The Allotment Work in Summer is Relentless

Hi folks! Mammoth day on the plot last Sunday! Planting out, potting up, weeding beds, strimming & mowing plus supporting, watering and defending my crops!

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[glassbackdiy]

spuds tunring to mush is a growing condition thing JB, if they dry out too much the plants draw water from the spuds, then when you boil they take on heaps of water too fast, and turn to mush, you can rescue them by steaming them whole instead of boiling, when they fall off the fork they're done!

[stewartw]

Some varieties are more prone to turning to mush when boiled. I never boil, always steam.

[VivSimmons]

There is nothing like your first potato harvesting.

[janetpurdie]

My Red Duke of York did that too, which is why I don't grow them anymore. Charlotte has been much better!

[angeladrummie]

Potatoes with 'lumpy bumpy' skin is a sign of underwatering while they are growing. Pace yourself JB it will all come good. Take care. X

[PreatorRaszagal]

IKEA bags for the peas! 💛💙Feel like you'll have a *lot* of basil hehe. And anything with gardening always takes longer than you think 😄I think I'm gonna get some bamboo canes for the AutoPots for next season to keep the plants from growing too much sideways (and for support of course). What was that collapsed plant in the greenhouse? It had some rather massive pods on it 😮And you have so many ripe peppers already! I'm not envious at all hehe. I don't know what I'm doing wrong with tomatoes. Feels like I'm always just growing the foliage and never getting any tomatoes. My plants are like twice as high as yours and only have 1 level of flowers 🤪Love the enthusiasm when you were finding more and more potatoes. Too bad they didn't "work out" 😥The door frame looked really nice though! Can't wait to see both of them in place with the mesh 👍

[brigidaodonnell]

Amazing how great those hot chilli plants are growing!

[Gardenofglory-lv]

Hi JB ❤good luck with the doors and hope no mice get into the plant house

[jaynekennedy]

I’ve just sown spring cabbage, kohlrabi, carrots, broccoli, Florence fennel, onions (to use as spring onions), runner beans and cauliflower. I’m hoping to plant them out once my onions and a few other veggies are all harvested. I definitely want to have the beds planted for longer this year.

[Carol-ocmx]

I must say that your soil always looks on the dry side and perhaps when you next add organic matter breaking up the soil surface and lightly howing in will help prevent a cap forming between the two distinct layers. Also perhaps you need to add a deeper layer?
Love your videos JB 🙂

[freckles]

So much weeding and planting out and watering to do on my plot but little and often seems to be working for me. Jo Devon 🙂

[michellecasey]

Love your videos JB, you're so funny and real. Laugh at your obsession with mice getting in or rather trying to keep them out. They just burrow in under the ground in my tunnel, they don't actually need a door 🫣

[JoyoftheGardenandHome]

I find the "tomato" cages better suited for peppers

[genecromer]

Im using the exact solar watering system as you are. All 4 of mine work brilliantly.. although i picked up a second type that water's twice a day that i like a bit better.

[Jacqui-Pen]

JB, Carmen F1 cucumbers are really nice. Smooth skin and very long cucumbers. Definitely worth growing 👌

[monro]

Ah...potatoes in pots. I've done it for a couple of years (so many youtubers recommended it) and I just feel that they need far too much attention. They are such thirsty plants once they get going. Also, even when watering well, the water seems to just pour out of the bottom and not really soak the whole pot. I have ok yield, but I think next year I'm just going to do it the old fashioned way since my neighbour has great success and he's been doing it for 30 years. "Pots?" he said, 'waste of effort and bloody time' lol. (I love the old timers, no messing!). Also cooking, yes, cooked some charlottes straight from harvest and they split even on low simmer and became a mush, didn't even taste that great. I'm cutting the foliage of those in the pots and keeping them in there for a couple of weeks to harden the skins a bit (as advised!).

[thatgirlthatgrows]

I can’t believe the size of those peppers!!

[matchynishi]

The squash - are they meant to stay in those small pots? I usually sow them in 2-3" pots and plant them in minimum 15 gallon grow bags, or in soil within 2-3 weeks of germination as otherwise they get transplant shock and may stunt for days to weeks when transplanted.

[chriseverest]

JB i love football but just watching the grass grow is more exciting this tournament. If the team were plants we'd be composting them!😂😂😂

[quietspacearts]

underwatering potatoes, hence why they went to mush in minutes in pan