Aussie 2007 Season

[Spatzbear]

Woohoo...tomatoes at Christmas! That would be fantastic! *fingers crossed*

My Polarbaby's fruit is growing, too. Not sure whether it'll be ready for Christmas, though.

My Gem Squash germinated nicely, I hope the seedlings survive the next few days until I can plant them out. I'm sure I have some seeds left over, do you want them?

I would love some garlic bulblets, if you could send some my way.

[cosmicgardener]

Bugger - I don't know why they didn't germinate - got them from the same source. I'll ask Nikki first in case she has some more and will post some bulblets on Monday. BTW - lots of blueberries on the bushes - we might get a nice crop this year if the birds let us. Also redcurrants and whitecurrants are looking good. I love early summer crops! I put in a solid 6 hours today so am knackered now. It might help shift some of the 3 kg of desserts I added to my waist.

[Mantis]

gosh darnoodley, hit 100 deg here today and its not even summer. Humidity to near zero and the tomatoes dont like it.

[Raymondo]

gosh darnoodley. Now what was that a replacement for? It's been so long I can't remember. Was it d*m*? Quaint, in a priggish kind of way.
Anyway, haven't planted out yet. Am hoping to start Sunday (I know, I know, moon's all wrong but ya do what ya gotta do when ya gotta do it). The poor little blighters are half strangled in their little pots and several have set fruit, bless their cotton socks!

[Grub]

PP,
Your plants look the best I've ever seen them. This is your season. Hooray. And I see plenty of flowers

Sorry to hear about the heat, Manto.

Glad to read about the tommies in Tassie.

Grubs have been gnawing on my greenies, so I spray Success, the bacteria thingy. That was about three days ago. Back on the boat. Need to do some gardening on Sunday.

[Raymondo]

Stunning green wall PP!

[cosmicgardener]

Sunday's not too bad Raymondo, Moon in Earth will influence root growth so tease them out a bit if they are choked. By Thursday they will be looking good............we are getting quite hight temps here in Tas. Warmest weather for November for years - 27C today. Mantis, I did a bit of a weather report on the tail end of the November Moon guide and warn that December/January is going to be mega hot so take all precautions to keep your plants cool....and yourselves - Goshdarnoodly

[Mantis]

Our average daily high temps for Nov have been 27.6 which is 3.2 deg higher than the long term av. Heading for 34 today and 39 tommorow. So the shade sail and other shadecloth have been put up to try and help a bit.
Also found a good use for a left over tomato cage and the beans seem to like it

[cosmicgardener]

Mulch mulch mulch - I am mulching around the pots too. Cropped broad beans and am using the stalks. mixed in with some old barley straw. Growing my beans up an old garden arch - not sure they will reach the top but I need to leave a bed fallow this summer so won't have as many as usual - mind you the three new tomato beds have extended the garden brilliantly. Chillies going in later this week. Got a rotten cold yesterday - after sitting on an aircraft, cruising on a coach with half the passengers getting gastro, flying home unscathed you'd think the germs would leave me alone!

[Mantis]

Between a rock and a hard place here with mulch. Been mulching heavily in past years and this has led to a major buildup of earwigs that hide in the mulch and any other rubbish lying around. These little buggers are very destructive and I dont want to give them more places to hide. I have mulched around the few I have in the ground with homemade compost which I think should be good.
Now they are saying 40 deg tommorow, jeeez

[Patrina_Pepperina]

Blimey, haven't had a chance to catch up on posts and I noticed there's so many here that I haven't read.... I've been battling the heat trying to get white bags filled with a new batch of composty mix ready to plant seedlings, but I don't last long once the sun hits, even with an early start It's exhausting!

Good luck for tomorrow Mantis! Hope they are wrong about the temps. We've had about 10 days in a row over 30 C/ 86 F, and I think tomorrow is no different (I heard rumours of 36 C).

Thinking of you Ray, Spatz and Cosmic, as I plant out seedlings too. Grub, hope your plants give you more surprises this season, altho I doubt you could do any better than your superb 'Summertimes' which I planted out today (several F4s) to get a few to sample this season

Patrina

[Grub]

Hope you don't get too many more hot days like that PP and Mantis. I see today its 28C in Hobart. Wow. Cosi will be in her bikini.

I came back after four days away and plants have doubled to 4-5ft. Lots of fruit set. The new series look great, ie, Tony's Italian, Linnie's Oxheart, M.Hat, Mountain Mystery and Perito Italian... cute little fruits... ditto Andrey's Belarusian Heart... can't wait.

Tying up the beasts is becoming a real challenge.

Is it just me or does anyone else have a Rainy's Maltese that doesn't look like a determinate?

Kimberly will win the race again. But oddly GMG PL is the very early and prolific setter here. Ditto Vorlon, a terrific PL plant.

[PNW_D]

Greetings Grub,

Interesting observation re GMG, as I just noticed Tania had similar early ripening results on this one - whereas mine barely had a chance to ripen this year - very late (and not the fabulous flavour of first year grow out)
http://t-garden.homeip.net/mwiki/ind..._Mystery_Green

[cosmicgardener]

We got back after 3 weeks away, to be told it has been hot ( for Tassie - 25 - 30 degrees is considered hot) Had a lovely few days in Bay of Islands - good waters - nice breezes - very laid back - no fish worth catching - too many boats. Too cold in the rest of NZ and Auckland Harbour is like Sydney Station - more boats than water - they are building 'stackable' berths. Too many rich dudes there for my liking, or a massive debt platform about to collapse.

Came home to good growth particularly weeds - even spring cabbages grow on 1 metre stalks! They have to go!

It's currently 31C in Wynyard - humid and horrible and still, certainly not bikini weather with the flies biting chunks out of every bit of exposed skin. ! We got the tallest weeds out but I suspect I'm in for another year of cussing. All winter left over's in the process of being pulled out and we'll end up with a fallow bed - might plant all Craig's Islander Caps in there - can't stand to see space going begging!.

Fruit is setting here too -early for Tasmanian standards and a portent of things to come. Planted out several varieties of chillies between the tomatoes, mainly to check the soil condition and it is almost edible!! Full of worms and holding moisture well. I'm chuffed because everything is going great guns in those new beds.

THe day we got back we had bad news and good news - the bad news was that the $10,000 tax refund we expected was an error and we have to pay $900 in The good news was I won a 5 night holiday at a 5 star resort in Coffs Harbour for a family of 4 from Australian Traveller Magazine! I only ever won $50 in Tatts before so I am chuffed about that. Might give it to the kids.

[Grub]

Things are moving along...


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