2022 - What I did today

Hoed a lot then potted up some aubergines, sweet peppers and others, about 60 plants in all. Not all will get planted out. They will have to demonstrate their worth first.

I'd be interested in whether you get greenfly and how you (cheaply) get rid of it. Last year (my first at growing aub, chillies and peppers seriously) I was plagued with the blighters and vowed never again. The harvest wasn't worth the hassle. This year I'll stick to tomatoes.

I escaped greenfly last year but was plagued with red spider mites. The cucumber and aubergines were worse hit though the cucumber (a bella bought in a seed sale in local G.C.) plant did produce about 25 cucumbers. The aubergines were massacred. I've sown 3 types - long purple, black beauty and ronde de valence to see if there is any difference.