It’s been a few weeks since I buried some potatoes, planted some garlic cloves, silverbeet and radish seeds.

The only thing I am sure about is the garlic (and some weeds).

Here is the part of the garden with the garlic, radish seeds to the right of them and silverbeet to the left and at the back…

Here is the part of the garden where I buried the potatoes.

I think the dog may have rearranged a few things before they sprouted. Can you help me out?

Speedy said:

It’s been a few weeks since I buried some potatoes, planted some garlic cloves, silverbeet and radish seeds.

The only thing I am sure about is the garlic (and some weeds).

Here is the part of the garden with the garlic, radish seeds to the right of them and silverbeet to the left and at the back…

Here is the part of the garden where I buried the potatoes.

I think the dog may have rearranged a few things before they sprouted. Can you help me out?

In the first picture I think there are a couple of tomato seedlings – touch the leaves and smell your fingers if you know what tomato plants smell like. I think you’ve also got weeds…

Random internet picture of radish seedlings:

buffy said:

Speedy said:

It’s been a few weeks since I buried some potatoes, planted some garlic cloves, silverbeet and radish seeds.

The only thing I am sure about is the garlic (and some weeds).

Here is the part of the garden with the garlic, radish seeds to the right of them and silverbeet to the left and at the back…

Here is the part of the garden where I buried the potatoes.

I think the dog may have rearranged a few things before they sprouted. Can you help me out?

In the first picture I think there are a couple of tomato seedlings – touch the leaves and smell your fingers if you know what tomato plants smell like. I think you’ve also got weeds…

That’s what I initially thought and did just as you suggested a few days ago. There was no smell. I have just tried again though and there is a slight smell of tomato plant. It’s usually an unmistakable smell. Does it get stronger as the plant ages?

I can’t see any potato leaves in that second picture. I’ll nip outside and see if I’ve got any coming up and photograph them. We have had frost though, mine might have been nipped.

Speedy said:

buffy said:

Speedy said:

It’s been a few weeks since I buried some potatoes, planted some garlic cloves, silverbeet and radish seeds.

The only thing I am sure about is the garlic (and some weeds).

Here is the part of the garden with the garlic, radish seeds to the right of them and silverbeet to the left and at the back…

Here is the part of the garden where I buried the potatoes.

I think the dog may have rearranged a few things before they sprouted. Can you help me out?

In the first picture I think there are a couple of tomato seedlings – touch the leaves and smell your fingers if you know what tomato plants smell like. I think you’ve also got weeds…

That’s what I initially thought and did just as you suggested a few days ago. There was no smell. I have just tried again though and there is a slight smell of tomato plant. It’s usually an unmistakable smell. Does it get stronger as the plant ages?

Yes. Although usually you can pick up the scent when they are the size they are in your photo. Tomato leaves make me itchy. But you’ll never let that stop me growing them.

:)

buffy said:

Speedy said:

buffy said:

In the first picture I think there are a couple of tomato seedlings – touch the leaves and smell your fingers if you know what tomato plants smell like. I think you’ve also got weeds…

That’s what I initially thought and did just as you suggested a few days ago. There was no smell. I have just tried again though and there is a slight smell of tomato plant. It’s usually an unmistakable smell. Does it get stronger as the plant ages?

Yes. Although usually you can pick up the scent when they are the size they are in your photo. Tomato leaves make me itchy. But you’ll never let that stop me growing them.

:)

We got so many pumpkins from self seeding vines that not sure what we can do with them besides give/swap them with people, around 40 of them.

Fortunately there are some feral potatoes coming up where I’ve had them before and must have missed a few potatolets when I dug. A very small just coming through one:

And a bit bigger, with attendant weeds.

Whoops!

buffy said:

Speedy said:

buffy said:

In the first picture I think there are a couple of tomato seedlings – touch the leaves and smell your fingers if you know what tomato plants smell like. I think you’ve also got weeds…

That’s what I initially thought and did just as you suggested a few days ago. There was no smell. I have just tried again though and there is a slight smell of tomato plant. It’s usually an unmistakable smell. Does it get stronger as the plant ages?

