2017 Home

This is a list of the plants I have grown, or tried to grow, at home in 2017. 

Any queries please ask – I’m here to help.

 

PLANT DATE COMMENTS CROP
 Apple – Lilly 09/05/17 5.5L pot sweet-fruited medium sized, dark pink skinned
 Apple – Sally 09/05/17 5.5L pot small, bright red acidic compact bushy growth
 Aubergine –  Pot Jackpot 03/06/17 2 from Tesco – 5.5L pot
 Blackberry  –  Black Satin 19/04/17 2 plants rescued from allotment Pretty good!
 Broad Bean –  Bunyards  Exhibition 05/02/17 20 seeds sown in raised bed. Check for blackfly often! Don’t bother with again
 Broad Bean –  Imperial  Longpod 22/04/17 2 lots in 30L pots. Check for blackfly often!  Very good yield
 Carrot – Russian  XL 29/04/17 8 sown in sandbox
 Carrot – Sweet  Candle 29/04/17 20 sown in sandbox
 Celery – Giant  Russian 12/03/17 Don’t bother with again
 Courgette –  unknown green  variety 26/02/17 3 potted on to 30L pots on 06/05/17 – very good harvest Picking 3 a day!
 Courgette – White  Russian 26/02/17 1 potted on to 30L pots on 06/05/17 – very good harvest
 Cucamelon 23/04/17 Planted in with runner beans
 Cucumber – Bella  Grafted 24/06/17 3 planted in my own hydroponic planter –  3 cucs so far (20/07/17)
 Horseradish 05/01/17 3 in 30L pot
 Onion –  Mammoth  Improved 22/04/17 Big ones in airpots, smaller ones in 4L pots
 Pak Choi – Canton  White 23/04/17 In hydroponics. 2nd lot started 20/07/17 Good plants
 Pea – Show  Perfection Staggered 3 lots in 30L pots 1st prize at Berkeley Show
 Pea – Waverley Staggered  30L pot – small pods – tasty
 Pumpkin –  Queensland Blue 02/04/17 2 seeds, both germinated, now in 5.5L pots
 Radish – Solito &  French Breakfast Various dates Both varieties good croppers  Grow both again
 Runner Bean – My  Long ‘uns 27/04/17 In 30L pot
 Runner Bean –  Enorma  Elite 27/05/17 6 in bag, 6 in 30L pot Very good yield
 Spring Onion –  Ishikura &  Parade Various dates Both varieties good croppers  Grow both again
 Strawberry –  mixed lot 4 varieties in hanging planter – is it worth the hassle?
 Strawberry  – Baron von  Solemacher 16/02/17 Alpine strawberry seed in galvanised bucket from Tesco – germinated and growing well – tasty little strawberries
 Tomato – Tumbler  Tom 25/02/17 Seeds germinated and 3 planted in hanging basket, 3 planted in hydroponics – PROLIFIC!!!! Definite for next year!
 Tomato –  Japanese Cherry  Sapporo 25/02/17  2 planted in solar grow. Good so far  (23/7/17)
 Tomato –  Moneymaker 25/02/17  2 planted in solar grow. Good so far  (23/7/17)
 Potato  1e = 1st early, 2e = 2nd early, MC = Main Crop, 2h = 2nd harvest All 3 seed spuds in 30L pot:
Apache MC, Bonnie 2e, Blue Belle MC, Casablanca 1e, Duke of York 1e, Harmony MC, Kondor MC, Maris Peer 2h, Nicola 2h, Purple Majesty MC, Vivaldi 2e		 All good so far. Keep an eye on watering to prevent drying out – scab.