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Welcome to our poly tunnel diaries where
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we show you what is growing and what is
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not growing in here. As you all know, we
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have done a poly tunnel transformation
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over the winter and we have put raised
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beds in here. We put hanging baskets in
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here with strawberries and yeah, we're
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going to use it to its full potential
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and grow as much as possible. As
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yesterday it got to 30° in here and
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we're only still in March. So, I'm
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hoping for great harvests and great
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produce growing in here. And it'll be
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the first time that I grow throughout
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the winter period and hopefully get some
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crops all year round growing in here,
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which I've never done before. So, it's
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all a learning curve to me. And we want
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to do plenty of successional growing so
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that we're getting harvests all the time
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and throughout the year. So, less of the
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talking and let's have a tour of what's
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growing on. So, these are my Oakland
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strawberry hanging baskets. As you can
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see, they're like planted up and you can
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get them all going around the edge.
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We've got three in the top and we've got
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planter and we've got 14 of those hung
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up. Absolutely loads. So fingers crossed
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we get a lot of strawberries this year
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and I'll tell you a bit more about these
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in our weekly strawberry update. So stay
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tuned for that. So we have got 15 raised
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beds in the poly tunnel altogether.
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Absolutely loads. Loads of compost in
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them. It took a lot to fill them all,
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but we got there. And down the back, I
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planted all my peas. We've planted 800
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peas. We've done them down this side,
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and we've done them down the other side
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of the poly tunnel as well. Now,
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hopefully those will be ready to harvest
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just as I'm planting my tomatoes. So,
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we'll put the tomatoes towards the back
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once they fully grown. And yeah, we'll
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have netting up towards the back of it
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so that they can grow up and cling on.
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And obviously that'll be good for the
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tomatoes as well when we're fastening
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those up. So we've still got stuff to
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plant in front of this one. We have
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pack choy. So we got some pack choy.
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Nothing's sprouting yet. Stuff's been in
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about a week, but it's going to get up
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to about 16 to 19° on Wednesday. So
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hopefully this will speed up
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germination. We've given them a good
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watering today, so hopefully that will
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help them. We've got radishes in this
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one. So hopefully we get some nice
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radishes. Radishes are the fastest
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growing vegetable, so they shouldn't
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take too long to grow.
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In this one, we've got
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more radishes. So, we're going to have a
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lot of radishes. That's the plan. And in
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this one, we have got spinach. So, I'm
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looking forward to that. We might grow
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it pretty small and then just keep
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snipping it off as and when we need it.
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Then we've got all the middle ones which
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we've filled them all up. We've got
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carrots in this one. So I'm looking
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forward to hopefully getting some great
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We've got some spring onions. Absolutely
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loads of spring onions. So that should
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be good. In this one we've got beetroot.
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In this one, we've got lettuce mixed
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leaves as I do like mixed leaf lettuce.
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We've got some normal lettuce,
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so that should be good. In this one,
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we've got iceberg lettuce. I love an
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iceberg lettuce. And like I said, we've
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got peas all the way down the back as
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well. We've still got to plant stuff in
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the front of these three. So, we've got
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that to do. So, yeah, they're coming on.
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We've got a sweet peas growing in us
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Oakland root trainers. They're coming on
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really well. We need to get those
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We've got his potatoes chitting along.
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They look absolutely fantastic and
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getting ready to plant on Good Friday.
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And in here we've got all his onions
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which are growing well as well. It's
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hard to see through the steam, but
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they're all shooting up and looking
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pretty good in there. So we'll be
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planting those at at the end of March.
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We planted them in cell trays so that
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they get strong and give them a head
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start. So that was our poly tunnel
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update. I hope you've enjoyed it and
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