Flowering

The first flowers have today appeared on the tomatoes (in particular the Russian Red and the Roma above, which means they have flowered just over 3 weeks from transplantation) and one of the courgettes (a month from transplanting), and the watermelon vine has tripled in size over the last couple of days and actually looks more like a vine now. The beetroot patch is coming along nicely too, the leaves may not look so pretty any more (this evening I sprayed liquid copper on the surrounding soil of the beetroot, broccoli and mesclun to keep the nibblers away) but the roots are starting to heave themselves up out of the ground.