Edible Gardening

This is why I post on forums YOU ONLY NEED THIS ONE HiLoosely (as you dont want to damage the new growth) but you don't want a flag effect or they may end up on the next plot with wind we are having .Spruce

thanks everyone for the advice and help. it's very much appreciated. regards nijinski

ok no worries, thank you for replying

Depends a bit if you are going to plant them early or not. If you are going to plant them at the normal time (rather than "early" in bags or the like) then I would be careful about too much warmth - it will make the tubers use up energy, and they will shrivel. it would help if you mist them...

thanks clueless and loli for your advice regards nijinski

Thanks guys Scrungee I'm buying then from garden center so only got a few at the min

I've read that planting them in pots and placing in a poly tunnel in spring will make them fruit ealier, so the last lot of escapees from my autumn fruiting raspberries got planted in ex-Morrisons flower buckets to give this a go, but it might be better using summer fruiting plants.

Welcome to the forum, Samuel_1988. Well done for helping your auntie with a bit of planting, if only my nephew would do the same!I don't think cultivated strawberries will like it at all, they like lots of sun and easy living, but alpine strawberries would probably be OK. However, many people...

I'm growing them for the first time. I planted them in November and they are about 8 inches now. I find that broad beans are best fresh, but are hard to get at supermarket/green grocers this is why I am trying my own this year.Rusty.

anyone know a good place to get em? i understand to grow seedless you must pollinate the triploid with a normal melon. been searching a while now haven't found much perhaps it's because people consider it gmo and don't feel its safe?

Here are some ideas:http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=527I have successfully grown ridge cucumbers and Jerusalem artichokes on containers, so as the RHS article suggests more or less anything is possible.a-a

I used a Brinno TLC timelapse camera to catch what was eating mine, as soon as they start turning red - a cockroach! I caught it on film and posted it on YouTube (search for "Strawberry Horror"). I would come back every few nights till the ripened strawberry was totally eaten.I ended up...

To be honest I can't really be sure how much fruit it's producing because one of my canine "assistants" has discovered the joys of foraging . It's definitely looking worse as time goes on though.

I think home grown taste can be improved tremendously by piling on loads of your own compost or farmyard manure if you can get hold of it. The same varieties in the supermarket taste bland because farmers use artificial muck, even the Jersey Royals don't taste as good as they used to - in the...

Yes more like a mini-cabbage Jenny, can't cook them whole and three are enough for a meal for the two of us.

Have you moved down under and not told us Scrunge?

I've just noticed that Wilkos are selling online 15Kg sacks of seed spuds for £15 (£1.07/Kg). Free delivery to store for collection (haven't seen them instore). http://www.wilko.com/garden-seeds bulbs/onion...

Interesting post Shiney Well my Chillies are showing after 6 days in the airing cupboard at 30°c . I'll take them out tomorrow and put them on the electric propagator until they are established. Then into the light box until pricking out time in about 4 weeks .

And you know, in plenty of time, if you have a germination failure.

Googling Redbor, it looks similar to the picture that Loli showed. No Redbor seeds on Ebay, however, but something called borecole scarlet which looks identical. I suspect they just use the same picture for anything remotely purple and cabbage.I wonder if I'd end up with something as...