Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Mandymoo Jul 2022 10:17pm, 12 Jul 2022 14,745 posts	0 Mandymoo I am not expecting much to survive our two weeks away starting tomorrow. Have big cracks in the soil already
Hanneke Jul 2022 10:20pm, 12 Jul 2022 90,983 posts	0 Hanneke Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) they can be a problem and I assume you do not want to poison them. The tump.building ones can create quite a mound in the course of a year! When clients have this going on, I scoop off the forming mound then pour boiling water into the nest. Not nice but it makes them move and start again elsewhere. My dad used to do this with the ones on our drive and it worked.
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Jul 2022 12:24pm, 13 Jul 2022 18,627 posts	0 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) I'm happily harvesting a cupful or so of raspberries every day (including, oddly, a couple of "autumn" fruiting ones from the other bushes). The blackcurrant bush seems to be bare - no fruit formed, never mind ripened! The cucumbers are still going strong in the greenhouse, and I've been working through the lettuces too. I've just planted the next set of lettuce seeds to keep us going into later summer. I've harvested the first couple of courgettes, and finally... I made the call to harvest the onions a bit early, so they're slightly smaller than I'd like but they are showing signs of setting seed/bolting too, so I'd rather get them now!
Hanneke Jul 2022 12:35pm, 13 Jul 2022 91,025 posts	0 Hanneke Good call Marky!
GimmeMedals Jul 2022 1:32pm, 13 Jul 2022 22,929 posts	0 GimmeMedals Nice onion crop, 3M. I've picked a mere 4 runner beans today. I thought there would be loads ready but the heat and lack of water seems to have stopped them growing. I must get things planted earlier next year.
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Jul 2022 2:44pm, 13 Jul 2022 18,632 posts	0 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) I've been watering my French beans a lot at the root. The stems have almost made it to the top of the canes, but there's not much sign of any flowers on them yet, so obviously, no beans! The pumpkins however, are rampant.... with fist sized fruits, already!
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Jul 2022 2:49pm, 13 Jul 2022 34,033 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Thanks Hanneke
Hanneke Jul 2022 2:50pm, 13 Jul 2022 91,039 posts	0 Hanneke I cannot get new lettuces to germinate! The beetroot and radish though is showing seedlings already after 3 days!!!
Rosehip Jul 2022 2:52pm, 13 Jul 2022 25,784 posts	0 Rosehip I have never had success with radish or lettuces sown in June/July, usually get a crop from sowings in late August thpugh
Hanneke Jul 2022 2:54pm, 13 Jul 2022 91,042 posts	0 Hanneke I think it is too hot! My spinach germinated and went straight to bolting!