Perpendicular Pumpkins

I realised I haven't given an update for a while on the pumpkins that give my blog it's name. In short they're going pretty well for the garden's first season. This is the only way to grow pumpkins in a small garden. Not only does it save room but having the fruit on wires stops the bugs getting into the soft spot that can occur where the fruit rests on the ground. The vines are just starting to die off and once they do completely I'll be harvesting. Also you can just see the powdery mildew spots on the leaves. I could try to slow this up with a diluted milk spray but I'm not sure I'll bother this late in the season. Pumpkins always get powdery mildew towards the end and I think it just part of the plants life cycle.

Capsicum

I've had a mixed result with the capsicums. One plant produced some nice plump fruit while the one right next to it produced small fruit with what I think is blossom end rot. They have both been treated the same way so I'm not sure why they produced such different fruit. It may be down to the new bed and some uneven nutrient distribution on my part, particularly dolomite lime. I've always struggled to grow decent capsicums so I'm happy that at least some of them came out ok.

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