Hello!
It has been a couple of weeks since my last garden update as I have been waiting to show visible progress, most of which has happened this week.
First off, I planted my Euphya cucumber seedlings in the polytunnel. Thanks to these nifty root trainers I am able to open up the containers to check the roots look happy and healthy before a transplant. The plants are a bit on the small side but the roots look good so I am confident they will thrive in the ground.
The Euphyas are growing faster than the other two types, as you can see in the tray.
The Carosello are close behind, and the Lemon have finally started showing in the last couple of days. I will plant the Carosello in the poly and I will try the Lemon both inside and a couple outside in a pot to see whether they might prefer the outdoors over the polytunnel.
I learnt from my mistake with the tomato seedling framing and made sure I inserted a frame for the cucumbers BEFORE planting them into the ground this time. These bamboo wigwam frames are much like the ones I made for the tomatoes, I am finding they are useful for all crawling plants. As I knew the cucumbers would need plenty of support I added some extra string to the middle of the frame which should hopefully help them further as they grow up.
I planted out my rocket as you can see, it is looking happier by the day!
The pepper plants are coming along nicely, not much growth in height but I have a beautiful pepper growing! This excitement is what gardening is all about for me. I can't wait to eat it!
My tomatoes are growing really well, with more and more bunches of yellow flowers popping up each day. I should be picking some tomatoes any day now, I have a few red ones that are nearly ready!
My other seedlings are doing well, a few more spinach have surfaced and I think I am seeing the start of the parsley popping up too. I will take photos as things become more visible :)
That's all for now! As always please link me to your gardening posts so I can see what you're growing and how your garden is doing!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend :)
Gardeningchef
