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Welcome to Triffid Towers Diary . . . :)
The Sungold tomatoes are doing so well, I had to build an additional cane structure to support them, we had some strong winds over night, woke up to half the plants laying on the lawn! Still no worse for the fright they gave me, a super crop is developing:
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Peppers in the green house are as big as the commercial fruits in the shops, very pleased:
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Finally coxed fruit from the courgettes. The plant that I moved out of the greenhouse and planted on top of the compost heap is obliging, not many but the moved has worked, the one still in the greenhouse, growing vigorously but no sign of a single courgette!!
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Aubergines, when I planted them, your advise, they might . . . then again they might not? . . . they are doing so well. I have two 'Money Maker' and two Black Beauty' both varieties have loads of fruit. I planted 2 Black Beauty plants out, next to the Tomatoes, they are only just setting fruit, an experiment that might work?
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CJS Have a few questions see extra post
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Question, questions . . . re Triffid Towers . . .

Seems there is a limit on text?

Aubergines, The one I hold in my hand (money maker) is not a shape I am familiar with, how big before I pick them? Is there an optimum time before they change in some way?

I'm having trouble with anything that has a swelling route, Radish, Swede, Turnips, Spring onion, they just wont swell? Even beetroot which tries, wont get to more than a golf ball size, if I'm lucky.

Anything above ground seems OK?

Thankyou for your advise,
CJS
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Dear CJS, i think you should be very proud of your achievments so far.

Regarding your root crops, i was wondering if you have sown them a little too thickly, and have not thinned them out sufficiently!
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Hallow 'Oldherbacious', yes thats what I thought, I did try thinning, perhaps to late in the seedlings development? Works well with lettuce :lol: I have tried in desperation re planting turnip and swede at a wider set to no good effect, lots of thinking to do? Got some new Radish coming up now, much more thinly sewn (sprinkled) in a 'square' and deeper too, I did wonder if I was sowing to shallow as well, the new lot nearly 1" deep. The beetroot, were planted as individual seeds 2"-3" apart to give them a chance, but as I say, small golf balls at best. Would this problem occur if the ground was poor?

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Dear CJS, it certainly will make a difference to your root crops if your soil is in an unfertile condition.
So, some improvement for next year is in order.

With your Beetroot seed, each seed is actually a cluster of seeds unless you have got a monogerm variety, and i have read that some of these seem to produce more than one beetroot seedling from each seed.

Don't worry about getting a few things wrong in a year, theres always things i can improve on everyyear.
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