I’ve been watching since the first video and I think you are doing a great job, especially as you are also growing a human - having done that myself I get the exhaustion though I didn’t have an allotment so kudos to you. Bindweed is a pain so good job on making a start at tackling it, I’m pretty sure my new allotment has it and I’m dreading it. With the taller tomato you’ll want to gently tie it as it grows (which it looks like you’re doing) just carry on as it grows and it won’t flop over. It must have been a busy day at Leeds Bradford airport, it’s fascinating watching the planes land, I highly recommend it (I’m also from Yorkshire in case that wasn’t obvious!)
Ha! It's my local one too, and I love going there to plane watch (I'm a bit addicted to planes aha!) Thank you for your lovely comment. I wish you all the best with your allotment, and I hope your bindweed problem gets fixed soon! ♡
Regarding your new compost bin. The string will do for now, but I would advise getting really strong tall sticks or canes to push through tops into ground. Or those really strong cable ties. 😊 you're doing good! Tomatoes are fine, just tie them to tall canes and feed them.
We call those vines "Mile-A-Mores" because if you leave them alone and come back the next day it seems like they have grown a Mile A More each day. Garden is looking great and remember if it works for you and your happy then you're doing a wonderful job.
Keep doing what you can, you're doing great. I commented on your last video identifying the bindweed. The problem is that it chokes other surrounding plants but in its defence, if growing alone against a fence it is a beautiful vine that blooms with white trumpet or lilly like flowers and is also a great place for wildlife.
Ooo, it would be interesting to see it in full bloom, but it's a totally savage plant! Thank you for helping identify it. I've found it really interesting! ♡
What I've been reading about getting rid of bind is to cut it off at groundless rather than pulling or digging it out. Sounds labor intensive but I'm going to try clipping it this year. I've seriously cut myself pulling bindweed out of the ground. It's an awful weed.
Let me know how that goes for sure. If you find it makes a difference, then I'll try it next time. I'm going to keep pulling it up when I see it this year and then try and get a full dig up next year. It's all trial and error, isn't it.. thank you for watching ♡
Another tip for bindweed. Its a climbing plant so giving it things to climb makes it easier to pull out rather than tangling around your plants so pop some sticks where it grows if you can (don't poke your eyes out bending down tho !! ). Wood chip is a funny one. We can have it as long as it's delivered to your plot which in my case being at the bottom of a narrow lane is impossible. Pretty much all tree surgeons will give it up for free as they have to pay to dispose of it but in our councils eyes its commercial waste and therefore fly tipping if it's delivered anywhere but your plot so it is worth checking your sites views on it. Sometimes the easiest thing to do is ask to fill a few bags when you see a tree surgeon on your street I only use it for mulching beds I know a lot of people use it for paths.
What a top tip for the bindweed! I really like the look of woodchip, but Mr Serenity doesn't like it, which is frustrating! I'll just have to see how the allotment progresses ♡
Girl! You’re being hard on yourself - you’re under the weather, growing a human and managing to film and edit (which takes time!). You’re right though, the weather makes such a difference to energy levels! Well done for negotiating with those pallets 😃 Charles dowding composts his bindweed - but I think that must be because his compost is black gold 😂. I also agree that your approach of leaving the raspberries to fruit before reducing how many you have is wise! They’ll be delicious 🩷
I'm just so not wanting to slack on the videos and I'm worried that if I slow down I'll run out of content before maternity leave 😅 I suppose I could film everyone else doing the plot for me.. haha ♡
Love your humour. Using lopers to cut string ! Why not ? They always go big in Yorkshire ! Don't worry about being honest about feeling a bit under the weather. It's called being human. Congratulations on your first strawberries ! It's really good to see how your plot is progressing. Thank you.
