Edible Gardening

Good luck Pat, I'll got every thing crossed for you.

Thanks guys your advice and support really helped, I just need to think about the issues John pointed out about the soil coming out

and the bush itselfbit scraggely because they've either eaten it or stuck it together

Thanks LadsThanks Kirsten, Thanks Ziggy Ill get them ordered tomorrow

My pleasure, let us know if that helped at all, feedback is always good.

Hi Whittall, Welcome to GC first of all and tis a shame about your tomato plants. Thanks for posting this though helps first timers like me looking out for things like that although mine are not in a GH now. Hope you manage to get some help

Thanks Alice.

Dai, I've never seen an apple get to 25mm across and not be pollinated.The unpollinated ones drop off just after flowering with out forming fruitlets.The tree does drop fruitlets at or after the 25mm stage, but thats due to the "June drop", (usually in July), and has more to do with what the...

Picked a few of our first strawberries today , think our raspberries will still be a while even though they are swelling quickly :thumb:

They look very nice Golfer.Mr Kandy picked our first ones yesterday but could resist eating some of them before we got them home:D

Welcome xert, Kristen is spot on with the mulching between the veg. A lot of my plot has only recently been "reclaimed" & the weeding was getting in the way of going fishing. Luckly, I got hold of some ancient compacted straw to use as a mulch, really kept the weeds down and kept the moisture in.

Nice one Pixie Found the piece I was thinking of, Late Blight Disease on Home Garden Tomatoes Its to do with Zoospores overwintering on un frozen plant debris and forming much more resistant Oospores which have the potential to reproduce and make more virulent strains of the blight. Very...

Most likely they are being eaten from inside I'd guess though can't be sure. Here's a good link to onion problems > GARDEN Onion - DISEASES, PESTS AND PROBLEMS

Up till now I thinks it has been a bit too cold at night for courgettes, mine are waiting to get planted outside which hopefully will be this weekend. You'll find that later planted ones will overtake earlier ones that have suffered with the cold.

Thank you all for your help.I think the photo has solved the question.

thAnks for all the advice everyone, much appreciated

Thanks for the replies guys.My aim this year is to grow un-bitter cucs as the last two years the ones I've grown have been really bitter and most ended up on the compost. So I think I'll stick the Bella all female F1s in the green house along with the non cucumber species gherkins and put the...

Dianne, it's best to direct sow radishes, they don't like being transplanted.

It appears to only be on one leaf, not sure whether just ot take the leaf of just incase.