It always ends in tears, so I've stopped..............

[veggiechicken]

After many attempts, all of which end in tears and disappointment, I have stopped........

......trying to grow tomatoes outdoors because of blight and failing to ripen;

...... believing that radishes are easy to grow;

...... thinking that I can grow spring onions the size of the ones in supermarkets, mine are more like chives;

.......worrying about holes in cabbage leaves;

.........

[Bill Door]

ah well

.trying to grow tomatoes outdoors because of blight and failing to ripen; so you can get the seed to germinate then; that's a plus.

.believing that radishes are easy to grow; they are so easy they are happy to give me fresh seeds for next year! What does a radish taste like? The green seed pods in salads are very nice

. thinking that I can grow spring onions the size of the ones in supermarkets, mine are more like chives; Well if you grow loads you wont notice the difference! Mine just die off and I never get any in spring.

...worrying about holes in cabbage leaves; you have leaves! that's a whole garden.

Never mind the negatives just remember the positives. Like, if you grass over the garden you would only be cutting it every week!

regards
Bill

[Thelma Sanders]

I've stopped trying to grow....
Aubergines, Cauliflower as well as the outside tomatoes.

Somehow (dunno how!) I've managed some decent spring onions this year

[Mr Bones]

....... expecting bulb fennel won't bolt, it always does

[chris_m]

After many attempts, all of which end in tears and disappointment, I have stopped........

...... believing that radishes are easy to grow;

.........

They must be - I managed some this year despite it being my first attempt at growing anything and the soil being pretty well rubbish.

They did a darned sight better than the parsnips in the same area - to which I'd only added the radishes as place markers so I'd stand a chance of NOT weeding out the parsnip seedlings by mistake ;-)

[monkeyboy]

Yikes. A little disheartening to hear for a newbster who's planning on growing for next year.

It's making me rethink what I should grow.

[Small pumpkin]

I've stopped growing parsnips, cauliflower, spuds in the ground, and giant pumpkins.

[burnie]

I can grow most of this stuff, except Fennel and tommies outside have no chance this far north, the polar bears pinch them

[Bren In Pots]

I've stopped growing

... aubergines even though the flowers are very pretty and my favourite colour.

... scorzonera they're in the ground far to long for little reward.

but I won't give up on

.. leeks mine aren't failures they're posh mini veg the kind that are expensive to buy in the shops.

[bramble]

I have given up, and stopped trying to grow celeriac.
Cant even get parsnips to germinate.
And cant grow radishes either.
However, I do, and am able to grow tomatoes outdoors every year so thats a plus.

[veggiechicken]

Yikes. A little disheartening to hear for a newbster who's planning on growing for next year.

It's making me rethink what I should grow.

Don't rethink what you should grow - just accept that what you grow may not turn out like the cling wrapped stuff they sell in the shops.

[Chestnut]

That is exactly what I love about the allotment!

In my day job, anything less that 120% is deemed not good enough, with little if any allowance for ‘circumstances’.

On the allotment, it is fully expected that some things just won’t work in any given year, and that this can occur through circumstances outside the plot holder’s control, or by accident.
Fellow plot holders do not criticise us if some of our seeds don’t germinate, or get eaten by the wildlife.
No-one minds in the slightest if we put something different in one or more beds than we had originally planned, so we can easily disguise quite a lot of mishaps.
The committee goes by on inspection days with a ‘that one’s alright’ so long as there is more crop than weed.

Tomorrow is an allotment day, and I can’t wait

[Baldy]

rubbing my eyes after cutting up my homegrown chillies for spicy wraps on Saturday evenings...

aubergines, probably toms on the plot 'cos of blight, spuds for xmas, celery, celereiac (even though I can grow it ), sweet peppers (rather use the space for chillies), passion fruit, dates, star fruit, bananas and Barbados Cherry.

[geepee]

After many attempts, all of which end in tears and disappointment, I have stopped........

......trying to grow tomatoes outdoors because of blight and failing to ripen;

...... believing that radishes are easy to grow;

...... thinking that I can grow spring onions the size of the ones in supermarkets, mine are more like chives;

.......worrying about holes in cabbage leaves;

.........

Just for you VC I went out and took some photos....

This is the first time Ive grown Tomatoes outdoors as have previously had a GH.... sadly no more ..

I thought 'Nothing ventured etc' so why not.
To my surprise and pleasure , they actually did ok....ish.
I lost a few plants ( 1.2 or 5..as you do ) early on due to ?????
Undettered.....I soldiered on with 4 plants, well actually 7, as there was 3 cherry falls in one hanging basket, they did tremendously well and have now gone to Tomato heaven after dying from old age and exertion ( had loads of fruit off them ).
That left me with a Totum in a hanging basket, A Tumble tom in patio pot and a single Cherry in a patio pot .
3 weeks ago I was convinced they would never ripen ,so decided to strip all the leaves and see what happened.
Bingo.... they loved it and started to show their grattitude by changing colour.
I was pulling 6/8 per plant every day.

Ever the doubter , I started to think this was just too good ....etc.

Sure enough.... 3 days ago the cherry in the pot got hit by Blight, but the other 2 are fine , so maybe it is a 'Varietal, thing <<???

Spring onions ..much like yours , have had some success with Lisbon in one trough only.
Planted some in seed tapes to try ....Rubbish.
Sowed 'Guardsman in pots ....did great to start , full of Lush and looked really promising , sadly , when the sun stopped shining they 'Flopped' over the rim of the pots and just looked at me with a 'SAD SPaniel' kind of look if you know what a mean lol.

So ive popped them under the grow lamps for the last 2 weeks, they,ve stood up but still to expand in girth If they do make onions .....they will have cost fortunes....but hey, gotta give everything a chance in life,.

[Finley]

Chestnut I love the sound of your committee! I'm paring down my spread to artichokes, raspberries, garlic and shallots. Plus herbs and summer squash. That's it! Oh except for sweet peas. Less is (hopefully) more