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Planted more of my favourite veg

The parsnips and peas didn't seem to be doing anything (and I think the peas are no longer in the tub anyway)  so I got bored of waiting and have planted some more kale in their containers lol  And as I had some spare compost from planting up my buddleia into their pots to grow them on a bit, I did another three containers of carrots!  I like my kale and carrots yum yum  I now have three or four varieties of carrots (though I don't know which is in which container - bad me must remember to label!) and three varieties of kale!  Should keep me going, not that I've ever had much luck with the carrots but I can hope! 

  • Hi Kat,

    No bad feelings I hope over the cat thing.

    I have found kale (I love it) and other brassicas difficult to grow on a small scale without protection from the cabbage white butterfly. There is only so much you can do from hand picking the caterpillars.

    Much as I have tried, I can't successfully grow peppers (under glass) - whether it is over watering or underwatering - I'm not sure. The fruits form and then don't mature.

    If you have some suggestions -I'm open to advice.

    Kind Regards

    Claire

    "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" - Wlliam Blake

  • Hi Claire,

    Haha no, no bad feelings (I'd forgot about it actually!)  With that I think we will just have to agree to disagree!

    With my larger tubs I'm going to rig up a net to protect them from the butterflies, hopefully it will work.  The smaller tubs will be left though, see if my little robin friend will give me a hand with the caterpillar control! 

    Never tried to grow peppers before, so don't have a clue what I'm doing with them so can't offer any suggestions there lol

    Kat