Yes. Although usually you can pick up the scent when they are the size they are in your photo. Tomato leaves make me itchy. But you’ll never let that stop me growing them.

:)

So is it a waste of time trying to grow tomatoes now? This garden is in full sun during winter and has a tree overhanging to protect it a little, but the cold weather is yet to come.

I’m also interested to know where these came from. It has been 8+ years since I grew tomatoes in that soil. Surely any seeds would no longer be viable, compared to the radish or silverbeet seeds.

buffy said:

Fortunately there are some feral potatoes coming up where I’ve had them before and must have missed a few potatolets when I dug. A very small just coming through one:

And a bit bigger, with attendant weeds.

Thanks :)

Now that I have seen the pic, I realise that it’s unmistakable.

Speedy said:

buffy said:

Fortunately there are some feral potatoes coming up where I’ve had them before and must have missed a few potatolets when I dug. A very small just coming through one:

And a bit bigger, with attendant weeds.

Thanks :)

Now that I have seen the pic, I realise that it’s unmistakable.

Maybe not. lol. This is an edible thing though, right?

Speedy said:

Speedy said:

buffy said:

Fortunately there are some feral potatoes coming up where I’ve had them before and must have missed a few potatolets when I dug. A very small just coming through one:

And a bit bigger, with attendant weeds.

Thanks :)

Now that I have seen the pic, I realise that it’s unmistakable.

Maybe not. lol. This is an edible thing though, right?

It’s a potato plant. Did I confuse you by making up words?

:)

I can’t remember where you are Speedy. I can’t grow tomatoes at this time of year, although I am only now pulling out the last season’s ones. And still got a few green fruit on the plants. In Victoria you don’t plant tomatoes outside before Melbourne Cup Day. I leave it later than that out here in the wilds where there is no heat island effect.

So, no deadly nightshade then?

The first leaves of that look somewhat similar.

buffy said:

Speedy said:

Speedy said:

Thanks :)

Now that I have seen the pic, I realise that it’s unmistakable.

Maybe not. lol. This is an edible thing though, right?

It’s a potato plant. Did I confuse you by making up words?

:)

I can’t remember where you are Speedy. I can’t grow tomatoes at this time of year, although I am only now pulling out the last season’s ones. And still got a few green fruit on the plants. In Victoria you don’t plant tomatoes outside before Melbourne Cup Day. I leave it later than that out here in the wilds where there is no heat island effect.

I’m in Sydney, but I don’t think I could be bothered growing tomatoes anyway. It’s the silverbeet and radishes that I wanted most of all.

mollwollfumble said:

So, no deadly nightshade then?

The first leaves of that look somewhat similar.

Do you mean Black Nightshade?

Fathen weed?

PermeateFree said:

Fathen weed?

Is it eggplant ?

PermeateFree said:

Fathen weed?

The ones I think are weeds look familiar but I can’t ID them.

Yes PF, that is what I was thinking except the name was being slippery in my brain. I pull it out a lot.

buffy said:

Yes PF, that is what I was thinking except the name was being slippery in my brain. I pull it out a lot.

Fat Hen is edible and considered quite nice.

PermeateFree said:

Fathen weed?

The look a lot like this. Could it be from bird seed? I know the first few things that sprouted were from the galah’s feeder.

Michael V said:

mollwollfumble said:

So, no deadly nightshade then?

The first leaves of that look somewhat similar.

Do you mean Black Nightshade?

Possibly.
Some common weed that I only know as “nightshade”.

Speedy said:

It’s been a few weeks since I buried some potatoes, planted some garlic cloves, silverbeet and radish seeds.

The only thing I am sure about is the garlic (and some weeds).

Here is the part of the garden with the garlic, radish seeds to the right of them and silverbeet to the left and at the back…

Here is the part of the garden where I buried the potatoes.

I think the dog may have rearranged a few things before they sprouted. Can you help me out?

As buffy said there are tomatoes and yes it is a waste of time growing them if the temperatures are too low but there is always a chance that you have some naturalised type if you haven’t seen tomatoes there before.
Cannot see evidence of anyradishes or potatoes. can see a few garlic. Though some may be fathen I believe most of it is mustard weed.

