[Beetroot queen]

Some of you will have heard about my husband wanting to grow 28 courgette plants, but it left me wondering what big booboo's have you made while growing your own. 

Don't be shy we can all be stupid sometimes.  :happy:

[pdblake]

Throwing all the couch grass roots onto the compost heap. I'll be needing to sieve all that when I break it open next year

Oh well, we live and learn

[Beetroot queen]

Throwing all the couch grass roots onto the compost heap. I'll be needing to sieve all that when I break it open next year

Oh well, we live and learn

Oh yes that's one we did avoid, we ditch all our roots. Just the courgette lesson to learn 

[simonwatson]

Making my raised beds so wide that I can't quite reach the centre of them from the path.

[Beetroot queen]

Making my raised beds so wide that I can't quite reach the centre of them from the path.

You didn't read john's book first then. Are they wide enough to split down the middle with a scaffold board.

[surbie100]

Making my raised beds so wide that I can't quite reach the centre of them from the path.

I've inherited one of those too! Destroyed some of my beans last year when I fell in...

[snowdrops]

2011 I swapped to a plot full of mare's tail to be next to my other plot.

[simonwatson]

Making my raised beds so wide that I can't quite reach the centre of them from the path.

You didn't read john's book first then. Are they wide enough to split down the middle with a scaffold board.

They're 6' x 12'. I was planning on splitting them into two 6x5 beds as it needs less board and leaves more space for plants. I want to do it in a temporary way though, as 12x6 is fine for things like spuds. I've got a couple of half scaffold boards that can be put on top as a platform to work from so I can harvest from one end to the other. It's a real pain trying to weed onions planted at 6 inch centres though.

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Sowing a load of seeds, in a bed and not putting them in a marked row.....

2 Weeks later, I have a million seedlings.......and which ones are mine....

Anyones guess.

[surbie100]

I used washable ink on my seedling labels (lolly sticks). The labels soaked up any water like a wick and the ink ran. There are now at least 6 large pots of mystery seedlings that I have not the faintest clue about.   

[Beetroot queen]

They're 6' x 12'. I was planning on splitting them into two 6x5 beds as it needs less board and leaves more space for plants. I want to do it in a temporary way though, as 12x6 is fine for things like spuds. I've got a couple of half scaffold boards that can be put on top as a platform to work from so I can harvest from one end to the other. It's a real pain trying to weed onions planted at 6 inch centres though.

I thought hubby made ours too small at 8 by 3 foot and one 8 by 4 but actually it's worked out really well as the kids can help us. It was dictated more by wood size and not having to waste any. I love them and spuds grow fine in them.


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[bigben]

I managed to grow a huge sprawling tomatoe plant in a closed porch one year with loads of flowers. It looked like it was going to be great but non of them polinated and I got nothing from it!

[grendel]

cleverly planting a row of onions between 2 rows of potatoes, so now they are both up (potatoes and onions), I realise I cant now hoe between the potatoes..
Grendel

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

I sowed 8 tomato seeds.

4 for outside, that are tall....

4 are bush variety for the garden at home, in a hanging basket.......

Now, I marked them in the tray, but forgot to mark them, when I planted them up in to the 3 inch pots......

Now, i'm going to have a 6 foot plant in a hanging basket......

SUCH FUN!!

[GrannieAnnie]

One of my mistakes is giving my lovely daughter some plants to grow on, like runner beans and tomatoes, knowing she'll kill them in a couple of weeks! 

The other thing this year was writing (like you Surbie!) on some of my labels with water soluble ink,  so I have some tomatoes that could be Roma, or they could be cordon!  Luckily my garten perle were still legible and they are in their hanging baskets!