[New shoot]

I had a plan, a seed list, it all fitted together like a dream.  Planted out loads of stuff yesterday and its that time of year again.  The plot has shrunk   

Must have.  I mean, what other explanation is there.  I have more plants to go out, a fistful of seed packets I still want to sow and suddenly there doesn't seem to be room      

[mumofstig]

Mine's the same - it must be all the rain   
Then the new spuds are no-where near ready to come up and leave space for other stuff, which doesn't help, nor are the peas 


In reality It's all those seed packets I bought after I made the plan that are causing the problem 
It's all Growsters fault - all this talk of celeriac and Kohl rabi, oh and yours, this new-to-me lettucy thing - what's-it-called  Tokyo Bekana, that's it...........and then there's the stuff from the seed parcel 

Some serious decisions are called for 

[Beetroot queen]

Vertical gardening, I am still on one 

[maxibo]

Mine's the same - it must be all the rain   
Then the new spuds are no-where near ready to come up and leave space for other stuff, which doesn't help, nor are the peas 


In reality It's all those seed packets I bought after I made the plan that are causing the problem 
It's all Growsters fault - all this talk of celeriac and Kohl rabi, oh and yours, this new-to-me lettucy thing - what's-it-called  Tokyo Bekana, that's it...........and then there's the stuff from the seed parcel 

Some serious decisions are called for 

Yes, lets blame Growster, I've had to buy kohl rabi seeds too. Auntie Mogs hasn't helped either    .  What's this new lettuce thing?  Is this something I need to know about? 

[mumofstig]

Well, New shoot mentioned it, and I read this and thought it was worth a go 
http://happyfood-funnyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/tokyo-bekana-step-above-lettuce.html

I got my seeds here
http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/garden-shop/seeds/vegetables-oriental/tokyo-bekana-250-oriental-vegetable-seeds

but there's no way I'm encouraging you buy more seeds........I don't want the blame  :blink: 

[gremlin]

In my case it's mostly down to my inability to count.   I have allowed room for 20 runner beans on the frame at 2 per cane.

So why have I got 55 runner seedlings in my greenhouse :blink:  I cant expand the frame, and there's no room for a second frame

I can give some away, but I will still have to throw some perfectly good plants in the compost bin and I hate doing that.

[New shoot]

but there's no way I'm encouraging you buy more seeds........I don't want the blame  :blink: 

No you just blamed me and Growster instead     

[Beetroot queen]

In my case it's mostly down to my inability to count.   I have allowed room for 20 runner beans on the frame at 2 per cane.

So why have I got 55 runner seedlings in my greenhouse :blink:  I cant expand the frame, and there's no room for a second frame

I can give some away, but I will still have to throw some perfectly good plants in the compost bin and I hate doing that.

After the rubbish year I have had with runners I would stick 3 to a cane just incase. I can't believe my luck this year.

[maxibo]

but there's no way I'm encouraging you buy more seeds........I don't want the blame  :blink: 

No you just blamed me and Growster instead     

Oooh very interesting salad leaf.  Never got on very well with salad leaves, I don't know why.  May give these a try along with the failsafe marrrowfat peas stuffed in a tub for shoots.  Anyway, I still blame Growster 

[New shoot]

Just been out to the greenhouse to check I had shut the door - I had  - and picked a Tokyo Bekana leaf to try. Its crunchy and you can tell it is a mustard green as it has that tang, but very mild and sweet leaf 

Mine are growing away so hoping for a decent crop 

[mumofstig]

Thanks for the review
I liked the idea of a sweeter leaf to grow over winter as well , cos I found some of the mustards I grew were too hot to eat raw.

[pigguns]

 ....resisting the urge.....to click....on the 'interesting salad leaf link'......aarrgghh 

[peedee555]

my plot is a new one and its a funny shape when i measured it i did it from the big end ( which is 3 times wider than the small end ) as you can imagine it shrunk very quickly ha ha

[Beetroot queen]

my plot is a new one and its a funny shape when i measured it i did it from the big end ( which is 3 times wider than the small end ) as you can imagine it shrunk very quickly ha ha

If it's a council plot I would get them t remark the boundaries as ours grew a bit when we asked because ours was a weird shape.

[peedee555]

we are a new society (only got permission for the land last august sowe have all been busy marking out the plots ) whats worse is i new it was bigger at one end .....not complaining its huge just felt a bit silly now i got lots of reorganising of where everything going to go  :blink: