is it to late

stompy · « **on:** May 04, 2006, 10:34 »

Hi there everyone, can anyone tell me if its to late to plant strawberrys :?

Also does anyone knowhow long corgettes take to come up, i seem to be strugling to get them to come up :?:

Phoenix · « **Reply #1 on:** May 04, 2006, 11:53 »

Best using a late variety for strawberries, mine have already flowered

Dont know bout courgettes soz

stompy · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2006, 12:22 »

Cheers phoenix, thats what i thaught, my neighbour on the allotment has got some and they are in flower too.

What late verieties are any good, i'v only realy heard of cambridge favourite and i dont know if thats a late or an early.

Well 10 minutes have passed and my courgettes are still not awake :cry: he he

Heather_S · « **Reply #3 on:** May 04, 2006, 12:44 »

I've had youngster plants in 3inch pots flower and i just plant them and pick off the flowers usually. That's so they can put their energy in the first year into storing sugars in their roots for producing a bumper crop the next year.
Having said that I just potted on some flowering runners from my Cambridge Vigour (container gardening) and I'm going to try just leaving the flowers this year. They had a massive amount of big hungry roots so I think they'll have no problems taking up nutrients for their few flowers/fruits in this first year.

Jerry · « **Reply #4 on:** May 04, 2006, 21:59 »

Florence is a good late variety I believe. I grow Maxim and Bolero myself and they are only just coming into flower.

stompy · « **Reply #5 on:** May 04, 2006, 22:10 »

Cheers jerry, i will take a look at that one, never heard of it though.
What are the fruit like, (sweet) :?: :?:

Jerry · « **Reply #6 on:** May 04, 2006, 22:19 »

When I say, I believe Florence is a good late variety, its been recommended to me but I haven't tasted it. The variety Bolero is quite late really, its an everbearer, and very sweet, but the berries aren't huge. Maxim has big berries, and the flavour is quite good too.

stompy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 04, 2006, 22:23 »

Maxim it is then, now i'v just got to find someone who stocks it this late on.

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #8 on:** May 04, 2006, 22:38 »

My courgettes are up stompy, and the ones I planted in pots last week are about an inch high too, do you have anymore seeds you can plant in case these ones are duds???

twysted1 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 05, 2006, 09:03 »

i put my courgettes on my plot a couple of days ago because they were getting far to big for the windowsill. i also made a coldframe for my tobacco because thats getting big to. my strawberrys are flowering well but i only planted them a couple of weeks ago so i think i will try taking the flowers off as Heather S suggests.

stompy · « **Reply #10 on:** May 05, 2006, 11:15 »

Just planted 4 more seeds as a back up plan, just in case the other courgettes don't come up.

I'v dug out one of the originaly planted seeds just to check if it has started to germinate, its exactly as i planted it no change. :o

I'v got them in a heated propergator, I don't know what i'm doing wrong. :?

twhincup · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2006, 21:19 »

Hope your strawberries go okay, i picked some up today and planting them sunday. Hopefully its not too late

cede · « **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2006, 19:43 »

re courgettes you could try planting seeds on their sides i had to replant 3 times last year and my 1st lot this year haven't germinated either!! annoying isn't it. they don't take long to germinate when they work so after a coupke of weeks of no show you should re sow

stompy · « **Reply #13 on:** May 07, 2006, 13:31 »

Wahoo, my courgettes are waking up

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