Not having enough space is a good problem to have. Great to see the progress. My Pak Choi isn't liking this sudden burst of heat, but the Citrus certainly are.
Nice to know I can still get some brassicas in. I started seedlings about 6 weeks ago when it was still very cold. They are kicking on now. I have a 60-day cauliflower which looks like it will deliver. But I need to get some heat-tolerant varieties in. I hope your plants didn't get too smashed by today's wind.
I’m up the coast in Lismore for work today so I haven’t checked but I hope they are ok. Was really worried about my sugar snap peas and all this wind we are having. I hill my brassicas to support them so they should hopefully be on
Many thanks for your clip. It was wonderful to get a holistic perspective of your patch in relation to your backyard and cardinal directions. As always a very clear, expert and thoughtful presentation - greatly appreciate it.
Of all the videos on YT I look forward to yours the most. I live in Syd also. Hills district. Would love to come and meet you sometime mate. You're an inspiration 🙏😊👍
I never turn my beds. I just add new compost and plant into that. Mind u, I use permaculture methods. It's the 5th year, and have built 20 to 30cm of real soil in this time. There's always going to be parts of the garden that just dont produce as well. All the best for the season.
Thanks. Hey with your no dig beds do you bring in a lot of compost and lay it over the beds every year? Would be keen to see how productive this method would be
@@sydneybackyardveggies9612 homemade compost. Cow, sheep and chicken poo. Blood and bone. I add it to the compost so it breaks down a bit more. I add lactobacillus by using soured milk kefir. Straw bales placed around and left to break down. I watched Marty's garden and he shows you how to use the bales next to an inground worm farm. Just lots of different techniques to see which is better. Over here in Western Australia, it's hot. We get 40 almost the entire summer, and it's near impossible to grow anything. The soil heats up to a depth of 30cm. Shade cloth is vital over here. So using mulch is absolutely a must.
Hi Anthony Thankyou for your posts. You probably do this already but have you tried crushed egg shells instead of slug pellets as they are working for my plants with the bonus of calcium. Your garden is inspirational.
Your plants are looking great the tomatoes seedlings look very strong and healthy . Wich liquid fertilizer do you recommend for cucumber seedlings thanks
Looking good! My broccoli is just starting to head too. I dont have slugs, but the cabbage moths have been really bad. Thankfully I have little boys who love collecting the caterpillars as pets to help me out 😆😆 Are your tomatoes a sauce variety, or more of a slicer? Im always on the hunt for good sauce tomatoes to grow. The old heirlooms are such a magnet for disease and really hit or miss with production.
Hi the tomatoes are slicing varieties though I do turn them all into passata especially when there is a glut. They are a bit more watery than the Roma varieties so I need to boil down the sauce before bottling to remove the excess water
@@sydneybackyardveggies9612 oh cool thanks. I'm not very familiar with commercial hybrid varieties. Have you spotted any sauce varieties in your browsing? In one of your videos would you consider sharing where you get your seeds and why you choose the commercial hybrids? I'm tired of the lacklustre old inbred genes of some of the heirlooms, but hesitant to growing hybrids because I can't save seed. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
I think there are saucing varieties. I have bought an indeterminate Roma variety but I usually plant it later it’s called Romeo. Go to active vista seeds they have all the commercial varieties. I have grown Hieron’s next to hybrids last year and hybrids are always better producers and stronger plants. Dad still plants heirlooms but they seem to struggle alot
Hi from up the Rd in Newcastle. I love ur videos. I am having the same markings on my cauliflower and some on my broccoli. It hasn’t affected the produce so far. I wasn’t sure what it was or how to treat it. This is my 2nd year planting and lost most of my first year to disease or something. This year I’m more prepared and educated so fingers crossed. Thanks for ur videos
Hi Anthony, I have the same problem. I’m waiting for my winter veggies to finish so I have some room for my spring seedlings to go out. I can’t believe how long of a season you guys have down in Sydney for Brassicas. Our window is so short here in Brisbane!
The varieties of brassicas I grow are generally warm season varieties that they grow in south east QLD so they do handle the heat. You should look at growing warm season varieties
I think i lost capsicum seedlings to rats last year. They were clean broken off and the top was nowhere to be seen. They were at four true leaf size. I am going to place small fruit nets over them for a month after they are planted this year.
