Thanks again!

Hi, great question. You can pot them up and pop them in the greenhouse but you will need to keep them watered and possibly move the pots outside for a time during the winter. Strawberries need a period of vernalization (exposing them to a period of cold during the winter for more successful flowering & fruiting next season). What I do, to keep things simple, is to plant them into a bed outside now, that way I don't need to worry about watering or moving pots. They'll be well settled in by winter. I'll then dig some up with a good root ball & re-plant into the tunnel in February and keep some outside. The ones grown in the tunnel will flower & fruit earlier so I'll get a longer season of homegrown strawberries. Hope this helps.

Hi, yes, we take them away when they start turning yellow, so as not to attract slugs. We do the same with other brassicas too.

No problem 👍

Hi, yes, I would leave it longer if it's not ready yet :)

Hi Mike. I give a good deep watering every 2 or 3 days depending on the weather. If very sunny and hot, I might do every day. I would avoid more regular light watering as this will encourage shallow roots.

@@andrewdavidson3918 thanks very much for your reply Andrew.

Ha ha, well spotted! Yes, that broken Vitopod base gets more use as a potting tray or a watering reservoir than it did as a propagator!

Hi Karin. I would say this is down to airflow in the tunnel, I would keep all the doors open as much as possible in summer, even at night. Also keep your planting distances so there is plenty of room around the plants. How are other plants doing in your tunnel?

Thanks for watching!

Absolutely, if you're growing in large garden beds with plenty of soil and adding plenty of organic matter, then there should rarely be a need for supplementary feeds or fertilisers. You are feeding the soil rather than feeding the plants. If you are growing in pots or containers, as in a small urban garden, then supplementary feeds will be necessary as the plant has a much smaller volume of soil/compost from which to draw nutrients.

Just a note, blossom end rot is more commonly caused by lack of water. it is true that it is a calcium deficiency but often shows itself because there isn't enough water to transport the calcium. I would try more heavy watering every 2 days to rule this out before getting upset with your compost pile! 😉

Thanks Mike :)

Hi Donna, could I ask you to send in an email to [email protected] FAO Andrew & he will troubleshoot with you, just in case the problem isn't the wick. It could be that there is a blockage elsewhere. We do sell a service kit including a wick if that does turn out to be the issue. Thank you :)

@Quickcrop thankyou, I'll drop you an email with an update 😊

Hi, was chatting with Andrew on this today. He is going for mypex under the gravel.

@Quickcrop very little alternative I guess...otherwise the weeds would have a field day! Thank you for your reply🙏

Thank you, I hope so :)

I thought it was interesting :)

I really hope so. Thank you :)

My two are growing nicely but I have planted mine in an unheated greenhouse 8 x 6 in South of England in Clover multipurpose compost containing peat. Maybe that's why.❤

@@vanessaeden8174 I only use ‘traditional’ peat compost too. My 15x8 polytunnel was (low) heated from February to around end of May and they still kicked the bucket. I suspect that it has something to do with compost. The old lady next door was unable to plant tomatoes so I planted a couple for her, I got two 30ltr pots and filled them with a new bag of compost (Lexington’s I think?) NEXT MORNING both were collapsed at the base of the supporting bamboo stick! Not sickly looking, not wilting, DEAD. * Upon opening the bag I had commented upon the strong farmyard smell of the compost. Despite washing my hands repeatedly the smell was still on my hands in the evening.

@@venenareligioest410 What a shame, especially as you had grown a few to allow for failures. Having said that, mine might not survive either.

@@vanessaeden8174 Maybe WHICH magazine should do some spot checks on compost, something is wrong somewhere 😱 Good luck with your 👍

You're not the first to mention that this year. I had someone with a similar issue last week, also in the UK. Can I ask if they are growing in pots/containers or in beds? I'm guessing that you've grown them before so you know they need regular watering.

Glad you enjoyed it!

A deep sandy soil is best. Here is some more information :) www.quickcrop.ie/learning/plant/parsnip

Hi, I dry onions in a bright dry place (just inside the dooor of the polytunnel) before plaiting for storage. Onions store better where it is warm and dry so the house is better than a cool, dark shed. Onions stored in a shed can rot due to sweating when warm air enters a shed after a cold night, this causes condensation to form on the onion skins.

The weather hasn't been very cooperative alright! A few days of sunshine would be a tonic for us all, flowers included. :)

That's such a lovely thought :)

A nice treat for the senses on the way into & out of the tunnel ;)

One of my favourite flowers :)

Hi, sorry to hear that. Parsnips are biennial so sometimes, if a cold spell is experienced they may be triggered to flower to produce seeds.

@@Quickcrop Yes, we had a late frost. Can I still harvest the parsnips?

Very interesting, thanks. I've read they're like a cross between tomatoes & aubergines?

Never had em! Was trying to find out About them and that's what led me to this video. They do match that description though 😊

Thank you for your kind words :) Have a great season!

Hi, yes, it's to support twines for cucumbers, tomatoes etc. :)

These are pressure treated spruce. The boards are treated after cutting so even the ends are treated. The treatment used is certified by the soil association as safe for use with organic food crops.

Thank you, very kind :)

Sowing & varieties here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ-TnaWkmc-qnZo Have a good day

Don’t think you will get store bought seedlings in a HR12.

You're welcome!

Hi, I'm not sure that leeks would cope wery well in the hot and humid conditions of the tropics. Sorry I can't be of much help. Hello from Ireland!

Hi, no need to pinch out side shoots in bush tomatoes. Here are 2 more tomato videos from last week, one explains the difference between cordon and bush tomatoes kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXW8op-DpNGCgdE and this one shows planting a cordon tomato kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYDImJqNhJmopbc

@@Quickcrop Thank you.

You're welcome :)

Hello from Ireland :)

@@Quickcrop Howdy from Tennessee USA

It's crazy how time flies. Hope you have a great season :)

Hi, the tumbling tomato is most likely a bush tomato, probably Tumbling Tom so you won't need to prune it. They are well suited to baskets/containers but you will need to water very regularly as baskets tend to dry out very quickly. You'll also need to feed it with a liquid feed at least once a week once it starts to flower. Moneymaker is a salad tomato and you can grow it as a cordon tomato, training it up a string/bamboo cane & pruning out the suckers. Hope this helps :)

Glad you like them. Here's wishing you a great season :)

You're so welcome!

Great timing :) Hope you have a great season & thanks for watching!

Hi, no these aren't bunching onions. It's just a different/handy way to plant onion seedlings. It means you can grow 4 seedlings in a cell and then plant them without disturbing the roots. They push away from each other as they grow. You end up with more medium sized onions rather. Which method you choose will depend on how you cook and whether you would like larger onions or more medium sized onions. Hope you're having a good season :)

You're absolutely right, they are wind pollinated when grown outside. We will have the doors open to allow for ventilation during the day but, when the time comes, we tap the stalks so that the pollen falls from the male flower (tassel) down onto the silks (female flower). We'll do this for a few days. Some people remove some tassels everyday and 'dust' the silks with them. Others will tap the stalks and catch the pollen in a leaf/paper and use a makeup brush to distribute the pollen onto the silks.

@@Quickcrop yes that will work ! My wife asked why there was a ladies make up brush on our allotment .. good pollinated for flowers etc !