excited newbie

[tammykins1968]

Hiya just been checking my cucmber plants in the greenhouse and spotted what i think are tiny cucumbers . are these what will eventually be the veg gracing my summer sarnies?

[Newtothis]

You sound just like me the other day when I found some teeny courgettes on my plants. Here is the picture I took of them.

In my case I know they are potential courgettes waiting to flower and be pollinated. Did you have a yellow flower on that larger cucumber, has it fallen off? If so then maybe it is polinated, if not then it's a potential cucumber waiting for pollination

[DavidT]

Congratulations both, you are now gardeners.lol

[Lesley Jay]

Hi Tammy, that's brilliant - it's always really exciting see veggies begin to grow!!

You say they are in the greenhouse Tammy, do you know what variety they are??

[Newtothis]

Originally Posted by DavidT

Congratulations both, you are now gardeners.lol

Thank you, I never knew gardening could be so exciting

[vegnovice10]

Like you I'm new to all this and can't believe how excited I am when things appear. The rain yesterday suddenly brought up the spring onions and I have a few courgettes coming and lettuces. It's brill!

Still no sign of the parsnips I planted tho but only planted them on 26th May as had to wait for lawn to be taken up. Guess it's too late to plant any more.

[Lesley Jay]

Originally Posted by vegnovice10

Still no sign of the parsnips I planted tho but only planted them on 26th May as had to wait for lawn to be taken up. Guess it's too late to plant any more.

Patience!!! Parsnips can take up to 4 weeks before the seeds germinate.

[jazzmini59]

I got excited once : never been the same since

[Shaun]

wow i now have cuecumber envy just want mine to grow, do they flower 1st and they need polinateing? might sound a stupid question but no one has ever told me about the birds and the bees in plant world.

[Lesley Jay]

Hi Shaun, yes, they flower first - but what variety are you growing??

[DavidT]

Originally Posted by Newtothis

Thank you, I never knew gardening could be so exciting

Believe me, you have even better to come.

[Hollie the Wollie]

Originally Posted by Shaun

wow i now have cuecumber envy just want mine to grow,

I killed mine last month

[tammykins1968]

Originally Posted by Newtothis

Thank you, I never knew gardening could be so exciting

me either lol.

[tammykins1968]

[quote=Lesley Jay;18687]Hi Tammy, that's brilliant - it's always really exciting see veggies begin to grow!!

You say they are in the greenhouse Tammy, do you know what variety they are??[/QUOTE

they are an all female hybrid, from our local garden centre. dont know what type, just hope they are going to taste good in a cucumber sarnie on the beach lol.

[tammykins1968]

and today i have spotted my first blueberry appearing, first flowers that dropped then the casing is sort of left and sprouts into a blueberry . amazing .. im beginning to love watching things grow and how plants produce their amzing produce.

[Lesley Jay]

It's really great isn't it Tammy?? I still get excited when seeds start to germinate and the female flowers appear on my courgette plants!!

I asked you about the cucumber variety just incase it was one that needed the male flowers removing - which it doesn't! (Very occasionally the all female varieties can produce a male flower. If you do spot a male flower remove it.)

[tammykins1968]

ok thanks for that i will check them later for male flowers.

[Newtothis]

Originally Posted by tammykins1968

and today i have spotted my first blueberry appearing, first flowers that dropped then the casing is sort of left and sprouts into a blueberry . amazing .. im beginning to love watching things grow and how plants produce their amzing produce.

Wow lucky you. My flowers are drying up, and no blueberries Do you have more than one blueberry bush? I heard you need at least two for a good crop. I could only get one, went back for another but sold out, oh well nevermind.

[Lesley Jay]

Originally Posted by Newtothis

Wow lucky you. My flowers are drying up, and no blueberries Do you have more than one blueberry bush? I heard you need at least two for a good crop. I could only get one, went back for another but sold out, oh well nevermind.

Hi NTT, You are quite right that you need more than one blueberry plant. Some varieties are self sterile so they must be pollinated by a different variety of blueberry. It could be that your flowers were simply not pollinated. Are you growing your blueberry bush in a container and did you use ericaceous compost to pot it up? Also blueberries ideally want watering with rain water.

[Newtothis]

I couldn't bring the ericaceous soil back with the buggy and all when I bought it, so planted it in the ground, but did buy sulphate of ammonia to sprinkle around it if it didn't look too happy. Haven't done this yet, should really try that. Haven't been good with the rain water, am using tap water when I do water, although not so much watering going on here at the moment with all this rain , what's going on with the weather? My husband still hasn't fitted the water butt unfortunately, it's been hanging around the garden since last Summer!