Edible Gardening

ordered one from T&M, Brown Turkey, has arrived and replanted in a slightly bigger pot and will over winter before I put it out next year, as it was not a very large plant. I absolutely lurve figs, fresh, dried, jam and chutney. My late father bought a load of whips over from Italy a few years...

That was my thinking too. This year has been almost a write off! Think I'll clear them and get on with soil improving

You could delay planting a bit longer, store them in the fridge rather than the freezer. Or plant in pots / modules and transplant later - outside will be fine for them.

It's a super, duper deal Scrungee. I'm saving a really really ripe Grade A one. Then I'm gonna prepare it properly with the 3 day soak etc. Will PM you when it's all sorted, thanks Jenny

Thats a great idea thanks

Hi, that's not bad. However, i have just bought 2 x 50 sets of Radar onion from the telegraph garden shop @ £1.79 each and also 3 garlic bulbs from Wilki's for £2.00. Grand total of £5.58.

I have the same thing on 1 of my tomatoe plants, and I think it is blight, but, blight wouldn't infect 1 plant and mine is not effecting the stems at the moment as I would expect it to. Usually blight wipes out a crop very quickly. So the jury is out.

Hiya Scrunge, some good points there. Probably my main issue with these is that they don't keep very well. I remember trying some a few years back, and they didn't last at all, indeed, I had to throw most of them away. Another issue I have is that space is at a premium for me, so I can't...

I suggest that, when they have stopped producing, you burn everything - just in case. I always do that - making sure that every leaf is cleared from the ground.

Great advice again. Thanks!!!

I buy from this website quite a bit.They have decent stuff and fairly good prices. It's worth having a look every now and then to check out their sale and clearance items. I've never ordered their plants though.

Simply put, they are ring culture pots with their own reservoir. I've used ring culture before and it involves putting the ring atop the bag over the plant then filling with compost, this extends the ammount of plant stem that is in soil. The tom plants will then grow more roots out of this...

Good morning all my friends many thanks for all your lovely replies,don,t know how I missed your kind replies,I think its all the roses that's filling my head 24/7

Miraflores , I`ve spent a fortune with snails , even more then the actual plant was worth , just try beer trap , I ve been amazed and disgusted at the same time , it work with small and big snail ......just give a try , trust me in this. Scrungee , that`s not vegetable second life , it`s the...

You can take hardwood cuttings in winter, sections of stem with a couple of buds pushed well down into a deep pot in a cold frame. Take them anytime after leaf fall, they wont root though until early summer next year, and can be left to grow for the summer, or very carefully potted on separately.

A few months on, and I've finally planted the blackcurrant in its new home. I hope it likes growing in sand! It has two cuttings and three redcurrant cuttings as companions around it...

Good post Just to add, I always try to spray in the evening, when the sun has gone down, and it's a lot cooler. This helps to stop evaporation

I did find this UK site with information PFAF

I used to grow them on two permanent stems both from the base. All growth gets cut back to the main stem, leaving one bud to grow the following spring. Its much simpler, I think, than the Guyot system described in the last link. I'm sure I'd never get that to work, in much the same way I...

Oh, I planted them in March from seed in an unheated greenhouse if that helps ?