Edible Gardening

"Apparantly not watering carrots too much helps them grow longer by forcing them to grow deeper searching for water instead of just taking it from the surface."Excess water also encourages them to make Tops rather than Roots

Thanks clueless1 & has bean counter for all that useful information.I will leave it as it is until autumn when I will move it up a size in pots with some fresh compost. Can't say there is any obvious sign of aphids, it is in partial shade at the moment, I will move it to a fully sunny...

Sounds good! I definitely want to grow rhubarb, my mum used to her and her fingers couldn't be less green! How well will it do in a quite shady spot? Apart from that I wanted to grow beans (because the wigwams look so nice and because the ones in Tesco all come from Kenya!) And gooseberries but...

Thats the one I was looking for.... thank you so very much robert

I would like a couple of dessert grape vines for my allotment, black and white, preferably seedless, can anyone suggest a good variety and where to buy would be helpful please

I would like a couple of dessert grape vines for my allotment, black and white, preferably seedless, can anyone suggest a good variety and where to buy would be helpful please

I'm not planning to plant mine out any time soon - end of June will do me, or even early July.They've got time to bulk up.

I would like a couple of dessert grape vines for my allotment, black and white, preferably seedless, can anyone suggest a good variety and where to buy would be helpful please

I normally grow aubergines without too much difficulty (assuming a hot summer!) but have also had problems with young plants dying off this year. I reckon that it is aphids (which have also attacked my peppers). I don't go for the green option: I have swamped them with the most toxic pesticide...

Thanks Capney here is a photo March 1st 2008 how the allotment was its been hard going but rewarding.

First sweet pea flower today (Well Sunday actually)...first of many I hope. That scent...tells me its summer...just about. Steve...

I think you're PSB would be fine in pots until you get your corn out of the ground. As I said before it does get very big - but not quickly - so I think it will be fine.As you say - there's no such thing as a failure in gardening - it's all an experiment. Go for it and let's know the...

BigfaceUK, I find Metcheck very reliable for forecasting sunshine and precipitation but hopelessly pessimistic on temperatures. If I believed them I would die of hypothermia.Last frost is always a bit of a gamble. I kept good records in my last garden and for years last frost could be the...

"can they be fed with liquified chick poo once a week, now or after they have set"Not really. Chicken Manure has an NPK of 4:2.5:2.3 (but check yours) and for Tomatoes you want something that is approximately in the ratio of 1:1:2 (so 2:2:4 would do, most commonly they are 4:4:8 )

I'm trying to decide between two varieties, Titania and Ben Sarek.It will be in a large container on the patio, where it will be in full sun in the morning and shady by early afternoon.From my research online so far, they have been described as having good flavour, but Hubby prefers...

They like warm conditions so either the mini greenhouse or a nice sunny windowsill should do the trick. I've got a few out in my greenhouse with the first flowers just starting to open.

:lollol:there is a nutter on every forum..I thought I was the only one here..:gnthb: Steve...

Oops - Charlotte are Second Early. They will take two or three weeks longer to mature than a First Early. (and Main Crop will take another 4 weeks or so). First Early Varieties about 13 weeks, Main Crop about 22 weeks.I have heard good things about these Seed Potatoe sellersscroll right...

tony bo, Forgot to tell you, yesterday after you left commity man said you can buy 1yr old well rotted muck for £15 from up near hardwick :thumb:

My Brassicas always grow far too long an initial stem - I just plant them deep up to the first leaves that are NOT on the leggy stem, and go from there. A foot is a lot though ... but worth "deep" planting I reckon.