Two cucumber plants in 40 litre containers of bagged potting mix, six weeks in, growing fast up a trellis. The older leaves have gone yellow between the veins while the veins themselves stay green, and it is spreading…
Sweet basil in a 30cm terracotta pot on a sunny balcony. I water thoroughly first thing until it runs out the bottom, and by 3pm every day the whole plant is flat and dramatic, then recovers by evening. Compost is a…
Tomato and basil seedlings under a two tube shop light hung about 30cm above the tray, on 14 hours a day. They germinate well, then within four days the stems stretch to nearly 5cm before the first true leaves appear…
Put out a tray of lettuce, chard and kale seedlings ten days ago, all hardened off over a week of increasing outdoor time. They have not died and they have not grown. A few outer leaves went pale and papery. The kale…
Balcony faces west, gets sun from about 1pm until sunset, and the surface temperature out there was 38C last August. I am growing tomatoes, chillies and a courgette in containers, and I need to buy pots this month.…