Edible Gardening

After a couple of bad seasons I have grown an old Dutch variety called Roodnerf which has been good ..They are not the largest of sprouts but nice and tight ..Will be usinf it again ..Dave

I can hope i know.. tennis balls are more realistic x

Thanks for this advice, I have an unheated garden room so that should be a good place for them once they have popped.Cheers GG

Ahhh ... you've posted this twice and are now getting answers in each thread ...perhaps a kind MOD could merge them

18 would be excessive, joolz ... ... make one and chop it into little cubes so they all get a bit

As you've planted in January watch out for freezing weather forcing them out the ground (autumn sown setts get a grip with their roots before the ground freezes)

I see jwk was just a thought that's all might have to give them a go at some point

Thanks for the update, GG, it's always good to hear what worked and what didn't

I would sow fresh seed. They go on for "a while" but not indefinitely. I think the older ones will run to seed much more readily than young ones. Personally if the old ones are still going strong I would leave them, and plant new ones in a different area, and eat up the old ones during the...

I certainly hope so - last year was pretty good to be fair; I could happily put up with that sort of summer every year.

Hi AllThanks for all the replies, it's interesting that the slugs like Maris Piper and seem to leave Desiree and others alone?!! I may try King Edwards again but this is the second year I have had small tubers although from memory both years have been quite dry in the summer. I may even try...

It was. Thread is from July

Hi Freddy Pleased I saw your post I was going to try Cuore Di Bue but will give them a miss, thanks for the info

A few things still coming out of the garden Translated them into this....Yum Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for your response Kristen (and apologies to Rob for hi-jacking his thread.)Thanks again Kristen, I really do appreciate the help and advice. If I do have a glut of anything I can share with a couple in the village who are disabled and can't do much in the way of gardening...

A few years ago seed spuds at Wilkos were in 3Kg bags, last year they were in 2.5Kg bags and this year they're in 2Kg bags, but the price per bag seems to stay the same.

Thanks for that Kristen, indoors for me it is then.

They need water!

Evening For the past few years I've grown Natsuhikari F1 which is a Japanese hybrid. It is fairly tolerant and disease resistant, but not all female and produces a good crop of well flavoured fruit in my greenhouse when grown in deep pots. It does tend to produce in cycles though. My courgettes...

I think you would need to research the varieties grown in cooler, drier countries for a start.