Posted by David WE Roberts on October 14, 2011, 9:51 am
Just to note that I still have loads of trusses and the outdoor tomatoes
(mainly cherry) are still ripening.
The self sown cherry tomatoes from the previous year are also still
producing, although they were left completely to their own devices.
There have been signs of blight, but removal of virtually all the leaves
seems to have kept this in check.
Dire warnings for future weather but at the moment it is glorious in
Suffolk.
Cheers
Dave R
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Posted by Moonraker on October 14, 2011, 10:24 am
On 14/10/2011 14:51, David WE Roberts wrote:
> Just to note that I still have loads of trusses and the outdoor tomatoes
> (mainly cherry) are still ripening.
> The self sown cherry tomatoes from the previous year are also still
> producing, although they were left completely to their own devices.
> There have been signs of blight, but removal of virtually all the leaves
> seems to have kept this in check.
> Dire warnings for future weather but at the moment it is glorious in
> Suffolk.
> Cheers
> Dave R
On the same lines my courgettes are still producing, taking a little
longer to grow, but still flowering. Cannot remember them lasting as
long previous years.
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Posted by Roger Tonkin on October 14, 2011, 12:40 pm
>
> On 14/10/2011 14:51, David WE Roberts wrote:
> > Just to note that I still have loads of trusses and the outdoor tomatoes
> > (mainly cherry) are still ripening.
> > The self sown cherry tomatoes from the previous year are also still
> > producing, although they were left completely to their own devices.
> >
> > There have been signs of blight, but removal of virtually all the leaves
> > seems to have kept this in check.
> >
> > Dire warnings for future weather but at the moment it is glorious in
> > Suffolk.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Dave R
> On the same lines my courgettes are still producing, taking a little
> longer to grow, but still flowering. Cannot remember them lasting as
> long previous years.
I was thinking along the same lines. Tomatoes and courgettes still going
strongt, especially the yellow ones. Turnips are swelling well, but
strangely the swedes are very slow - but thinking back they got attacked
by the slugs as they germinated.
On the flower front, sweet peas are still flowering well, with 3 flower
heads per stalk and some upto 9 inch stalks, although they are now
begining to get shorter.
Fuschias seem to have set seeds heads (one a nice blackish one) not sure
if they will ripen, or even when they are ripe or what to do with them!
A climbing fuschia I was given in August, that looked as if it had
finnished for the year has now got new shoots and buds on it!
Got a nice second crop of raspberries developing on the summer fruiting
canes, but they'll need another couple of weeks to ripen. The autumn
fruiting ones are coming to an end, but have thrown up lots of new
canes, which I suspect will not fruit!
Just hoping we dont get any frost!
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Roger T
700 ft up in Mid-Wales
Posted by Derek on October 14, 2011, 12:51 pm
On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:40:25 +0100, Roger Tonkin
>>
>> On 14/10/2011 14:51, David WE Roberts wrote:
>Fuschias seem to have set seeds heads (one a nice blackish one) not sure
>if they will ripen, or even when they are ripe or what to do with them!
Well they can be made into Jam or wine, certainly they are
eatable.(Tasteless, and you need lot to make your jam!)
So, try one as an experiment, and then pick them off and dispose of.
Was hoping for a quick short frost to de-leaf my fuchsia, so they can
be stored away for the winter, picking off the leaves is a boring job
with over 250 pots.
Lincolnfuchsiasociety.info
Anyone applied to be a Gamesmaker?
Posted by kay on October 14, 2011, 3:51 pm
Moonraker;939441 Wrote:
> On 14/10/2011 14:51, David WE Roberts wrote:-
> Just to note that I still have loads of trusses and the outdoor
> tomatoes
> (mainly cherry) are still ripening.
> The self sown cherry tomatoes from the previous year are also still
> producing, although they were left completely to their own devices.
>
> There have been signs of blight, but removal of virtually all the
> leaves
> seems to have kept this in check.
>
> Dire warnings for future weather but at the moment it is glorious in
> Suffolk.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave R-
> On the same lines my courgettes are still producing, taking a little
> longer to grow, but still flowering. Cannot remember them lasting as
> long previous years.
>
Everything has packed up here (yorks) - and that's in a greenhouse.
Courgettes are still flowering, but the fruits aren't developing far
before rotting, and cucumbers have just stopped growing. Tomatoes are
still growing, but whereas a week or so ago I was having them for lunch,
then cooking with them in the evening, I'm now having to wait for a few
more to ripen.
Meanwhile outside the mulberry has almost stopped fruiting, and a lot of
the fruits still on the tree are turning mouldy.
It's as if everything has said "right, that's the equinox over. It's
winter. Stop growing"
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kay
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> (mainly cherry) are still ripening.
> The self sown cherry tomatoes from the previous year are also still
> producing, although they were left completely to their own devices.
> There have been signs of blight, but removal of virtually all the leaves
> seems to have kept this in check.
> Dire warnings for future weather but at the moment it is glorious in
> Suffolk.
> Cheers
> Dave R