YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY! / ALLOTMENT GARDENING UK

[Music] [Music] [Music] Good morning everyone. Welcome back to my a lotment diaries. My name is Emma. These are the a lotment diaries. That is Einstein chirping away in the background who's my little robin friend who comes to visit me if you're new around here. Um, he features in most vlogs. Yes, you do. He's sort of like the secret star. Wait, where are you? Oh, there's two of them. I was going to say either he's learned to throw his voice or there's two robins. It's like that scene on signs. You know, they got the baby monitor and then the aliens are talking to each other. It's like that, right? I went out yesterday and got some more daily bulbs, but I had to go quite near to where I live cuz the kids were on um school holidays and they didn't really want to go to a garden center. So, I sort of, you know, I understand. I do take them to a lot of garden centers to be fair. I went to a place called Pound Stretcher, which has just opened near where I am. I used to have a Will Co and it closed. And then I used to have a big B& right next to me and it closed and flats are being built there and it's so annoying because they were my two go-to places like gardening supplies that I could kind of walk to and now there's nowhere near. But Town Stretcher did do quite a few like bulbs and flowers and like gardening stuff. So I got the mixed dia tubers. They were $1.99 which is pretty good. So I'm going to pop these on today. But I also saw this which I've always wanted to grow. This is just this one. It's the stuff that you always see in bunches of flowers. Like if you go and look at bunches of flowers, they have this stuff sort of in between the flowers. I've always wanted to grow it. And you get um how many you get? Three. Three bulbs in here. So I'm going to plant these as well. I picked up these, too, which are um alium molly. And they look really pretty. I thought the the pollinators will absolutely go crazy for these cuz it's such a beautiful like yellow and there's like multif flowers. Um and I've got 10 bulbs of those. So, I thought I'd put these in. I don't think they're called bulbs. I think they're called what they called corns or something. C. It says bulbs on the back, but I'm pretty sure they're called something else. But anyway, so much noise today. Welcome to London. Anyway, got lots to plant today. So, I thought I'd start by potting on the ders. I'm going to start them in pots this year and try and protect them a bit from the slugs and snails. So, let's go and do that first with my pots I brought from home so I don't have to go through the shed. [Music] [Applause] So, it is 13.5° C and 89% humidity. I don't think we need the monitor to to be able to tell how humid it is in here. It's absolutely soaking wet. Right. So, apparently the sun is coming out later. You can sort of see the sky, the clouds starting to break up a little bit. So, that's a good sign, I think. So, I don't think the sun has completely disappeared on us just yet. I think it's just a bit of a murky morning, but there we go. That's okay. Oh my gosh. Where's my um also did notice a lot of uh wood chip has arrived today. Um but I don't think I need it. I don't think I need it. I'm not going to go and get wood chip just for the sake of having the wood chip because it's there. I've actually done most of my pathways now and I have taken more than my fair share of free wood chip I think. So, I'm going to leave it for other people cuz they're nice like that and consider it. Got these great big pots from home. I think ders need a nice big pot and also I want to grow them on until they're quite big. So, we've got good sized pots. We've got a little bit of compost in there. have to admit I wasn't totally blown away with the quality of a lot of the ders in the shop. But then it is pound stretcher. So I sort of think, well, what do you really expect, Emma? Yeah, this is okay. This will this will grow. This is fine. All right, let's whack you in here. Whenever I um plant ders, like even if it's in the ground or in a pot, I always let the little sticky bit stick up like that. And then I think there's eyes around and that's what it grows from. But I can never find them cuz I don't know what an eye looks like really. I could guess, but um I don't know, so I won't say. Fortunately, the sun is disappearing a little bit more next week. And we've got some rain forecast, which means one thing for any a lotment gardener. Slugs. Slugs and snails are on the way. So, I'm going to start protecting some of my crops today properly and sort of not not taking any chances basically. Right, that's him potted. So, what we'll do is we'll leave him in here, give him a water. Hopefully, he'll grow nice and big for