A visit from Barry to see how we're getting along and to offer some advice on jobs we can be doing now or in the near future:
Tomato plants - pull off the extra growth at the axis of the leaves and the main stem.
Also buy some tomato plant food and use regularly according to the instructions.
And for next year - remember to plant only one plant per tub. We planted some surplus plants in a tub and at the moment they look healthy but a little crowded!
Webb's lettuces - maybe thin these by taking out alternate plants. Poor things - they're not ready to eat but they're cramping the style of their near neighbours so they have to go for the good of the crop.
Beans - snap them off at the top of the bean poles, otherwise they'll just keep on and on growing.
Gherkins - let them trail over the side of the raised bed. They're obviously free spirits and won't come to harm from a bit of adventuring.
Veggies generally - dig in some granular feed but don't let it touch the leaves or it'll burn them.
Send off for horticultural catalogues with a view to finding some onion sets for August sowing.
Finally, we can re-sow the patch when we've harvested. This is the bit that fills me with unease, in case I get it wrong. But Barry advises 1) it's too late for carrots now and 2) we can plant anything we like from the long list he's given us. Everything is in seed form straight into the ground, except for the onion sets.
Phew, I feel tired thinking about it.
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