It seems that my accidental tomatoes are quite productive and that I have at least 100 unripe cherry tomatoes. I vaguely remember a friend telling me that it’s best to choose smaller varieties as they spend less time on the vine (tick, I think), and that they need to be picked before they are found by wildlife or pests.

My question is, should I leave them be until they ripen, or are these in that ‘before’ stage?

Speedy said:

It seems that my accidental tomatoes are quite productive and that I have at least 100 unripe cherry tomatoes. I vaguely remember a friend telling me that it’s best to choose smaller varieties as they spend less time on the vine (tick, I think), and that they need to be picked before they are found by wildlife or pests.

My question is, should I leave them be until they ripen, or are these in that ‘before’ stage?

Vine-ripen is what we do. We lose a few to Koels, figbirds and insect lavae.

We stop the birds now by pitting an old fake-lace tablecloth over the plants.

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

It seems that my accidental tomatoes are quite productive and that I have at least 100 unripe cherry tomatoes. I vaguely remember a friend telling me that it’s best to choose smaller varieties as they spend less time on the vine (tick, I think), and that they need to be picked before they are found by wildlife or pests.

My question is, should I leave them be until they ripen, or are these in that ‘before’ stage?

Vine-ripen is what we do. We lose a few to Koels, figbirds and insect lavae.

We stop the birds now by pitting an old fake-lace tablecloth over the plants.

I know we have some migrating birds here at the moment, so if they’re going to be the culprits I think I’ll allow these to vine ripen :)

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

It seems that my accidental tomatoes are quite productive and that I have at least 100 unripe cherry tomatoes. I vaguely remember a friend telling me that it’s best to choose smaller varieties as they spend less time on the vine (tick, I think), and that they need to be picked before they are found by wildlife or pests.

My question is, should I leave them be until they ripen, or are these in that ‘before’ stage?

Vine-ripen is what we do. We lose a few to Koels, figbirds and insect lavae.

We stop the birds now by pitting an old fake-lace tablecloth over the plants.

I know we have some migrating birds here at the moment, so if they’re going to be the culprits I think I’ll allow these to vine ripen :)

I agree, vine ripen. Those look too green to ripen off the vine. If they have started to whiten a bit, they might ripen inside. I’ll bring tomatoes inside to ripen if they have started to redden, especially if I’ve got a lot coming on. Or when I’m desperate at the beginning of the season for a taste of real tomato and the nights are still cold. Because cold nights holds up the ripening.

Time to watch Hard Quiz.

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

It seems that my accidental tomatoes are quite productive and that I have at least 100 unripe cherry tomatoes. I vaguely remember a friend telling me that it’s best to choose smaller varieties as they spend less time on the vine (tick, I think), and that they need to be picked before they are found by wildlife or pests.

My question is, should I leave them be until they ripen, or are these in that ‘before’ stage?

Vine-ripen is what we do. We lose a few to Koels, figbirds and insect lavae.

We stop the birds now by pitting an old fake-lace tablecloth over the plants.

I know we have some migrating birds here at the moment, so if they’re going to be the culprits I think I’ll allow these to vine ripen :)

As someone with a white thumb and nfi about gardening I think they look way too unripe to pick.

Peak Warming Man said:

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

Vine-ripen is what we do. We lose a few to Koels, figbirds and insect lavae.

We stop the birds now by pitting an old fake-lace tablecloth over the plants.

I know we have some migrating birds here at the moment, so if they’re going to be the culprits I think I’ll allow these to vine ripen :)

As someone with a white thumb and nfi about gardening I think they look way too unripe to pick.

They are definitely too unripe.

It seems there is agreement that these should be left on the vine for now. Thanks for your replies.

Speedy said:

It seems there is agreement that these should be left on the vine for now. Thanks for your replies.

just take them off the vine…

• I haven’t read more than this one post.

Speedy said:

It seems there is agreement that these should be left on the vine for now. Thanks for your replies.

No worries.

Arts said:

Speedy said:

It seems there is agreement that these should be left on the vine for now. Thanks for your replies.

just take them off the vine…

• I haven’t read more than this one post.
  

Stirrer. ;)