Tomato Blight – Another 8 Bite The Dust!
After the disappointment from the tomato blight, I have had to remove a further eight ‘blighted’ tomatoes. There seems little I can do to save them really, so I have just removed the bad ones in hope the others will survive.
The broccoli which is flowering turns out to be, well very pretty much past it. I have been informed that the broccoli has died probably because it got too hot and dry (http://www.plant-passion.co.uk). So the insulation properties of the Cultivation Station are pretty good which means that next time we must remember to water the plants every day, because if I am honest there have been times when we have missed a few days here and there.
So that’s the bad news done and dusted, onto two pieces of good news.
Firstly the red onions are on the turn and the bases have pinkish red tinges to them, so I think that is a good sign (will take a photo for next time) and we have a new pepper on the red/green pepper plant.
Second we have had a donation of beans for the middle of the Cultivation Station that we are hopefully planting up this weekend. I believe they are green beans but having said that they could grow tins of baked beans for all I know! That would make for quite a good picture, don’t you think?
I’m now thinking about replacing the broccoli for a winter vegetable, maybe a cabbage and then I guess I will start planning for next year.
Crop wise so far it looks like we will be living off onion soup. Onion soup all round!
Tags: Beans, Blight, Successes & Failures, Virgin Gardener
