Edible Gardening

Thank you all very much. I will leave them until they are needed.Brian

Question answered, many thanks!

I never remove the flowers Cooky - and niether do the potato farmers round here.I leave my potatoes until I see the top growth starting to die down then I know they're ready.Hope you get a lovely crop.

Cook freddie ? you should know you can't mess up a nice kitchen by cooking in it

I have two plants so I could try both methods and let you know Freddy. By the way my parsnips are growing a treat Freddy. A little concerned about me spuds though, they're nearly 4 foot high!! Thanks for cuc advice everyone. Regards Sheelagh

Yes they can tolerate a bit of shade. Watch out for butterflies getting on the broccoli and laying their eggs, the kids might think its great but he caterpillars will strip the leaves.

what do you eat regular? thats what i would grow , pointless growing veg you never eat.... and if you play ya cards right you can just keep planting new plants as the season continues - sea of green i have read before somewhere....I already have my trade routes sorted - i grow peppers and...

HiThese first earlies were planted March 5th and they were dug up last week and these potatoes never flowered some varieties do not flower

Thank you jonny boy that sounds straight forward enough. These are mature trees so hopefully they'll all ripen nicely.

Thanks John,I spent ages looking for it myself and gave up (I have too much to do IN the garden). Will copy the set up shown today.Thanks again Sheelagh :luv:

My 3 plants will give us a lot of cues. Taking the first-flowers off two of the plants, and several early cucumbers of the third plant , is probably the solution I will use.

You could do the paint brush trick if you are worried and have the time

I don't think it looks like Cucumber Mosaic Virus, however it would be worth Dave sticking "Cucumber Mosaic Virus" into Google Images and comparing them with his plant

I don't suppose that's where the expression "Making a mint" comes from, eh? :hehe:

Watch out for pigeons, they love to nibble off the young tender shoots of peas as they emerge. I cover mine with nets until the plants get over 12" high. Good luck with them.

It might be slug/snail damage. Put some slug pellet scattered around the base of the plant in case the offender returns, the same thing quite often happens to mine, all it takes is one little slug to nibble through the base of the cucumber and its a goner.The other possibility is basal stem...

Thanks, everyone, for the usual range of sage advice. I reckon that I will adopt the "Blackthorn Compromise" ie earth up but mulch with grass cuttings in the trenches.

you can buy the roots and grow your own

I agree with John. Either into grow bags (which I personally don't like much), or 11" / 10L potsI put a cane in the pot, but tie the top to the greenhouse roof - so it can't fall over.

They will be making their own Nitrogen, so no need to help them with that. But as they are in a container they may need some help with fruiting - a Tomato fertiliser, or Phostrogen, will probably do the trick - the ratio of the N:P:K figures needs to be around 1-to-1-to-2 (so 4-4-8 or 5-5-10...