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I’m heartened to find I’m not alone in this phenomenon. It’s natural to either feel one has done something wrong - any manure in the...

I’m growing Sunshine too from your gratefully received seeds. Not quite as far advanced as yours (sown 14th May) but growing strongly...

Years ago I did a test of sideways vs deeper planting with a couple varieties and the sideways planted tomatoes were considerably bigger...

I have a kind of sudden death issue. Sometimes one plant in a row which seemed to be doing fine, will look sick and all the growing...

Understood. Just to pursue this to the bitter end (!), have you observed that planting deeper, in whatever way, encourages speed? Is...

Will do a photo dump of the network beans so you can see how they're all doing. This is a mixture of the 2024 ones that were fails as...

I I find this interesting too. I grow tomatoes in a polytunnel in cordon style. But for me, the vigour of tomato plants, when I plant...

They eat them voraciously, from the edges inwards, often just leaving the veins. More and more of my vegetables here are netted...

Not sure if these varieties being ahead is random, genetic or what, but in any case these are my tallest plants so far this year...

So impressed with this Russian variety. Can't believe how fast it put tomatoes on, despite the transplants being kinda neglected just...

A photo of my tomato chaos just to illustrate the different methods. Sunviva, the tallest in the photo, is a strong grower and is...

And a few bush bean flowers, just because they’re so lovely.

I enjoy photographing bean flowers. These four are the first of my pole beans to flower.

Yes, one stem. As you say, you’re growing for maximum seed yield. Tomatoes are very generous with their seeds of course. It would be...

Thanks for the full explanation. Your cages look splendidly robust and there is great attraction in leaving the plants to do their own...