Edible Gardening

If they are a variety of New potato then generally about 11 weeks after you planted them, a couple of weeks earlier if you want to sacrifice crop / tuber size for an early harvest.

If the bees hadn't pollinated them, they wouldn't have set at all..... there's time yet for them to swell! It's normal for them to lose some half formed apples at this time of year.. it's called the June drop (yes... I know it's July).... It's just the tree's way of not producing too many for...

Sounds delightful, well done you.

It will continue to produce 'courgettes' but at a much reduced rate. :thumb: I'd go for keep picking them as courgettes which will give you a number of lovely young veggies. Later in the season when the production has slowed down you could then leave a couple on the plant to see how well they...

Thanks very much everyone, I guess I am just being paranoid!! Lovely to have my mind put at rest though, I can enjoy them worry-free. Kristen I'll let you know how they taste!

Thanks again - what I wanted to hear!

I have used that banana/drawer trick at the end of the season and it works for sure. Right now I think the best thing is to leave them on the plant and hope for sun.

My best guess is that the sick looking squash has some root problem - either rot or insect attack. I think the pots are maybe a bit on the small side as squash plants get pretty big and consume a lot of food.

Last year, the kids (with help from me) built hubby a lovely gazebo type thing to hang his hammock in, and with grapes planted on each side to trail up over the roof of it. Over the winter, we moved house, and as the grapes were part of a father's day gift, I thought I'd try and move those too....

I grow April overwinter some years as well as Flower of Spring.I always find they bolt as soon as the weather warms up!.

hi guys thanks for quick reply i am sure you are right thanks againslim

Many thanks for that advice John will carry out what you recommend. Regards Colin

John, excellent advice, thanks a lot!, regards Gareth

I know this year has been a little fast down on the allotments things harvesting quicker than normal but haven't heard of any sprouts flowering yet. I agree with John it could well be Sprouting Broccoli now there's plenty of them gone to seed down on the plots you can see groups of their...

Hi AllSimmered for 10 mins in salted water (when I remembered to put the salt in) cooled put in jars covered in Pickle Vinegar eat after 2 weeks blooming marvelous. I can't believe how easy it was to grow pickle and enjoy Gherkins and they are ready to harvest very early so you could try to...

Oh yes ! Although for some reason, us kids were not asked very often to help with the strawberries !

Scotty; It does depend on the variety you are growing, most people with greenhouse grow the normal 'cordon type' (Moneymaker, Golden Sunrise, Gardeners Delight etc) and these need to be trained (or sideshooted or pruned - people call it different things), its all about making sure the plant puts...

Had my beans yesterday they were off the plant and in the pot and on plate in 30mins cant get fresher the taste was beautiful best ever

Runner beans are perrenials in their native environment but are not frost hardy. There are new varieties being tested that are being bred for frost hardiness - but I wouldn't hold your breathe :hehe: Some plants do survive the winter if it has been mild. I don't attempt to try it but I know...

Now I understand. I shoved a lot of peppers ,that were too late to ripen, into the freezer. I used one or two that I kept back. When I used the freezer ones they nearly blew my brains out:hehe: