Edible Gardening

You definately don't need to do this for peas Claire.

I've always sat my greenhouse cukes in trays of water once the plant gets really well established. This year, I did plant them in 'mounds' in the pot so that the water would not sit around the stem - it has worked so far and no stem rot. The sitting in a tray of water has been great and I have...

I have absolutely no idea about potatoes and when they are ready etc. I do love new potatoes though, and so today dug up some reds, blues and whites and had a wonderful potatoe salad with dinner tonight. My blues were very low in production, so will assume now that they are a late and leave...

thats funny! thanks for your help everyone!

Looks like over-watering may be the culprit......but I've finally managed to identify the scapes......so at least I'll get somehing out of the plants even if they don't form proper bulbs.It now seems a bit minor compared to the hail damage suffered by my aubergines and tomatoes last...

most of my cherry toms are already fruiting up and a fair few of my gardeners delights are flowering.

Been and gone and 'done' it! Dug about 5 plants up ... couldn't wait ... just like a kid at Christmas .... and there are some decent size spuds and some marbles ... Neverthless, even as I type this, the spuds are in the pan .... BUT looking at the plants the past couple of days I think...

I've heard back from the person who gave me the plant and it was from "Johnsons" seeds and this was on the front of the packet. "Petita type ,all female mini cue for the greenhouse" cucumber "Socrates F1" So now I know, and you do too. Steve...

Its a toss up between having potatoes early. many say with superior taste, and having a larger crop.If you have enough plants start harvesting. New potatoes don't keep (although they will be fine left in the ground for a months or so), its the main crop spuds which can be stored and kept -...

Its funny that but most of the stuff we grow and think of as new as indeed been grown in the past, if not in the uk somewhere in Europe, he even taught me to grow squash and carrots between them long before the mags told us to and growing flowers between beans was common practice. He cant get...

i see, well anything i get this year is a massive bonus, im just looking forward to next year, already ha ha. thanks for your help

Yes David, it will grow but I don't think it will do well outside. If you want to try growing it then plant it in a pot of compost with the little growing point just peeping above the compost. Keep it damp but not wet and in a warm place but not direct sunshine - that just scorches the...

You are very welcome and hope you get lots of tasty carrots!

Well there's a scorched relief (releaf?? lol). First year I haven't used the green shade netting so that will be going up soon! Was trying out just using bubble wrap but it loks as though its not diffusing the light enough.Cheers all!

"I think growing in pots first is good because you can protect the plants from pests during their earliest growing stage & you don't have to mess about pulling out weak seedlings & trying to keep weeds down & then pulling up seedlings by mistake"I'm with you on that. I grow pretty much...

I did an experiment this year, one of my courgettes was nibbled by a snail, there was only about half the stem left just above the base but the rest of the plant looked OK. So I planted it deep and it must have developed new roots above the damage because it hasn't keeled over and died. I think...

What's up Doc? :hehe:

Cucumber's crop much sooner than Tomatoes etc., so I think you will be OK. My book says they take 12 weeks, but that is from an early sowing when the weather is cold and the light is poor / short days.Mine were sown at beginning of March and the first fruit was 10 weeks later.(That's in a...

I agree, I don't worry about it, "it happens"

Double edged sword. As CluedUp1 said the tinsy winy ones will make spuds, and the others will bulk up. But the "New Potato" flavour will be less Wow-y (well, that's my opinion, I'd be interested to hear how you think the taste changes, or not, over the next few weeks)So it depends how many...