Edible Gardening

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Passion flowers are not early starters, but the odd small bud should be showing if its still alive above ground. If not, I'm sure it will come from the roots, but that might take till next month.

Thanks for all the encouraging advice. I'll certainly be trying that next year.

Grew cucumbers in our greenhouse last year. I guess lots of factors but seem to remember getting perhaps five or so per plant.

My parnips were solid at christmaa and looking soon ready to pull

does any one use this method, and could you give some tips pease. ie, what follows what, and what plants are good for green manure. thanks :ntwrth:

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Thanks all for advice, this year they are in a growbag in cold greenhouse so guess i am risking mediocre fruit. Will peg down some of the runners. Will stop deflowering it. Have made a corner plot that this year is going to have my excess plum roma tomato's but thinking that next year it...

'This way up' indeed! I'll look forward to my upside down courgettes! Thanks for your advice, might try again with a new pack, I do love courgettes!

drooping leaves on onions isnt a problem. you can however support the bigger leaves of an onion plant. just make sure you dont over water. if the compost sticks to your boots, its to watery. Most types of onion that are suitable for the pickle jar are also good to use as salad onions...

Hi jesterhud my back garden faces eneast but is slightly larger than your plot,nearer the house i lose the sun at 1pm but not untill 5or6pm at the bottom.So up the house end i cover with fleece untill june after that ok ,at the bottom i grow as normal . I suggest if your whole plot only gets the...

Hi all,Sorry, I've been away from the PC all weekend! Thanks for all your advice, sounds like they're coming up this weekend then! Cheers,Dave

They looked nice :-) Didnt get many, maybe three meals, but IT didnt cost me anything, I have a ton of dried peas. Just out of curiosity, how long do dried pea's last before they wont grow?I once heard of an ear of corn found in an egyptian tomb that was still grown.

Thanks for the replies So far I have put around 18" of support. This is in the form of hoops of wire and through the centre i have some lengths if clear plastic Venetian blind wands ( I work in a blind shop and have found the odd offcuts make great plant supports) I will add more as they grow...

runner beans are great for kids to grow, if you put wet tissue in a jar and gently push the seed down the side you can see them germinate, once planted in a pot of soil they are the most prolific growers ever....you can almost watch them pile on the inches! as for favorite...wow, so many....

thanksI've made some canes out of the low branches of my willow tree.

I planted my onion sets in a raised bed alongside my peas last year. Didn't have any major problems but did have to water the bed regularly. I also planted carrots in the same bed alongside the onions after reading that onions deter carrot fly had to destroy nearly all of the carrots they got...

Thanks for the links, Pete and Dave. My plant doesent look exactly like Potentialla sterilis - leaves different and bigger plants, but I'm wondering if I have a very similar species. In fact, the plants and leaves are much bigger than a typical wild British strawberry anyway (given the...

I have been given a very small naga morich chilli plant (possibly the hottest chilli in the world). Has anyone any experience of growing these. Are they easy to grow? I would assume I need to take care when handling any possible fruit as they're hot hot hot!many thanks. GF

I love my Hostas too much to eat them !!