Hahah thank you. It was unintentional as I really did try to find scissors like a normal person, but we have to adapt in life 😆😅 thank you so much for watching and your lovely comment! ♡
Hi im sending you happy energy thoughts breathe in and out sit down and just look sometimes also weeds are good for food just put in a bucket of water and use the juice diluted as always happy gardening Richardx
That s why it s called bindweed but you can pull it up. My wife worked in the field upto ,24 hojrs before dropping it. Yes still cool here at ,39 last night couldn t believ it when I saw it as 77 today and says 90 for Thur, You can plant your broken toms, but keep well watered for a week untill it strikes. I don t bother with a compost bin and never have, just dig a whole in the garden and bury it, does same job, but saves loads of time. ,
2:12 They just look like the leaves of the tomato to me. They *may* sprout roots under ground but they don't have a growing tip so you won't get any new growth. Only pinching off the suckers (AKA side shoots) that grow in between the main growing stem and a leaf branch can you break off and regrow. You have to keep on top of the sucker growth though. Check weekly and pinch off. If you do get any you miss and they get to a few inches long then you could snap them off and replant to make more plants. Just bear in mind that our tomato seasons are short in the UK so there may not be time to regrow a new plant and get fruit. I never grown from the suckers myself but may give it a try this year but I wouldn't start new plants any later than mid June probably. Also I'd probably only do it with blight resistant varieties myself. It doesn't matter by the way that you lost the leaves. It the growing tip that matters most. In fact most tomato growers will remove all leaves below the first flower truss once the fruits are growing to get better air flow around the plants and reduce pests like slugs. One more tip - although I said it's the growing tip that matters most, if you do accidentally break the growing tip it's not actually the end of the world because of the way tomatoes grow suckers so readily. A side shoot near the damaged tip can become the new main growing tip. But obviously better to not break off the main tip in the first place of course.
So much great information. Thank you for taking the time to write it all for me. I'm glad they're doing okay even if they're all wobbly, haha! When do they usually fruit? ♡
@@YorkshireSerenity You can start getting fruit late June usually through to September even October if you avoid blight. When the plants start getting flowers you should also help with pollination. A tomato flower is kind of enclosed and pollinates itself. There's just a tiny hole for pollen to come out. The way bees get the pollen out is to vibrate their wings close to the tomato flower to shake the pollen out. You can do something similar to help polination by shaking the plant or flowers. Some people even use an electric toothbrush to try and mimic the bees action. I personally just go around flicking all the stems that have flowers on as well as shaking the plant firmly. It's important to this, especially in a polytunnel, because it increases fruit set A LOT. You can get close to 100% fruit set if you make sure you frequently shake/flick the plants. If you don't do this you may only get half the amount of fruit or less. Btw... I think from your previous video you were growing all vine/indeterminate varieties right? In case you are growing any determinate/bush varieties, you shouldn't remove any of the suckers/side shoots - you actually want to keep those on.
Great response. I'm not sure if they're a vine or bush variety. I haven't grown them successfully before. I'll definitely help pollinate when those flowers come in. How exciting! ♡
@@YorkshireSerenity Sweet million and Gardener's Delight are both vining AKA /indeterminate AKS cordon - they grow tall and produce a truss of fruit every 20cm or so. And they keep on growing and growing all season until the weather or disease stops them or if the grower cuts the top of the plant to stop growth and help put energy into ripening the fruit (this is a good idea once the plants get really tall). Bush AKA determinate varieties just grow bushy with bramching everywhere and produce all their flowers and fruit at the same time so the harvest is within a short time space. They tend to only get no more than around 30cm tall. I like to grow both kinds. I grow my cordon/vining/indeterminate varieties in the soil and my bush/indeterminate varieties in containers.
Thank you, Sherry! I'm trying to take it easy, but there's so much I want to do to the plot before the baby comes. Sadly, I think I'm going to have to enlist the help of my family because I get tired so fast these days! I love filming, though, so I may have to create a second channel for more pregnancy, motherhood, and country vlogs ♡
'Bindweed' does climb, twist , spread and annoy. The secret to most plants is they always need sunlight to grow, cutting any plant consistently will stop them from growing. I keep getting them in many places, chop, chop and put them in sun on a piece of cement and dry them completely, then into the leaf piles.
Strawberries have different fruiting times, some are 'June bearing "?' which comes all at once, some are 'day neutral' which fruit almost continuously, 'some are 'everbearing' which produces from spring to autumn, but don't produce a lot each week. Then there are varieties. I don't know what those are in the UK by name, but they're in one of those three versions.
Polytunnel is looking good. Don't rush yourself if baby is taken it out of you. (I get scared saying that to a pregnant woman after saying it to my gf 😂) slow and steady just think there is always next year too.
Aha, don't be scared.. I don't bite! I try to listen to my body the best I can, but it's so frustrating because I have another 3 months left, and I don't want to slow down so early!! ♡
im getting greenhouse envy from your neighbours plot lol plus have you seen the bending green wire thingy you can get to tie things up canes I no Poundland used to sell it nad I think b n m all u do is cut a piece and bend it round the plant and cane its so much easier than string nad lasts ages if u save it
Me too! I can't wait for the day we get a greenhouse and a shed aha! I haven't seen that but it sounds like a great idea. I'll have to keep an eye out! ♡
@@YorkshireSerenity id love a proper greenhouse I've only ever had polly tunnels which are cool but not the same lol and ye I find them less fiddly than string
Sure! Be confident in front of the camera, and if you're not, then fake it. Big smiles, big energy, and eye contact! Secondly, I recommend changing camera angles as much as you can and editing them to transition frequently. Due to tiktok, people have a super short attention span now, so you have to keep your audience focused. Third, find something you genuinely enjoy and set that as your niche. There's no point in just making videos for the sake of videos because you'll run out of steam and ideas. So make sure you are filming something you have an interest in. I hope this helps, friend ♡
pulling the green bindweed growth wont do anything except encourage it just loosen the soil and pull up as much root as possible its like giant spaghetti strands do NOT put it in the compost also it dries up in 24 hours if you cut it at ground level alas the only real option is systemic spray ( which I hate too ) or paint the top leaves instead of spraying compost bin add old yukky bananas and coffee grinds to get 10 million worms by next week your tommos will take off soon enough but in 8 weeks time your stakes will be too weak for a 6 ft tall plant with 10kg of fruit lucky you you have 50 years of fun ahead
Oh my goodness I'm gonna have to invest in some super stakes. I didn't know worms liked coffee and old bananas so that's really interesting. Thank you for sharing your tips. If you have 50 years experience you'll come in very handy for me haha. Have a lovely day ♡
Bindweed is a real thug and fast growing. Do not compost it. Just keep picking it as soon as you see any, that way youwill weaken it's growth but you will need to dig it out at some point.
@@YorkshireSerenity I have had several plots over the years and everyone of them has had the problem but you can get on top of it. The reason it is so prolific on allotments is because it thrives in well cultivated soil.
You are putting out some interesting content. Keep going🎉🎉
That's a lovely comment. Thanks, Karen! ♡
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Happy Saturday evening from England! ♡
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Thank you so much, Craig!! ♡
I’ve been watching since the first video and I think you are doing a great job, especially as you are also growing a human - having done that myself I get the exhaustion though I didn’t have an allotment so kudos to you. Bindweed is a pain so good job on making a start at tackling it, I’m pretty sure my new allotment has it and I’m dreading it. With the taller tomato you’ll want to gently tie it as it grows (which it looks like you’re doing) just carry on as it grows and it won’t flop over.
It must have been a busy day at Leeds Bradford airport, it’s fascinating watching the planes land, I highly recommend it (I’m also from Yorkshire in case that wasn’t obvious!)
Ha! It's my local one too, and I love going there to plane watch (I'm a bit addicted to planes aha!) Thank you for your lovely comment. I wish you all the best with your allotment, and I hope your bindweed problem gets fixed soon! ♡
Even experienced gardeners learn with every season. I think you’re doing a brilliant job of establishing your allotment garden.
