Monday was yet another dry day. The weather improved as the day went along with a dull and cloudy morning giving way to a very pleasant sunny afternoon. The forecasts for the next week seem to offer no hope of any proper rain just some showers if we are lucky. I think I even heard a mention of frost in rural areas.
Our early container grown potatoes having been moved out of the plot greenhouse are taking up lots of space outside the greenhouse and getting comments about how well the tops have grown. I thought it was about time to see if the roots lived up to the tops so one container was tipped into the wheel barrow and I sorted through the compost to collect the harvest. It was a pretty good harvest weighing in at 1.45kg.
Winston Potatoes
Amongst the watering and weeding I finished planting our tomato varieties into the plot greenhouse in the space left by the potatoes. The tomato plants are the best of my remaining plants and not necessarily the varieties I had planned. These are a mixture of Marizol Gold, Gardeners Delight, Moneymaker, German Red Strawberry and Blondkopfchen.
Tomatoes planted out June 2011
The challenge this year is to actually produce some tomatoes as last years' plot crop was a complete failure which I think was due to the quality of the compost used. At planting out stage there is little to choose between this year's and last year's plants.
Tomatoes planted out June 2010
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Wow your potatoes and tomatoes really look great! Do you use any kind of irrigation in your greenhouse? I'm assuming so since you are hoping for a good rain forecast :)
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid it's just the use of a watering can and a short walk from allotment tap to greenhouse.
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