Edible Gardening

63swimmingcats , what a great user name ! Obviously all drowned as they joined last year and never posted I think with some of the wierd user names on GC we must be getting some members from the cannabis forums !

Stainless steel or plastic tubing and old tennis balls for the corners. Make it to your own design and dimensions, Pond mesh is far more robust than pea netting Cheers, Tony.

You don't say what medium you are growing them in at present. Growbags are O.K. but I would hold the growbag round the middle and allow equal amounts of soil/compost to fall to each end. Then cut along one side of the bag but leave the lower side intact. a few stabs along the bottom of...

Too true, when I was young and fit, after lots of Monday mornings, I found it better to play in a team, than hear 30 people describing the match on Sunday, As I was there each individual no longer told me of who played what and where Ah RELIEF but sore Gardening you are right After eight years...

Looks like Ena Sharples hairnet! Mind you, she wasn't that tall ...

At 4" tall they don't need or like the temps they're being exposed to. And, if they are now so big it's about time to plant them though given the temps this week they would benefit from some cover. Best bet might be to take out of the the grow house and park in a sheltered corner outside for a...

Would be better (I think) to start Brassica seeds off in a seed tray (or a shallow pot) and then prick them out to root trainers. When you prick them out you can "bury" them up to their seed leaves - but even so their stems will probably still elongate, but at least you will have minimised it. ...

Hi I am looking to create a mini orchard at the front of my campsite, but feel very out of my depth I would love some advice: I purchased mail order fruit trees, these- for £30 on groupon! However they have arrived and are rather scrawny! I have another area that I can plant these....

I bought a blackcurrant plant from Wilkos about a week ago. It didn't have any foilage and was cut down to a stump. How long until it shows signs of... life? We've had hit and miss with plants we've bought from Wilkos. B&Qs were more expensive but they are outside in the shop and have leaves...

Willow went for a walk just after dark last week, when she got back I asked if she'd seen Mr Badger, she had. Got one that regularly raids the food recycling bins on a sunday night.

Well good luck on the seedlings and keep me informed on how it goes please and thankyou for the offer of seeds, most appreciated...

"I was sceptical" Seeds need Air, Heat, Moisture to germinate. (Well, some tricky ones that have "dormancy" will need some other factors, often a cold spell similar to Winter, or passing through a bird's stomach!) Soil will do if using moist paper kitchen towel make sure it's not too wet...

i like to keep and use my own seed , plus i can use the £1.50 i saved on another pack of seed and still have onions

Me too, I've put it down to buying them from Sheds and them hanging about there, in extreme hot and cold, before sale. Have just bought one mail-order in the hope it would be fresh enough to work better, if not this is the last one I will buy!

Hahaha ... yes, good point. My garden centre has spuds loose (bag them yourself, get whatever varieties you want, etc.) and no chits so I presume they are restocking from chilled store ... I get mine from JBA, and I don't get to choose arrival time (and if I delay ordering they run out of...

Yes, some residual contamination of soil, so beware of plants nearby, it breaks down (couple of months I think) to what is effectively a Nitrogen fertilizer. Recipes available on the internet, no longer sold as a formulation for herbicide because of need to re-register the product (under new...

Yes, agreed, water them probably fine, but they will have been lifted in-leaf now, I expect, rather than "dormant", so will be stressed. Personally I would prefer to put a plant in which was less stressed.

I wonder if I could use wood shavings instead of straw to keep my strawberrys off the ground. Also can someone recommend some good ways of stopping slugs from eating the fruit please?

Which is exactly the reason I plant all mine early, plant them deep and ridge over the top to protect against frost, harvest late july. Steve...

I thought you over simplified it saying "spuds are so easy to grow, as long as you don't let them get to hot or frosted there not much can go wrong" People who grow something for the first time, and it then fails, are likely to be put off if they embarked on it believing that "any numptie can...