Yeah need to keep on top of the rats. I live near a school and with the chickens rats are around a fair bit. A yard cat helps though I also do trap and do bait when I can see visible signs of them around to keep their numbers down
Not sure if i would place pellets near seedlings, even if they are pet safe. I place beer in a fes luds around the garden & it solves the problem, same result with crushed eggshells
I’m going to try beer traps throughout the year to keep the slug numbers down but at this small seedling stage especially the capsicums not keen on risking losing any more seedlings. They take too long to grow out for planting
I like your succession planting with your brassicas, I still have broccoli & cauliflower on the go on the Sunshine Coast with plenty of tomatoes in already and blushing nicely
Anthony your patch is looking so good, I have broccoli envy here. Just to make you aware we are already seeing fruit fly here in Brisbane I think due to the warmer weather they are coming in early, fingers crossed Sydney can keep them at bay until you harvest. Jacqui
Hi Anthony, nice tomato seedlings. Mine are doing great too. I might suggest that you interplant some basil and French marigold seedlings with the tomatoes. the basil will help to keep the fruit fly at bay and the marigolds will help attract bees. I've noticed that there's not many bees around at the moment. I'm guessing that's because of the disease they had earlier in the year, and we will need bees to pollinate our crops. I wish you all the best with those seedlings. Cheers
i try to do most of my seedlings in the garden shed under light and on heat matt. dries out quickly with the heat, so need to bring them out every couple of days to water and fertilize when needed. whenever i took brassica seedlings out of shed and kept them outside in cell trays, they'd get set upon badly by cabbage butterfly. as soon as planted them out, they'd have some reprieve from the white butterfly onslaught. pests seem attracted to the young seedlings in trays. succession planting is always a head scratcher.
I have occasionally treated my seedlings with some pyrethrum and it does help keeping the bugs in check. I know what you mean about drying out. I used a heat mat for the first time this year and it has thrown me off how much extra water you need to provide them
I use the same pellets, but the main problem is that earthworms eat it too. I keep mine off the soil in a little "Snail Hotel" I designed and 3D printed. Water resistant too 👍
Your Father and Grandfathers would be very proud Anthony. Fantastic skills!
Thanks mate appreciate this comment
Not having enough space is a good problem to have. Great to see the progress.
My Pak Choi isn't liking this sudden burst of heat, but the Citrus certainly are.
Yeah the citrus is blooming in my yard. Looking forward to having a great lemon season
Nice to know I can still get some brassicas in. I started seedlings about 6 weeks ago when it was still very cold. They are kicking on now. I have a 60-day cauliflower which looks like it will deliver. But I need to get some heat-tolerant varieties in. I hope your plants didn't get too smashed by today's wind.
I’m up the coast in Lismore for work today so I haven’t checked but I hope they are ok. Was really worried about my sugar snap peas and all this wind we are having. I hill my brassicas to support them so they should hopefully be on
Many thanks for your clip. It was wonderful to get a holistic perspective of your patch in relation to your backyard and cardinal directions. As always a very clear, expert and thoughtful presentation - greatly appreciate it.
Thanks mate was going to give a more detailed review of the garden bed set out but I found that I was waffling on 😀
Of all the videos on YT I look forward to yours the most.
I live in Syd also. Hills district. Would love to come and meet you sometime mate. You're an inspiration 🙏😊👍
Thanks mate appreciate the support. Hey reach out to me on Instagram if you are in the area
Great so see another Hills District follower on this channel!
I never turn my beds. I just add new compost and plant into that.
Mind u, I use permaculture methods. It's the 5th year, and have built 20 to 30cm of real soil in this time.
There's always going to be parts of the garden that just dont produce as well.
All the best for the season.
Thanks. Hey with your no dig beds do you bring in a lot of compost and lay it over the beds every year? Would be keen to see how productive this method would be
@@sydneybackyardveggies9612 homemade compost. Cow, sheep and chicken poo. Blood and bone. I add it to the compost so it breaks down a bit more.
I add lactobacillus by using soured milk kefir. Straw bales placed around and left to break down. I watched Marty's garden and he shows you how to use the bales next to an inground worm farm.
Just lots of different techniques to see which is better. Over here in Western Australia, it's hot. We get 40 almost the entire summer, and it's near impossible to grow anything. The soil heats up to a depth of 30cm. Shade cloth is vital over here. So using mulch is absolutely a must.
I’ve had some slug problems with my vegetables so far I think I need to also to put out some baits to get them in check 🇳🇿👍
A few people have told me crushed up egg shells stops slugs. I'm going to try this also 🙂
Hi Anthony
Thankyou for your posts.
You probably do this already but have you tried crushed egg shells instead of slug pellets as they are working for my plants with the bonus of calcium.
Your garden is inspirational.
Thanks Jennifer. I will look at using egg shells and beer traps this season
Wow! Your plants are looking great!
Thank you
Your plants are looking great the tomatoes seedlings look very strong and healthy . Wich liquid fertilizer do you recommend for cucumber seedlings thanks
I use the green powerfeed bottle made by seasol but as long as it’s a high nitrogen liquid fertiliser it’s fine
@@sydneybackyardveggies9612 thank you mate much appreciated 👍👍
Looking good! My broccoli is just starting to head too. I dont have slugs, but the cabbage moths have been really bad. Thankfully I have little boys who love collecting the caterpillars as pets to help me out 😆😆
Are your tomatoes a sauce variety, or more of a slicer? Im always on the hunt for good sauce tomatoes to grow. The old heirlooms are such a magnet for disease and really hit or miss with production.