me. Cool. Okay, I've managed to um get four out of the packs. It's supposed to be six, but you know what? A couple of the tubers were a little bit questionable. I'm not sure what pound saver are thinking, but uh I mean very well might grow, but it just looks a little bit questionable and I don't want to waste a pot and a load of compost on that. I mean that doesn't look Oh god. I mean that looks like something that I found alive and squished and it's dried up and died. Do you know what I mean? It doesn't look like something that's going to grow. So I'm not sure about that one. And then the other one that they gave me was that was the third one. So, I don't think I mean potentially that could grow into something, but not this year or anytime soon. So, I'm not going to waste a pot on that. So, I managed to get four and we'll see how they go cuz they're only a couple of quid each. They're $1.99 each for those bags. I only got two out of them. It's four for £4. That's not bad. It's a pound a day. So, if they do grow, some of them are big. Yeah, we'll see. We will see. Right. [Music] Right. So, I've got my lovely tulip bed here. And in between that, I've scattered loads of wild flower seeds, which I think will look beautiful if they all come up. They do look like they're growing. And that again is the lack of rain and lack of slugs. But as soon as the rain comes, they very well may all get eaten. Even if they don't, and I have wild flowers come up here, I think it would be nice to have some structure in between. So I'm going to plant all those bulbs out here. So we got the alium molly and this stuff, gypsilia, gypsoilia, gypsilia. Um, just so beautiful. So we're going to dot them around and have a bit of structure coming through the wild flowers. Look what's happened to this one. Isn't that such a shame? It's such a gorgeous tulip as well. He's been like sliced. Something sliced that. What would do that? A bird. Maybe a bird's just come and just Why would it do that though? Like honestly, why would it do that? I don't understand the thought process behind that. Was it just for fun? Do birds just do this for fun? I don't know. Anyway, that's such a shame. Oh, there's another one there. It's the same tulip. It's the same one. It's been completely sliced. This something sliced it. What's doing this? The same tulip. Something's going after these. These have done something. These have done something to annoy someone. Are you in some kind of trouble? Cuz their heads have been chopped off. That's so weird. Right, guys. I cannot guarantee the safety of any of you now. I really can't. Not after this. You're just going to have to keep your wits about you and don't let anyone chop your heads off. Okay. Oh, the wild flowers are coming up so nicely. So exciting. Right. Where are you guys? Oh my gosh. Is this it? Is this right? Is that a gypsophilia? Is that it? It's just a stick. Is that what gypsilia is supposed to look like? It's just a stick with a couple of sticks out the bottom. Okay. Well, we'll just plant it then. I don't know. Makes it quite easy to plant, though. I don't even have to dig. I'll just do this. Just push it in with my finger. Right. Going in. Sticky. Feel like I'm just planting a stick. That is so weird. That is so so weird. But okay, that's one stick in. Right. Sticky number two. You go. Good luck. Very, very strange. It's just a stick. Are they having me on here? Are they having me on? Pound stretcher, what are you doing? Is that a stick? I think I've just buried a stick. But there we go. Okay, three sticks are in. Right. At least these ones look like something that will grow. That looks like a bulb. Okay, good. Gosh, so funny. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] Right, Andamat Home and Garden very very kindly sent me some of their plant feed. This is the Grow Pure fruit and vegetable liquid fertilizer. So, I've got a discount code for this. They very kindly sent me a discount code for you guys to use as well. So, if you want to get your hands on it, go into my description and there's a discount code there and I'll leave a link as well where you can find it. excited about this Einstein. So, it's completely vegan and it's made from plant waste. So, it's natural as well. And the key difference that they told me with this one is that it's got a really good blend of the three things you need in plant food, which is nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus. And it's got an excellent blend in this. So, it's really good for fruit and vegetable. Help them to be big and strong, completely natural, made from plants. And also the bottle is made from recycled plastic and it's also recyclable. I mean and at home and garden are very environmentally friendly and it's like quite rare to find a product where the bottle is