Edible Gardening

I bought a packet of French Bean seeds in Poundstretcher last year (I had no idea of the varieties etc as I was a complete novice to growing veggies) and they are easy as pie to grow. I bought 2 bean planters (like this: ) and had 3 plants in each bag, mine has slots to put canes into so you tie...

Got back to find i'd not put protections back on the Arran Pilots :DOH: Frost has got the tips. Bother:DOH:Nice one with the home grown roast David

I had spring onions last year too, and found that they grew remarkably well in simply a small teracotta pot in bog standard multipurpose compost.The only problem I found was when I almost ate a beheaded earwig which had unfortunately found its way inside one of the hollow stems of the spring...

Hi izzlyl & welcome to Gardeners Corner.They will live for several years if disease doesn't get em. You are probably safe from blight indoors but green fly could transmit viruses.Make sure no one touches it if they roll their own fags, tobacco can contain tomato mozzaic virus.Great...

I'm sure it was Parthenon I had last year Alice! Thank you. I might try the Bush Baby upon your recommendation though.I wasn't going to bother growing stuff this year but I really enjoyed it last year and you can't beat free & fresh veggies!!

Hi Nigel No problem at all. I did the same many times.as long as the taller crop doesn't shade the others as they grow.Welcome to G-Corner BTW

My dad grew one massive pumpkin once. It was truly a beast. He kept in the greenhouse though. It was just in the door way, and he left the door open so it got fresh air but still got the heat and shelter. He told me that he was giving it two gallons of water per day, along with regular feeding,...

As you can see from the second photo of the growing peas in their bed...the first few of the first lot did not come out right..so probably suffered too much root disturbance and died. So the second, third and fourth lot I tapped the guttering on the edge of the bench first to loosen, they slid...

I wonder if there is a way that you could combine your services/produce with that other like minded people in the area and some how sell theirs and your produce from your location. It is currently such a shame that major supermarkets have such a monopoly on things. Hopefully it will one day...

Hi Herb,Yep, parsnips,carrots, sweet corn, bulbing fennel & pak choi don't like root disturbance, you need to grow those in biodegradeable tubes that you can plant straight out.

It would certainly help, if its rotted. I don't think manure will make them bolt, in fact it would also help with moisture retention as well as feeding them.I'm going to be manuring my Kelsae onion bed before they go in.

No, i'm just a pyromaniac & I like parafin with its pinky oily colour. Its a marvelous accelerant:inautumnleaves:Only joshing there, yes, it disguises the smell of damaged carrot foliage which the carrot root fly homes in on.Had no damage last season, for the first time ever....

Yes 58mm Steve, I placed it there to give an idea of scale. Those are not the largest of the crop, I just dug out a couple from the top of the box.

I keep my seedling compost moist by using a dilution of camomile tea which helps prevent damping off. I have had fewer failures so far this year.

Sounds good, I've shopped from tesco collection of gardening once, and guess I was satisfied.

There is a video on the JBA site about taking out the extra eyes with a knife - otherwise, Iain reckons, they just grow back again. I wonder whether you are actually just getting 2 stems, or actually some more re-grow from the seed tuber? Stealing energy from the seed tuber, but possibly?? more...

The 22" would be fine for First Earlies, but I would stick to 12" between them.If you are talking Main Crop then I think both are too close.Put the rest of the seed tubers in containers? (and plant them NOW for an earlier crop )

I worked for a couple of seed companies straight out of University and know for sure that plants grown on from F1 seed will not come 'true'. For us gardeners who consider taste more important than yield it's not such an issue, a commercial grower would not take such a chance.I left the...

Hello Joker. I see your pics there but the detail is not very clear. The onions don't look very good but I can't see a specific problem. What I can see is that they are growing in a seed tray - quite shallow for them - and they would need to be transplanted at some point - a lot of work that...

Aww, shucks, now I'm embarrassed!