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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 24 12:37 pm Post subject:

elsie, craig and shirley have had a difficult year
lots of travel, getting stuck in unsuitable places, less than ideal weather etc

they have quite a few tomatoes, one red, one orange, lots/most yellowing

i might even get some to eat

just for fun as well as flushing and reducing water i have added an over ripe banana to each pot, although enough acetylene to make a difference to ripening out of doors might take several cylinders an hour

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8850
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 24 5:20 pm Post subject:
I just grew Roma (not F1) Took a long time to get flowering and was a bit leggy...not enough light...not enough insects either so I helped the pollenation. A decent tasty crop. I trimmed the tops today, don't think they are going to set any more despite still flowering, so I'm concentrating on getting what there us on the plants, to ripen

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46123
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 24 1:06 am Post subject:
i hand pollinated

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8850
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 24 10:36 am Post subject:
I think I'll do that more next year.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46123
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 24 10:51 am Post subject:

there are a tiny fraction of the pollinators there were a couple of years ago

at the mo the odd lone working wasp is looking for insects to take home

across many species flying insects are almost missing from the ecosystem

there are a few spp that seem ok, perhaps because the predation rate has reduced

the large insectivores, bat and bird etc, are almost missing, as are the insect on insect ones

hand pollination or grow things that are not insect dependant

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6603
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 24 8:16 pm Post subject:
It's not global. My property is awash in a huge diversity of insect life. So it's clearly a privilege that can't be enjoyed by all, but if you're surrounded with native woodlands and plant a bunch of things that flower, you can maintain an abundance of healthy critters

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15893

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 24 7:58 am Post subject:
Some things seem to be down this year, like butterflies, but think that is very much because of the weather. We seem to have the usual cohort of bitey things in the woods, wasps, bees and others of easily visual size here, but we are semi rural.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9832
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 24 8:25 am Post subject:

definitely fewer insects around this year - but still my tomatoes had no pollination issues - and they are all gh grown. I understand tomatoes pollinate via vibration - either being buzzed by insects or breeze. I have the doors and windows open in my greenhouse.

overwhelmed with tomato harvest - freezer space is scarce. All the self saved seeds worked well, although the yellow plum tomatoes are more orangey this year. still delicious.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46123
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 24 4:33 pm Post subject:

a few have gone red, most are just getting a little yellower

the red ones are nice, considering i am dressed in feathers and goretex they are probably not ripening much today

next year they will have a sunny spot, to get it while they can, if there is any

this year cloud forest plants might have been a good choice, a few years back desert things would have thrived(note, must get desert things inside for the winter)

i grow a few things for fun, trying to decide which crops to feed folk etc must be very difficult as each year is very different to recent ones

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45643
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 24 4:35 pm Post subject:
I grew chillies again this year, they did much better than expected given the weather

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8850
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Sep 29, 24 8:39 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

I grew chillies again this year, they did much better than expected given the weather

I have just been given some Kashmiri chilli powder...after a meal made using the same...is it possible to buy seeds for growing Kashmiri chillis? I know that growing conditions will change the end product...

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9832
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sun Sep 29, 24 11:26 am Post subject:
still picking tomatoes from one greenhouse we had a touch of frost mid Sept - whilst I was away, and the tomatoes in the other gh (door open) were wiped out, although I was able to pick loads of green tomatoes which are now turning red etc Also lost a row of courgettes, but that is a relief in a way...

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8850
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Sep 29, 24 1:12 pm Post subject:
Still picking here too..no frost yet, but not far off

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45643
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Sep 29, 24 9:45 pm Post subject:

[quote="gz:1522182"]

tahir wrote:

Should be available, Iâ€™m trying to remember where I got my plants from, getting old!

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8850
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Mon Sep 30, 24 6:53 am Post subject:

[quote="tahir:1522196"]

gz wrote:

tahir wrote:

Should be available, Iâ€™m trying to remember where I got my plants from, getting old!

Thanks....and age is all in the mind!

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