Edible Gardening

Steve I posted some pictures of tomato blight I suffered last year. May help in your decision on the way forwardrobert

Thanks for the replies so far. I just did a search for Peer Gynt and whilst some of the regular suppliers claim to have them it appears that the Dutch company who "own" the variety have stopped supplyng. T & M are suggesting Nelson F1 hybrid as an alternative.

Point of order Sir!Is Growmore high nitrogen? I though it was equal:equal:equal NPK ratio stuff??

Thanks oktarine Have to admit Im thinking of heading for our local car boot sale this Sunday God knows what I might come home with !

"I didn't want to risk leaving anything in the ground, though the info said leave 10 days before digging up. Why is this? To stop the spores contaminating the veg?"Yes, I think that's the idea. Remove the foliage, give any spores time to "die", then when you lift the pots less chance of...

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Some people advocate feeding every time you water, with the fertilizer even more diluted of course. I feed twice a week and water every day inbetween.

Agreed. The instructions on Murphy's traditional copper fungicide say to spray at first signs of disease, but I can't see the sense in that.Guided by what I've read here, I brought first spray forward by two weeks from mid to early August. That means I'm spraying healthy plants in the hopes...

"Garlic GRANULES" !!! What the...!! :D Just started digging up my garlic, very nice it is too

Hi folks. My limited experience has shown me that onions grown from seed are the way to go for both size, and resistance to bolting. Having said that, some find the task of sowing and looking after onions grown from seed too daunting, and 'sets' are so easy to get on with. This year I grew some...

Peak. Just expose enough of the root to see the size, if it is larger than a 1p coin, eat it. Usually thinning the youngsters provides you with this info automatically. The optimal size depends on the variety but after the penny- size age you can treat yourself a test raddish every day. Nothing...

Thanks for the replies Shiny/Kristen. I will wait until next year before sowing them.

Thank you very much

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You could give them a spray... your garden centre should have an organic mildew control.

"SHould they be burnt or just disposed of in some other way?"Burnt is fine. Otherwise put them in your land-fill rubbish bin.If it does turn out to be blight then by particularly thorough with cleaning this Winter, and be careful not to carry the disease elsewhere - sterilise knives /...

Sorry to hear that. My Marshall's Gro-Sack and very-large-pot (guessing, 30" dia.) have all been good, yield just fine, good flavour. I grew Charlotte, Foremost and Maris Peer. I put 4" of manure in the bottom, then tubers, then 4" of multipurpose compost, then earthed up with soil. (The whole...

Has bean, you have to keep ventilating your greenhouse when its very sunny - otherwise close them as much as you dare. Its a balancing act as the humidity gets too high if you keep the vents closed all the time which encourages grey mould. Are you going to spray them with Dithane/Bordeaux...

:thku: Thanks guys, I'll do just that!

Whats the brown round the stalk? A few of them have it.