Edible Gardening

Thanks all, yes they were Autumn planting sets. Think I will use them now as pete suggests.

so then lovely people i have toms cucumbers and chillies in my greenhouse and beans, peas, corn, beets, fennel, carrots, in the bed outside the greenhouse and was wondering if there is anything i should be getting ready for after this lot finishes because this is my first year of growing food...

Interesting set of piccies

I don't grow runners but do grow climbing french beans and for past couple of years have grown sweet peas and/or sunflowers on the same supports. The different blooms seem to help attract bees and I suspect aid pollination.

It is difficult to answer without knowing the variety. Most plum tomatoes are bush tomatoes and therefore do not grow too high. A lot of them don't need the side shoots taken out but many professional Italian growers remove some of the side shoots and pot them on as new plants. Generally the...

hello peeps hope all are well, wellmy cabbages are getting huge, so i'm wondering. can i cut off and use the big outer leaves. as they look really nice and mouth watering , lol

Yes Suttons i sprayed the beans Tuesday and i pinched the tops off today because a few other on the allotment have had black fly so dont take any chances.

I'm growing 3 varieties in pot bags started them about march time all have grown like triffids they are Swift, Charlotte and Vivaldi, The swift is my early but i can't see any flowers or flower buds have tried popping my hand in the compost but can't find anything when you reckon the best time...

Thank you, Alice. I never have any luck with thyme either so I'll take your hints on board.

I also strip the leaves but in a different way. As I grow 9 plants each side of an 8ft greenhouse, I cut the leaf at the second double branch leaving a short leaf. The shortened leaves then grow bigger to make up for the lack of length. I usually grow Alicante, Shirley and/or Moneymaker. I...

Hi Liz, they are actually like celery & quite pleasant to eat.... You must pare off all the strings so you are left with the creamy white flesh inside, then braise or treat like celery...... They are magnificent to look at if not quite so to eat.. :wink::hehe: but the Victorians loved them as a...

Hello,I recently moved some of my Chill plants to a little 'greenhouse' on my balcony.I've been away for the weekend, but my girlfriend has been looking after the little guys. However, the leaves seem to be turning white and curling at the sides... any idea what is causing this? Should...

I think they're supposed to be self-pollinating Alice. I don't know if this is correct, but the apple must have done and was the only one that flowered. All four trees are a a bit "weedy" at present but seem healthy enough. These are they earlier in the year, on the patio in front of the...

With regard to support, I start with a short 3' cane and then either use a string tied to the pot (I drill holes in opposite sides of the pot, thread a bit of wire through and tie the vertical support to that) and then use plastic coated wire wraps about every foot to fasten the cuc to the...

I have two trees in my garden. One is an Israeli dwarf variety although mine is still about 30ft high, but think one could prune it. It produces excellent juicy mangoes but I do live in the tropics

I would go back to the supplier and tell them what has happened but don't give them all remaining manure or the soil. You also need to contact the CRD and DOW . to tell them of your suspicions. Blaina; I know you have researched this now and probably know what to do, but for others...

thank you both

Beginning of june sounds right to me, but maybe it depends where you are in the country and how long it's been cropping for. I don't like the taste of asparagus, just grow it in the flower bed cos i like the look of it.

Ohthats handy i have some tomorite in the shed that`l do nicely thanks JWK