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This video shares the latest update from inside the polytunnel, covering seed sowing, plant growth, and the progress being made. I talk through what has been planted, how seedlings are developing, and the key jobs being done to keep everything growing well.
I also share observations, care tips, and the next steps to continue building a productive growing space. A helpful update for gardeners interested in growing under cover and following the progress of plants.
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Welcome to our poly tunnel update
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everybody and make sure you sit back,
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relax, and enjoy because it's going to
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be a long episode cuz things are
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starting to move now in the poly tunnel.
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We are excited. We're getting things
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growing and it's all coming along. So,
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we want to give you the weekly updates
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to show you what is happening in this
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poly tunnel. I'm amazed with what is was
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like and what it's going to be like in
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the future and hopefully lots and lots
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of produce in here. So, let's have a
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look at what's growing and what's not
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growing.
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So, these are the Oakland Gardens
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hanging baskets and they're growing
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absolutely fantastic. The strawberries
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are growing well and they're taking and
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hopefully we'll get lots and lots of
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strawberries on them. But, we'll give
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you an update on them individually. So,
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stay tuned for that episode of how well
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they're getting on. So, let's have a
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look in our mini greenhouse. Look at
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them. The sweet peas are doing
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fantastic. These are in the Oakland
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Gardens root trainers growing well.
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We've also planted another batch there.
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So hopefully we'll get some more grower.
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We've got us potatoes chitting as well.
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We'll be planting those on Good Friday
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outside. They're all doing well. And
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yeah, look at this everybody. This is
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how it's all looking down now. My poly
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tunnel. Absolutely amazing. We've got
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all this compost in the beds and they're
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all doing well. Down this side, we'll be
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having all our tomato cucumber plants.
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Actually, cucumber plants down on this
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side. And we'll also be growing lettuce
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in front of them. Fingers crossed we'll
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get some lettuce growing in them. Not
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planted that yet. That's on our job to
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do next week. Now, I filled all these
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middle beds with seeds. So, let's tell
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you what's in each one.
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So, in this one, we've got lettuce mixed
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leaf. So, we're going to have cut and
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come again lettuce in this one. The
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other beds are going to have um iceberg
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lettucees in cuz I love iceberg
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lettucees. So, this is cut and come
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again lettuce in this one.
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In this one,
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we have got
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beetroot.
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So, fingers crossed we get some decent
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beetroot growing in it. I love my
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beetroot.
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In this one, we've got red and white
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spring onions. I've never grown red ones
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before, so that's a new thing for me
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this year to try. See whether they grow
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all right and they taste okay. I've
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never tasted a red spring onion either,
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so exciting for that.
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In this one, we have got carrots. Now,
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as everybody knows, I've never had good
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success with carrots in the 20 years
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that I've had my plot. This is my year
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for growing good carrots. So, we've got
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carrots in this one. So, we'll see if we
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get some decent carrots. This is the
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only bed I've filled up to the top
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compost because obviously the carrots
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might get pretty long. So, we'll see how
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they get on.
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In this one, we have got spinach. We're
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going to grow some spinach in this one.
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I'll have my tomatoes at the back of the
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plants here. The tomato plants are all
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going to grow down this back bit uh
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where I usually grow them. They always
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grow well in this area.
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In this bed we have got radishes. So
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hopefully we'll get some decent
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radishes. Fastest growing vegetable
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around. So if you're wanting to grow a
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fast ve radishes to go.
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Then we've got some
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more radishes in this one. So we've got
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two beds of radishes.
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I didn't realize I'd done two beds. But
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yeah, we've got two beds of radishes.
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So, we'll get lots of radishes. They'll
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all be ready to harvest before we plant
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the tomatoes as, like I said, the
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fastest growing.
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And then in this one, we've got some
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pack choy. I've never grown pack choy
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before, so that's new to me. You can
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have them as a big plant or cut them
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when they got small leaves on them. So,
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yeah, that's going to be good. So, we're
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trying pack joy. We've still got that
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bed to fill. So, that's another thing to
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do. We've also got some more potatoes
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chitting over here. Absolutely loads of
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potatoes this year. We're going to be
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growing them in the Oakland Garden
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buckets, as I always grow them in
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buckets cuz then you don't stab them
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when you dig them up. So, yeah, it's all
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coming together
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really well. We've sewn some sweet some
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peas, normal peas, early peas in here as
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I grow them in containers first so that
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the mice don't get them and the rats
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until they're a decent size. We've got
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an onions growing in here in salt trays.
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We'll be planting those out towards the
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end of March when they've got some good
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roots on them and looking healthy.
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So yeah, like I said, the poly tunnel
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episodes are going to get longer as
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things are progressing in here. We're
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doing absolutely loads down here. I'm
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excited to see how things grow this
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year. We've invested a lot into this
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poly tunnel this year, so it's going to
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be a main project of mine to get some
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good crops growing. So, I hope you've
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enjoyed this episode. Drop us a follow
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Until next time, everyone. Remember,
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keep smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening with Ben, everyone.
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