merledogs Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 I did mean to plant the tomatoes and strawbs, but I never got round to it and it's a bit late now I'll keep them for next year and concentrate where my heart lies, with the plants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted May 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 That makes sense, there's no pleasure in growing just for the sake of it, and your plants do look sensational this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Love the dancing nun Marge - :biglaugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Mags, did you get some more plants? Lidl will be selling six tomato plants for £1.99 soon. Can't remember what date though. it is from thursday 17th that lidl have the tomato plants for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 No I didn't get any plants yet. My little tomato plant is sprouting some leaves so I have a little bit of hope But I will want more plants. Thanks Griff. I don't see anything on the Irish website for the plants but usually the Irish and UK stuff is the same I think. I bought some fly paper to hang in the greenhouse. It comes in a roll that you unfurl. The only way I can hang it is along the "wall" but it makes a terrible sticky mess (as I think you can see from my pot storage photo). Any ideas how I can use these without them sticking to the wall? I hate things buzzing around me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 hmmmm what about some of those little sticky sucky cup things... the ones that you lick. you could stick them to the glass on the greenhouse and then attach the flypaper using a bit of string. other than that i don't know if the greenhouse has like a metal join running down the middle but could you thread some string over the top of that and then tie the roll of flyppaper to it (tie the string round the flypaper holder bit) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Unfortunately my greenhouse is not a glasshouse (I wish it was). It's a cheapy plastic one so sticky sucky cup things won't work. Even if I tie it to a metal pole, it would still make a sticky mess which is what I'm trying to avoid. I was thinking of trying to put it inside a cardboard roll, say from tinfoil, cutting chunks out of the roll at the front and hanging that. I just need to use more tinfoil lol Keep the ideas coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted May 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 I will have a think and come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 no idea if this would work or be suitable but what about a solar powered flying insect killer? http://www.greenfingers.com/superstore/product.asp?dept_id=200356&pf_id=LS3870D&co=fr not recommending the company but just to give you an idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Could you possibly rig up a bit of dowling or bamboo stick in a plant pot and somehow attach the fly paper to that? You could than move it around - like have it stand on a bench or the floor (although I don't know what good it would be on the floor ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 I like both those ideas girls I never though of a solar powered fly zapper. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Well after thinking about metal joins and bamboo sticks, I came up with the solution. I fixed the fly paper to a length of timber and tied the timber to a metal pole. So the only thing getting sticky is the timber.........and the flies I still might look into the solar powered zapper Thanks for the assistance 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted May 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Some good ideas there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Well, this took hours, but I am quite pleased with the final result. Never grown tomatoes or cucumbers this way before, so time will tell. Back row Cucumbers, outside rows tomatoes and inside rows are five peppers and a chilli. The plants in the middle are waiting to be potted on elsewhere. Couldn't get it all in, so here's left and right sides. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Looks great Marge. My one tomato plant is still only about 1 centimetre above soil but starting to sprout leaves. My courgettes and cucumbers all died. The courgettes just seemed to go mouldy and rot. Nothing else grew except a couple of spring onions which I'm praying over every day. Lidl and Aldi over here didn't get any veggie plants in yet. Might take a trip to Homebase next week. I've a lot of catching up to do lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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