Thank you so much Valerie. That means a lot ♡
Regarding your new compost bin. The string will do for now, but I would advise getting really strong tall sticks or canes to push through tops into ground. Or those really strong cable ties. 😊 you're doing good! Tomatoes are fine, just tie them to tall canes and feed them.
For sure, some great advice there. I was thinking about cableties, but I'm not sure it would be all that helpful. What do you think? ♡
We call those vines "Mile-A-Mores" because if you leave them alone and come back the next day it seems like they have grown a Mile A More each day. Garden is looking great and remember if it works for you and your happy then you're doing a wonderful job.
Oh goodness, I dread to think if I've just encouraged it to grow superspeed.. what a little terror of a plant it is! ♡
Rasps, late June, I m eating my first ones now.
Just pull it up for now but don’t put it in your compost bin its roots will spread.loving your videos.❤
I'll be sure to burn it instead! Thank you for watching, friend ♡
Keep doing what you can, you're doing great. I commented on your last video identifying the bindweed. The problem is that it chokes other surrounding plants but in its defence, if growing alone against a fence it is a beautiful vine that blooms with white trumpet or lilly like flowers and is also a great place for wildlife.
Ooo, it would be interesting to see it in full bloom, but it's a totally savage plant! Thank you for helping identify it. I've found it really interesting! ♡
What I've been reading about getting rid of bind is to cut it off at groundless rather than pulling or digging it out. Sounds labor intensive but I'm going to try clipping it this year. I've seriously cut myself pulling bindweed out of the ground. It's an awful weed.
Let me know how that goes for sure. If you find it makes a difference, then I'll try it next time. I'm going to keep pulling it up when I see it this year and then try and get a full dig up next year. It's all trial and error, isn't it.. thank you for watching ♡
We use tomato cages for ours. They work really well.
Ooo I've never heard of those. I'll have a look into them now! ♡
Another tip for bindweed. Its a climbing plant so giving it things to climb makes it easier to pull out rather than tangling around your plants so pop some sticks where it grows if you can (don't poke your eyes out bending down tho !! ). Wood chip is a funny one. We can have it as long as it's delivered to your plot which in my case being at the bottom of a narrow lane is impossible. Pretty much all tree surgeons will give it up for free as they have to pay to dispose of it but in our councils eyes its commercial waste and therefore fly tipping if it's delivered anywhere but your plot so it is worth checking your sites views on it. Sometimes the easiest thing to do is ask to fill a few bags when you see a tree surgeon on your street I only use it for mulching beds I know a lot of people use it for paths.
What a top tip for the bindweed! I really like the look of woodchip, but Mr Serenity doesn't like it, which is frustrating! I'll just have to see how the allotment progresses ♡
Girl! You’re being hard on yourself - you’re under the weather, growing a human and managing to film and edit (which takes time!). You’re right though, the weather makes such a difference to energy levels! Well done for negotiating with those pallets 😃
Charles dowding composts his bindweed - but I think that must be because his compost is black gold 😂. I also agree that your approach of leaving the raspberries to fruit before reducing how many you have is wise! They’ll be delicious 🩷
I'm just so not wanting to slack on the videos and I'm worried that if I slow down I'll run out of content before maternity leave 😅 I suppose I could film everyone else doing the plot for me.. haha ♡
Love your humour. Using lopers to cut string ! Why not ? They always go big in Yorkshire ! Don't worry about being honest about feeling a bit under the weather. It's called being human. Congratulations on your first strawberries ! It's really good to see how your plot is progressing. Thank you.
Hahah thank you. It was unintentional as I really did try to find scissors like a normal person, but we have to adapt in life 😆😅 thank you so much for watching and your lovely comment! ♡
Nice work…keep it up
Thank you!! ♡
Hi im sending you happy energy thoughts breathe in and out sit down and just look sometimes also weeds are good for food just put in a bucket of water and use the juice diluted as always happy gardening Richardx
Thank you for watching and your kind comment, Richard. ♡
@@YorkshireSerenitysending virtual huggs x
I always put bindweed in my compost bin. Never had it sprout up in the bin or on the beds I chuck the finished compost on.
