Edible Gardening

Hiya Ziggy.Yes, I remember it now :thumb:

I'm still harvesting cos lettuce growing in open ground.

Just to confirm that I won't be growing Crispus F1 again! Tried to eat the last decent few and they were so horrible! Also a friend who also grew them has said the same..

Excellent John, thanks for that. BTW, I was thinking Tomatoes anyway

Well once when I was trying to grow a record breaker:D, the word was, feed high nitrogen up until the longest day, then go over to high potash.Manure is great if you can get it, but I'm not sure I'd want it bearing in mind all the problems of contamination recently with weedkillers.I just...

Cheers Nobby, glad to help. I plant earlies in August as well, to get some new potaoes for Christmas.

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nice one, big internet, but small world.

Hey Vince, Probably not worth doing at this time of year, but when I had a stray come up in some other stuff in the summer, I kept adding drainage collars and filling them with soil, rather than let the plant spread out & smother everything else. Bit of fun getting them out though.

I've never grown leeks in pots.

I'd agree with Trunky. I put all my Brug. cuttings/leaves in the compost and it seems safe. However, the scent from the colour purple is stunning!! LoL

I tried Sutherland last year. It seems to be okay, good flavour, and better to look at and harvest now there aren't so many pests around. I like the flavour, not too strong to my mind ie not bitter.

Hi YacoThe lower shoots are the trees way of expressing that it's not receiving all the water and nutrients that it needs. By putting out new basal shoots it's trying to trap more sunlight and photosynthesize more. They can be removed, carefully, so as to avoid causing any damage to the tree -...

Yes of course, there are many ways to disguise manipulation/s, but I dont think the image is manipulated, just that the seed packet is probably scanned, the resulting image from that scan was then poorly handled to produce the poor quality image of the toms. The colour of the fruits is...

Guys , cheaper by cheaper try also QD , wilkinson and B&M .

I found a lamb which unfortunatly was the same as the 2 legged horse that Dim posted:(

As we haven't had any rain since our massive storm on 24 October and the weather continues to be mild, flowers normally having a rest are blooming. In particular, my Oranges & Lemons. I picked a bloom and a bud for the kitchen on the 1st as they are so headily scented and wasted at the end of...

Yep, dead easy.I've done soft-tip cuttings in spring/early summer, semi-ripe in summer/autumn, and hardwood in autumn/winter, and they've all worked.

Yes, I find I get much more yield off runners than french beans, runner plants always seem bigger and more robust. Picking them becomes a chore. French beans are notionally quicker to prepare for eating. (top / tail and put them in the pot). However, I've got a nifty bean slicer that takes...

they usually advise them to be grown fan trained, rather than with horizontal spurs. I guess some fruit trees (like apples) can get away with having the phloem and xylem horizontal, whereas others (like peaches) need a more 'natural' gradient. I did try growing a fan trained nectarine,but it...