Firstly hello to everyone, I'm a newbie round here but have been picking up some great tips for what to do with my allotment (I've had it since Feb), so thanks to all for the great advice.
My problem (well, the worst problem of the moment, aside from the horrible weather!) is my courgette/squash plants and cucumber plants. I started them all off from seed back in March. Most germinated and I planted them out (after a few days hardening off outside), rather optimistically it would seem, at the end of May. The day after I planted them out there was a huge storm which damaged a lot of the plants, and then the ones that survived slowly wilted, turned yellow and died. The ones that survived that ordeal got eaten by slugs!!!! Argghhh! I have one squash plant left which has a few small leaves on it that are gradually going yellow!
In a bid to recover I planted some more courgette and cucumber seeds. The courgettes never germinated but I now have two small cucumber plants (about 4 leaves each so far) growing happily on my windowsill. What should I do this time to avoid the above disasters?! They are a variety of outdoor ridge cucumbers (think they might be 'Marketmore').
Also, is it too late to try once more with courgettes? Third time lucky maybe? I keep looking jealously at my neighbour who has about 8 plants and never bothers to come and pick anything!!!! grrr
(PS I don't have a greenhouse but do have a small outside cold frame and several sunny windowsills)
My problem (well, the worst problem of the moment, aside from the horrible weather!) is my courgette/squash plants and cucumber plants. I started them all off from seed back in March. Most germinated and I planted them out (after a few days hardening off outside), rather optimistically it would seem, at the end of May. The day after I planted them out there was a huge storm which damaged a lot of the plants, and then the ones that survived slowly wilted, turned yellow and died. The ones that survived that ordeal got eaten by slugs!!!! Argghhh! I have one squash plant left which has a few small leaves on it that are gradually going yellow!
In a bid to recover I planted some more courgette and cucumber seeds. The courgettes never germinated but I now have two small cucumber plants (about 4 leaves each so far) growing happily on my windowsill. What should I do this time to avoid the above disasters?! They are a variety of outdoor ridge cucumbers (think they might be 'Marketmore').
Also, is it too late to try once more with courgettes? Third time lucky maybe? I keep looking jealously at my neighbour who has about 8 plants and never bothers to come and pick anything!!!! grrr
(PS I don't have a greenhouse but do have a small outside cold frame and several sunny windowsills)
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