Results by Autumn, pot-grown squash chillies tomato beetroot leeks

Vegetables in pots of 2 to 10L, a 0.5 to 2.5 gallons. The potting mix used are all composts of different kinds, and I gave no feeds to these plants.
My mix for the squashes, chillies and tomato is one half homemade compost 9 months old, and half Pete's peat free compost, now called Urban Wyrm https://www.urbanwyrm.co.uk

In the small 2L pots, the Homeacres mix is one half year old compost including worm casts, and one half three year old woodchip.. See this video    • Make Your Own Potting Compost  

Learn more about my work at https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk. Homeacres climate is maritime temperate, latitude 51 in NW Europe.

00:00 Introduction
01:02 Squash butternut variety is Butterbush F1
02:16 Chillies
02:30 Type of compost, no use of crocks in the pots, when to use saucers
03:25 A look at chilli roots
04:31 Aphids on overwintered chillies, no need to worry about them
04:57 Moving overwintered chilli plants outside after last frost, and potting on
05:18 Tomatoes, deleafing and removing side shoots
07:03 More chillies
07:16 Compost trial, includes multisown leeks
08:52 Savoy cabbage, deleafing
09:25 Beetroot, multisown
10:01 Watering, things to consider
10:26 Compost recommendations

Butterbush F1 was bred for growing in containers and in theory you could get 4 to 5 fruits per plant. I think this applies to warmer climates and larger pots.

Happy Earth compost - I recommend their 50% grass clippings, 50% tree leaves blend
https://happyearthsoil.co.uk/our-prod...

Atlantic Garden compost with 20% seaweed is https://happyearthsoil.co.uk/our-prod...

Filmed by Carly Dutton-Edwards 20th September 2024 at Homeacres no dig garden, Somerset, UK.

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