actually made from recycled plastic but also can be recycled. So I just think it's great. Um but the thing that intrigued me the most about this plant food, if I'm honest, is that apparently it doesn't smell that bad. And we all know if you've ever made your own plant food, you know it's absolutely stinks. It's like it stinks, stinks, stinks. And most plant food stinks. Apparently, this one is not so bad. I'm going to be the tester. So, let's find out together if this really stinks or not. That's unbelievable. You're having me on. That smells like Dr. Pepper. I'm not even kidding. I would drink that. That's unbelievable. That's unbelievable. That smells so nice. That is such a like like that smells like Dr. Pepper. I'd drink that. I mean, you shouldn't drink it. Do not drink it, but my goodness, that's insane. I've never smelled plant food that smells actually good. That's crazy. Gosh. Anyway, right. We're going to water some of the plants with this today and help them to grow big and strong. So, I'm going to follow the directions on the back, dilute it into my watering can, and get watering. Right. If you guys do get your hands on this and use my discount code. You've got to tell me if you think this smells like Dr. Pepper. That's absolutely insane. Right, I've got four liters in here. So, I'm going to do 20 mls of that. I can't get over it. You've got to tell me if you order this. You've got to tell me if it smells like Dr. Pepper. That's absolutely crazy. Crazy. [Music] [Music] Right, I really need to fix this. This is really bothering me. Um because it just keeps falling down. I need to put another stick in the middle, I think. Right, let's find another stick. [Music] The rambling rose is coming to life. Look at all the little shoots coming off of it. Oh my gosh, how exciting. It's starting to come alive. I mean, really quickly as well because I only planted this a couple of weeks ago and it's just like I can see now how it's going to really take off and hopefully go all the way over the archway and then ramble through the trees. I don't think I have to do anything else to it. I have a feeling it's going to grip on by itself and be okay, but let me know if that's wrong and if I have to tie it in. I sort of feel like it's it feels quite sturdy. So, I feel like it's just holding on really well. So, I'm not going to tie him in or anything. I'm just going to let him go and then as soon as this starts to grow bigger, I'll sort of snip him back and make sure that he's going where I want him to go. But, I think you're rambling the right way at the moment. So, at the moment, you're doing great. So, I'll just I'll just leave him. Yeah, I'll just let him get on with it. Right. Cool. [Music] Well, do let me know if you do uh go below and order this um with my discount code, of course. Um but hopefully that will do a lot good for those plants that I've watered. So, excellent. I'll keep this in here and um I think I'll probably feed my plant every other week, maybe every other week, maybe a week and a half. Um and we'll see how they go. Like I said, it's for just for vegetables and fruit. So, you can sort of do everything cuz it's got such a good balance in there. So, brilliant. Right. I said that I would move the back of the greenhouse today, didn't I? I lied. I lied. I got here today and cuz it's like a bit overcast and stuff, I just didn't feel like doing it. So, I think what I'm going to do is do that next time. A lot of you are wondering how my tomatoes and cucumbers are doing because obviously I planted them out way too early in my poly tunnel. And I do know the polycarbonate greenhouse, not poly tunnel, though it may as well be sometimes because it does still get very cold in here at night. What I will say is that they are alive, but the very bottom of them are starting to sort of go like get um a bit damage because obviously the ground gets gets colder than sort of like the air. That makes sense. So are getting just a little tiny bit of frost damage on the bottom leaves, but the top leaves absolutely fine and vibrant and green. So I'm not too worried about it. What I'll do is I'll chop these off at some point, but I think they're going to be okay. I have a feeling they'll figure it out and I'll figure it out with you guys. Don't worry. Anyway, I've got loads more tomato plants at home that I could always replace them with. And I've got I'm going to have some more tomato plant tomato plants outside the polycarbonate greenhouse as well so that we we can just try try them everywhere really. I've plant I've way over planted this year on purpose. Right, I'm waffling. I hope you guys have enjoyed the vlog today. If you have, do subscribe to my channel. I will see you again on Friday. Have a lovely rest of your gardening week, guys. See you Friday. Bye.