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(This post was last modified: 05-08-2023, 03:31 PM by toomanytommytoes.)
The OK to bad:
French beans - started very well but have already stopped producing, probably didn't like the cold winds in July
Peas - finished very early
Peppers - two jalapeno plants kept wilting so I pulled them out and they had some sort of stem rot. Slugs and caterpillars have been attacking other sweet pepper plants and fruit. Lots of flower drop early on in the year.
Tomatoes - In the greenhouse a very mixed bag: Longhorn, True Colours and Daniel Burson have basically stopped growing after a few trusses whereas Mat-Su Express, Girl Girl's Weird Thing and Polaris are already at the top of the greenhouse. Fruit set has been poor in general, the hot spell in June meant the greenhouse got too hot and the humidity too low (probably need to invest in some shading).
Doing/have done well: cucumbers, squash, sweetcorn, outdoor tomatoes and potatoes (pre-blight), lettuce, chard, carrots, beetroot, kohl rabi, broccoli, onions, garlic (except one very rusty bed), blueberries, blackcurrants, raspberries, rhubarb
Apple trees are loaded with fruit but it will probably be a bad year for scab unless the weather gets better.
I have one melon fruit on each of my Emir plants in the greenhouse so hopefully I will get to taste a home grown melon.
French beans - started very well but have already stopped producing, probably didn't like the cold winds in July
Peas - finished very early
Peppers - two jalapeno plants kept wilting so I pulled them out and they had some sort of stem rot. Slugs and caterpillars have been attacking other sweet pepper plants and fruit. Lots of flower drop early on in the year.
Tomatoes - In the greenhouse a very mixed bag: Longhorn, True Colours and Daniel Burson have basically stopped growing after a few trusses whereas Mat-Su Express, Girl Girl's Weird Thing and Polaris are already at the top of the greenhouse. Fruit set has been poor in general, the hot spell in June meant the greenhouse got too hot and the humidity too low (probably need to invest in some shading).
Doing/have done well: cucumbers, squash, sweetcorn, outdoor tomatoes and potatoes (pre-blight), lettuce, chard, carrots, beetroot, kohl rabi, broccoli, onions, garlic (except one very rusty bed), blueberries, blackcurrants, raspberries, rhubarb
Apple trees are loaded with fruit but it will probably be a bad year for scab unless the weather gets better.
I have one melon fruit on each of my Emir plants in the greenhouse so hopefully I will get to taste a home grown melon.
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