Joy of joys

[itsgrowinglook]

Hi All

Just so excited I had to share. My very first tomato has appeared!!!!!!

Andii

[Hollie the Wollie]

Wow! Woo hoo! how exciting! It really is exciting isnt it? I havnt had any toms yet - hopefully soon! Congratulations! x

[Lesley Jay]

Brilliant Andii - you will be just as excited next year when your first tomato appears!!

[itsgrowinglook]

Thank you for the congratulations! I feel really proud of myself and we have had salad for tea with lettuce and radish from the garden. I love it!!

Andii

[tommyq1976]

Great news Always exciting when you get your first one come up!!

[itsgrowinglook]

Hello

Excited again. Just spotted my first cucumber flower!!

Actually this was one was of the weakest seedlings and I didn't have the heart to throw it away I just left it in its little pot and its the first one to flower!

Andii

[Lesley Jay]

Great Andii

You could do with putting the cucumber plant into a bigger container. There's no need to remove the peat pot first - just plant the whole lot, then it doesn't disturb the roots or upset the plant.

[itsgrowinglook]

Its already re-potted! I honestly didn't think it was strong enough to survive. It just shows!

Andii

[Lesley Jay]

Hi Andii, by growing the plant in such a small pot it probably thought that it's days were numbered, so the plant flowered to produce fruit and seeds ensuring that the next generation was sorted!!

[scottishbaby84]

Well done!! they are so cute aren't they? lol

Mine are coming through the flowers as well but at different rates, the ones at the bottom of the vine are quite big, the rest are really tiny...hope this is normal!

I'm already looking forward to next year (told the husband I'm investing in a proper greenhouse) and its going to be a long winters wait to start again

Edited to add: I love your username lol

[itsgrowinglook]

Hi Scottishbaby

The name is because that is all I have been shouting for the last couple of months to my family!!! And then I drag them outside to have a look.

I did save up for a greenhouse but had to pay the mortgage with it Now I just have 2 of the mini plastic ones.

Andii

[itsgrowinglook]

More excitement. I have just spotted my first courgette! Its teeny tiny but really cute.
Andii

[Lesley Jay]

That's brilliant Andii - just watch how fast it grows!!

[LynRuc]

yea I had a few like that but they always went soft and dropped off! since discovered that it probably means they havent been pollinated

[itsgrowinglook]

Sorry but excited again! Is this the beginnings of my first cucumber?

[itsgrowinglook]

Another exciting development, sorry if this is getting boring now. My Dwarf Green Beans are flowering. Ohhhh! I can almost taste cold beans, garlic, olive oil and vinegar
Andii

[Lesley Jay]

Cold beans?? Are the beans cooked first Andii??

[Nicola_D]

Andii,

i'm new here but i love your thread. I'm growing vegies for the first time too, I have courgettes, tomatoes and cucumbers too, and my plants look very much like yours so I completely understand your excitement. We've had our first courgette and we have a faily large cucumber growing too and loads of tiny ones, I also have loads of tomatoes on my 6 plants, but was soooo excited when I saw the first one - just waiting for them to ripen now, it feels like forever. My lettuce has been fab, very impressed with it we've had loads of salad!

Please keep posting your pics

Nicola

[itsgrowinglook]

Hi Lesley and Nicola

Yes the beans are cooked first!! They are delicious like that.

Nicola, thank you so much for your comments. Its nice to know I am not boring everyone but it is so exciting when you see things growing that you have planted. Like you I am very impressed!

I have also had one ripe strawberry, there are more on the way but this one was ready ages before the others. Have you every tried to cut a strawberry into 3 equal pieces? I have.

I will continue putting pics on, now I have had a request.

Andii

[EdisonCheug]

LOL, hope this little one bigger and bigger, and the other ones come out one by one.