Oh that's interesting to read! ♡
That s why it s called bindweed but you can pull it up. My wife worked in the field upto ,24 hojrs before dropping it. Yes still cool here at ,39 last night couldn t believ it when I saw it as 77 today and says 90 for Thur, You can plant your broken toms, but keep well watered for a week untill it strikes. I don t bother with a compost bin and never have, just dig a whole in the garden and bury it, does same job, but saves loads of time.
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Ah, well, the bins are up now, so I might as well fill them, haha. Hopefully, the broken tomato will take, and we will have another plant ♡
2:12 They just look like the leaves of the tomato to me. They *may* sprout roots under ground but they don't have a growing tip so you won't get any new growth. Only pinching off the suckers (AKA side shoots) that grow in between the main growing stem and a leaf branch can you break off and regrow.
You have to keep on top of the sucker growth though. Check weekly and pinch off. If you do get any you miss and they get to a few inches long then you could snap them off and replant to make more plants. Just bear in mind that our tomato seasons are short in the UK so there may not be time to regrow a new plant and get fruit. I never grown from the suckers myself but may give it a try this year but I wouldn't start new plants any later than mid June probably. Also I'd probably only do it with blight resistant varieties myself.
It doesn't matter by the way that you lost the leaves. It the growing tip that matters most. In fact most tomato growers will remove all leaves below the first flower truss once the fruits are growing to get better air flow around the plants and reduce pests like slugs.
One more tip - although I said it's the growing tip that matters most, if you do accidentally break the growing tip it's not actually the end of the world because of the way tomatoes grow suckers so readily. A side shoot near the damaged tip can become the new main growing tip. But obviously better to not break off the main tip in the first place of course.
So much great information. Thank you for taking the time to write it all for me. I'm glad they're doing okay even if they're all wobbly, haha! When do they usually fruit? ♡
@@YorkshireSerenity You can start getting fruit late June usually through to September even October if you avoid blight.
When the plants start getting flowers you should also help with pollination. A tomato flower is kind of enclosed and pollinates itself. There's just a tiny hole for pollen to come out. The way bees get the pollen out is to vibrate their wings close to the tomato flower to shake the pollen out. You can do something similar to help polination by shaking the plant or flowers. Some people even use an electric toothbrush to try and mimic the bees action. I personally just go around flicking all the stems that have flowers on as well as shaking the plant firmly. It's important to this, especially in a polytunnel, because it increases fruit set A LOT. You can get close to 100% fruit set if you make sure you frequently shake/flick the plants. If you don't do this you may only get half the amount of fruit or less.
Btw... I think from your previous video you were growing all vine/indeterminate varieties right? In case you are growing any determinate/bush varieties, you shouldn't remove any of the suckers/side shoots - you actually want to keep those on.
Great response. I'm not sure if they're a vine or bush variety. I haven't grown them successfully before. I'll definitely help pollinate when those flowers come in. How exciting! ♡
@@YorkshireSerenity Sweet million and Gardener's Delight are both vining AKA /indeterminate AKS cordon - they grow tall and produce a truss of fruit every 20cm or so. And they keep on growing and growing all season until the weather or disease stops them or if the grower cuts the top of the plant to stop growth and help put energy into ripening the fruit (this is a good idea once the plants get really tall).
Bush AKA determinate varieties just grow bushy with bramching everywhere and produce all their flowers and fruit at the same time so the harvest is within a short time space. They tend to only get no more than around 30cm tall.
I like to grow both kinds. I grow my cordon/vining/indeterminate varieties in the soil and my bush/indeterminate varieties in containers.
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Being pregnant is a whole thing on its own, take plenty of breaks and time. Small jobs = bigs results, you’re doing a great job!
Thank you, Sherry! I'm trying to take it easy, but there's so much I want to do to the plot before the baby comes. Sadly, I think I'm going to have to enlist the help of my family because I get tired so fast these days! I love filming, though, so I may have to create a second channel for more pregnancy, motherhood, and country vlogs ♡
Just rest when you can.x
I will do, thank you love ♡
Well done on making the compost bin. Not easy when you are pregnant
Thank you so much! Those pallets were heavier than I thought haha ♡
'Bindweed' does climb, twist , spread and annoy. The secret to most plants is they always need sunlight to grow, cutting any plant consistently will stop them from growing.