Hi the tomatoes are slicing varieties though I do turn them all into passata especially when there is a glut. They are a bit more watery than the Roma varieties so I need to boil down the sauce before bottling to remove the excess water
@@sydneybackyardveggies9612 oh cool thanks. I'm not very familiar with commercial hybrid varieties. Have you spotted any sauce varieties in your browsing? In one of your videos would you consider sharing where you get your seeds and why you choose the commercial hybrids? I'm tired of the lacklustre old inbred genes of some of the heirlooms, but hesitant to growing hybrids because I can't save seed. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
I think there are saucing varieties. I have bought an indeterminate Roma variety but I usually plant it later it’s called Romeo. Go to active vista seeds they have all the commercial varieties. I have grown Hieron’s next to hybrids last year and hybrids are always better producers and stronger plants. Dad still plants heirlooms but they seem to struggle alot
@@sydneybackyardveggies9612 thank you, really appreciate the info.
Hi from up the Rd in Newcastle. I love ur videos. I am having the same markings on my cauliflower and some on my broccoli. It hasn’t affected the produce so far. I wasn’t sure what it was or how to treat it. This is my 2nd year planting and lost most of my first year to disease or something. This year I’m more prepared and educated so fingers crossed. Thanks for ur videos
Thanks for watching! Glad they produced well for you. I am going to post at least once a week so you can keep up with what I am growing in my patch
Hi Anthony, I have the same problem. I’m waiting for my winter veggies to finish so I have some room for my spring seedlings to go out. I can’t believe how long of a season you guys have down in Sydney for Brassicas. Our window is so short here in Brisbane!
The varieties of brassicas I grow are generally warm season varieties that they grow in south east QLD so they do handle the heat. You should look at growing warm season varieties
im planting mine in a couple weeks as im in melbourne and i look forward to following along with your channel. subscribed 👍
Awesome! Thank you!
I think i lost capsicum seedlings to rats last year. They were clean broken off and the top was nowhere to be seen. They were at four true leaf size. I am going to place small fruit nets over them for a month after they are planted this year.
Yeah need to keep on top of the rats. I live near a school and with the chickens rats are around a fair bit. A yard cat helps though I also do trap and do bait when I can see visible signs of them around to keep their numbers down
Your a legend 👏 🙌
Thabks mate 👍
Not sure if i would place pellets near seedlings, even if they are pet safe.
I place beer in a fes luds around the garden & it solves the problem, same result with crushed eggshells
I’m going to try beer traps throughout the year to keep the slug numbers down but at this small seedling stage especially the capsicums not keen on risking losing any more seedlings. They take too long to grow out for planting
I like your succession planting with your brassicas, I still have broccoli & cauliflower on the go on the Sunshine Coast with plenty of tomatoes in already and blushing nicely
Would love to have fresh tomatoes now! What varieties of brassicas you growing?
I have broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, kale, just 4-6 of each as it’s a small garden 🪴 @@sydneybackyardveggies9612
Anthony your patch is looking so good, I have broccoli envy here. Just to make you aware we are already seeing fruit fly here in Brisbane I think due to the warmer weather they are coming in early, fingers crossed Sydney can keep them at bay until you harvest. Jacqui
That’s a real pain! How do you deal with fruit fly so early? Do you grow tomatoes in winter then?
Hi Anthony, nice tomato seedlings. Mine are doing great too. I might suggest that you interplant some basil and French marigold seedlings with the tomatoes. the basil will help to keep the fruit fly at bay and the marigolds will help attract bees. I've noticed that there's not many bees around at the moment. I'm guessing that's because of the disease they had earlier in the year, and we will need bees to pollinate our crops. I wish you all the best with those seedlings. Cheers
Thanks Kieth I’m actually thinking of planting a row of basil adjacent to the first planting of tomatoes. Would be interested to see how they go.👍
Looking good 😊😊😊
Thanks mate
@@sydneybackyardveggies9612 no worries. You’re doing a fantastic job down there. I’m near Gympie north of Brisbane.
i try to do most of my seedlings in the garden shed under light and on heat matt. dries out quickly with the heat, so need to bring them out every couple of days to water and fertilize when needed. whenever i took brassica seedlings out of shed and kept them outside in cell trays, they'd get set upon badly by cabbage butterfly. as soon as planted them out, they'd have some reprieve from the white butterfly onslaught. pests seem attracted to the young seedlings in trays.
succession planting is always a head scratcher.
I have occasionally treated my seedlings with some pyrethrum and it does help keeping the bugs in check. I know what you mean about drying out. I used a heat mat for the first time this year and it has thrown me off how much extra water you need to provide them
Nice olive trees!
Thanks. Just need to get them to produce now been in the ground for 5 years. I have to get them fertilised for next year
are you worried about the slug pellet poisen being uptaken by the plants?
Nah it doesn’t get taken up by the plant. Happy to use it at this early stage of the seedlings life
I use the same pellets, but the main problem is that earthworms eat it too. I keep mine off the soil in a little "Snail Hotel" I designed and 3D printed. Water resistant too 👍
Hi Anthony, where do you get your yellow capsicum seeds I live in Perth and I can't get them here
I got these from active vista seeds. Happy valley seeds also see yellow capsicums
Did you use seeds to plant
Yes I raise these from seed