I have to say that I have had 2 die on me so I was very surprised that this one fruited, albeit not enough to put in a doll-sized saucer 
I haven’t harvested my sweet potatoes yet. Did you buy your plants this year @toryroo or did you do the slips thing?
I did them all (I think! Maybe I bought a few???) from slips this year 
Well done @toryroo ! I did mine from slips - one set from one of “my” sweet potatoes from a couple of years ago, and one set from a supermarket one. It remains to be seen whether there’s any actual potatoes under the luxuriant foliage 
Hi! These berries can sustain the birds over winter, so I never cut mine back, TBH. Do you need to cut it back?
Your garden looks nice.
It’s a shame your Kiwi has died 
Ours grew about 20 cm in three years and we were considering giving up and uprooting it but the next year it grew over 200 cm in height and then this year we have had to train it sideways on trellis as it isn’t against a wall.
Our sweet potatoes are still in and the foliage is still very lush so a little way to go yet.
Do you wait until it dies back before harvesting? I’m always a wee bit bothered about frost up here…
It’s supposed to be best to wait for foliage to go yellow before harvesting, but if a frost is due, then you’ll need to pull them. We won’t usually get a frost until December at the earliest soa long way to go for us.
What a beauty! You need to sit them on a tile to avoid the brown bit!
Very nice, but we’re currently a couple of seasons ahead of you with fresh catkins on our noisetiers
I’m very sad, even though not quite ready (leaves msinly green)I thought it wouldn’t hurt to dig up 1 sweet potato plant for tonights curry.
Only 388g 
. So if they are all like that I’ll barely get 4kg. Not worth the space and water!!! What have I done wrong???
It’s 3 times the size of mine @toryroo
From 1 whole plant??
Not sure, since it was my partner who dug it up! I think so though. I’d better dig up another one to check 
Picked all the Kiwi fruit a few weeks ago. We only got about 20 and some are very small. Probably because of the heat and drought. May do some judicious watering next year if I have enough in our water collectors. Strange thing, a few days after picking the fruit the leaves turned brown and fell off, hundreds and hundreds of large leaves. All except for two 
. Fruit currently ripening with a ripe banana to help them. The kiwi now looks like a large twisted scary monster without it’s leaves.
Hmm.. I reckon your plant has suffered drought or some such… what a shame.
The kiwi fruits are still on our neighbour’s plant.. and, happily, they look normal size (like a lemon). He won’t pick ‘em until just before the first frosts.
(The fruit will be stored in the cool/dark for the winter months and only a few at a time will be allowed to ripen.)
He seems well attuned to Nature… better than any weather forecast!
It’s a huge rambling plant, been in there around 15 years.
Yes, I think the drought contributed to the meagre crop. It is, as well, the first year it has borne fruit so that will make a difference as well. At least it did better than my five year old plum tree in the front garden. That bore a fairly meagre crop as well and then they all fell off prematurely 
Hello to all gardeners out there.
Just to remind you that it’s a good time to plant garlic, I planted half of intended amount this weekend I plant the rest next WE weather permitting & around the 15th Nov broad beans.
@Wozza …which variety do you plant please?..
I have a spare patch and want to try something, and maybe even the sheep won’t eat it either…..but who knows.
This year 2 varieties Germidour & Messidrome. Over the years I’ve trialed many other varieties but these two have always had better yields. I’d keep the sheep away from any veg patch.
It weighs 30.5kg