I keep getting them in many places, chop, chop and put them in sun on a piece of cement and dry them completely, then into the leaf piles.
Strawberries have different fruiting times, some are 'June bearing "?' which comes all at once, some are 'day neutral' which fruit almost continuously, 'some are 'everbearing' which produces from spring to autumn, but don't produce a lot each week.
Then there are varieties. I don't know what those are in the UK by name, but they're in one of those three versions.
That's so interesting!! I didn't know that! Maybe we will just have new strawberries every week! How exciting ♡
Polytunnel is looking good. Don't rush yourself if baby is taken it out of you. (I get scared saying that to a pregnant woman after saying it to my gf 😂)
slow and steady just think there is always next year too.
Aha, don't be scared.. I don't bite! I try to listen to my body the best I can, but it's so frustrating because I have another 3 months left, and I don't want to slow down so early!! ♡
im getting greenhouse envy from your neighbours plot lol plus have you seen the bending green wire thingy you can get to tie things up canes I no Poundland used to sell it nad I think b n m all u do is cut a piece and bend it round the plant and cane its so much easier than string nad lasts ages if u save it
Me too! I can't wait for the day we get a greenhouse and a shed aha! I haven't seen that but it sounds like a great idea. I'll have to keep an eye out! ♡
@@YorkshireSerenity id love a proper greenhouse I've only ever had polly tunnels which are cool but not the same lol and ye I find them less fiddly than string
@@YorkshireSerenity id love a polly crub but sooooopppper expensive lol
Oh btw any tips on starting a RUclips channel please lots of advice to give thank you Richardx
Sure! Be confident in front of the camera, and if you're not, then fake it. Big smiles, big energy, and eye contact! Secondly, I recommend changing camera angles as much as you can and editing them to transition frequently. Due to tiktok, people have a super short attention span now, so you have to keep your audience focused.
Third, find something you genuinely enjoy and set that as your niche. There's no point in just making videos for the sake of videos because you'll run out of steam and ideas. So make sure you are filming something you have an interest in.
I hope this helps, friend ♡
@@YorkshireSerenity awe thankyou so much Richardx
Hi it's a shame that all the crops don't grow as fast as bindweed does. 26 weeks pregnant your soon have a baby pickle ❤ take care 🍓🍓
This pregnancy feels like it's going so fast and so slow at the same time, haha. I can't wait to meet him ♡
pulling the green bindweed growth wont do anything except encourage it just loosen the soil and pull up as much root as possible its like giant spaghetti strands do NOT put it in the compost also it dries up in 24 hours if you cut it at ground level alas the only real option is systemic spray ( which I hate too ) or paint the top leaves instead of spraying
compost bin add old yukky bananas and coffee grinds to get 10 million worms by next week
your tommos will take off soon enough but in 8 weeks time your stakes will be too weak for a 6 ft tall plant with 10kg of fruit
lucky you you have 50 years of fun ahead
Oh my goodness I'm gonna have to invest in some super stakes. I didn't know worms liked coffee and old bananas so that's really interesting. Thank you for sharing your tips. If you have 50 years experience you'll come in very handy for me haha. Have a lovely day ♡
Bindweed is a real thug and fast growing. Do not compost it. Just keep picking it as soon as you see any, that way youwill weaken it's growth but you will need to dig it out at some point.
It's definitely going to be my big job over winter. Hopefully, I can keep it at bay until then! What a rotten pest! ♡
@@YorkshireSerenity I have had several plots over the years and everyone of them has had the problem but you can get on top of it. The reason it is so prolific on allotments is because it thrives in well cultivated soil.
Don’t put it in your compost bin!!
Don't worry! It went in the wheelbarrow ready for the firepit! ♡