Edible Gardening

Pictures would help a lot!

I prick out 3 plants per 9cm pot, and then plant that out. When we want some beetroot I start by "thinning" the individual plant stations to a single plant, and eating the small thinnings, and when I've done that I start picking the, larger, ones that are left behind. If we run out I make a...

It's a bit too cold yet here in Scotland for planting out. Mine are currently in 3" pots in an unheated though well insulated greenhouse. I'm about to repot to 6" and move to a polytunnel for a couple of weeks before planting outside.

I plant about 12" apart which is more than enough. As said above chard is a bit sweeter than leaf beet. The leafy bits cook in next to no time. We fillet the leaves and cook the thicker central veins separately as they take a bit longer but add a nice bit of colour to the plate. It's not a bad...

Awesome. I'm only guessing on the potting deeper - as the stems don't look as hairy as toms. So figured they're maybe not side-shooting. But I'll try a couple of each so we'll know for future!

Simliar, but made of peat. I grew my runners in a cardboard packing thinger from a new radio (Looked like a plant tray so used it as one) When I came to plant them out, the roots were already thru the bottom & forming a tangled mass, so they went in tray and all.

Smashing - thanks Chillimad I reckon I'll be giving that a shot when I get paid

Some days seem longer than others!!!

Hi All,Thank you all very much for your replies and advice. I'll have a go at the suckers tomorrow as well at cutting back the main stem. I'll then start thinning after the tree has fruited when we have a dry spell... Which in this country is about 3 days!Thanks againNgt.

Good tip, we get through plenty of those. Cheers.

And he'll be needing good dentures to enjoy the fruits of his labours.....

We've had our bed producing for oh, 15 years. Every year I have the same question, but this time I know where to go. Many spears come up, some nice and thick but most thin and spindly. I always wonder whether the bed is getting old; whether we don't feed them enough; or whether the thin ones are...

I have just discovered the search bar function on here and found a historic thread: it seems to answer all of my questions. It seems like the Jonagold needs two other apple trees to polinate it to have any chance of getting fruit. You must be lucky Pam, you must have another apple tree in...

Devious is my middle name! I've spent most of my life working out, legal, ways around stupid rules and regulations. It's a, sort of, hobby of mine! (Sad, I know ). I've done it for myself, friends, clubs, businesses (big and small) and even a local authority.

As Kristen says, doing both would be the best bet. I always plant at least two beans per cane. You can never have enough beans!!!

I don't think it will be blight at this stage of the season, it looks more like Botrytis. You've done the right thing isolating it.

I sowed some Runner Beans a while back, they have all germinated...unfortunately I have got the ground prepared and they have gone a bit leggy..... Can I put them in the ground deeper than what they are growing in their trays at the moment. Cheers...

Wotcha Freddy Thanks - I will get another couple of the deep bags cleared of last year's compost and get sowing. Each bag is sort of divided into three, and each third should cope with a couple of 18-inch rows (maybe three at a push), so my idea is to sow from one end working to the other...

do you also want a bite or a kilobyte or a megabite?

That is so very helpful. Many thanks indeed. I await the result!! Kind regards. Andrew