Edible Gardening

Thanks for the info in this post. I have problems with sage as well and have always assumed sage to be a hardy plant. Maybe I will move it into a pot or in to another location in the garden where the soil is better.

This year I put up a fruit cage around a couple of fruit trees and the raspberries. The fruit trees are against a brick wall with the raspberries in front of them. The netting is therefore, on three sides. I am finding huge holes in the netting and as fast as I sew up the gaps more...

Excellent Makka! I had a furtle in the soil in my early spuds (they have just finished flowering) and there are one or two biggies, going to try them on monday.

Well time has passed since this thread and the Apricot has grown loads. It has flowered and I hand pollinated it with a small make up brush. It now has several well formed fruit growing. Only thing Ive noticed is that it has made lots of large leaves and quite a few of the older ones are falling...

Radishes can tolerate some partial shade because they're often grown in between bigger plants like lettuce or beans which catch most of the sun.If you're giving them the most sunlight you can, then that's the best you can do. I'd be interested to know how they turn out!

Yes, but only for a matter of weeks. The exact number of weeks will depend on how big the plant is when you transplant it. Pot grown plants can then usually be transplanted successfully but there will come a time when sprout plants need to be in firm soil in order to produce good sprouts. ...

I think i just like the appeal of the raised beds more than anything, but the more i think about it i just don't know if it is really necessary. I mean i will have to put up some fencing anyway and i can do a larger patch more economically if i was to just dig in. I don't really know how much of...

Thanks guys. That's reassuring! Hopefully we won't have any more frosts now, the weather seems to be warming up a bit! :D

Where do you get the "slips" from, may I ask?

It depends on your location but assuming its an unheated greenhouse then it's too cold for them. I have only just moved my tom plants into my greenhouse this week as its been way too cold up till now. If they get below 5 deg C overnight it really sets them back - hopefully with the warmer...

Thanks for those. My neighbours garden has things growing in it all year round. I want to be able to do that too.

Thank you all very much, I appreciate it :luv:

The side shoots are formed between the main stem and each individual branch. If left they keep growing and make the plant bush out rather than having one main growing point in the centre. Hope this makes sense See here :-

Well it seems my tatties got the same treatment but look to have recovered lets hope the frost didn't get into the tatties themselves.

Well its not exactly a beetroot problem more like neighbours cat keeps digging up me beetroot seedlings i have in a 6in trough, woke to find large mound of compost and seedlings everywhere, if i replant these seedlings will they grow or is it just best to start again. The annoying thing is my...

Nip out the runners you don't need and peg the ones you want for new plants into pots. Later in the season when the potted runners have developed good roots you then snip them from the main plant.

Many thanks - I'm happy to accommodate anything up to about 18" and don't mind providing supports, it's just that there didn't seem much point if these poor things were going to be walked on one side and have their 'parts' chopped about by the lawn mower on the other. Yes - I know, I could...

I'm not sure, but in practice the tuber sends up more than one shoot, sometimes its suggested that you should remove some of the shoots of chitted seed to about three shoots.Either way, like any plant it seems to put most energy into one main shoot and a couple of lesser shoots, all capable of...

Personally I'd start again. I doubt any real root growth has taken place and the check in growth will make the plants stall.It could easily be another month before they actually start to grow.Pumpkins need as long a growing season as it possible in the UK, so a month of no movement will be...

It's only natural you want to protect your plants Emma, we all feel the same. They will reward you in the end :gnthb: