peas to the left with calabrese behind. Cauli Igloo in Morrisons pots with a courgette to the right. Herbs and Red Baron round the edge of the pond, the onions took a battering but there is hope yet a while.

Pic 2, Edge of pond more onions, baby leeks and radish. Green oblong containers, lettuce, spring onions & rocket. In front of GH dustbin main crop, pot of mint (Brundall) & blueberry. Back ground blackberry & more spuds.

Pic 3, Main crop spuds in plastic water tanks, 6 mixed runner bean & courgette with powdery mildew LOL.

Pic 4, 6 runner bean to the left, 2 dustbins main crop, 6 PSB & top of dalek follow on seedlings.

Pic 5, The race begins first on the runners on horizontal ropes.

Umph there should have been a number 6 will go and have a look.

Colin

[Potstubsdustbins]

The wayward pic,

Dustbin of Lady Christl going on previous years there will be plus of 20lb in there. Back ground pots of carrots and more calabrese.

Colin

[Sylvan]

Wow

Do your caulis and PSB grow to full size in the Morrisons bucket? I have 32 caulis (4 different varieties) in 3" and 4" pots and was expecting to have to use 4 beds for them. If they'll go in buckets that will save a great deal of space.

[chris]

Wow, very productive patch you've got there!

Have you always grown in containers? Did you patio your garden, or are there plants to grow in the ground?