Edible Gardening

Oh dear Golfer our Jap. onions are just swelling up so as yet so none have gone to seed. Did you maybe push the onion sets into the soil rather than pop them into a hole? as this can make them go to seed. The trouble with Jap.Onions is that they simply don't last as long as 'normal' onions...

Hi chums. Came back today from my hols :thumb: My Cucumber looks pretty good, as do my toms :thumb:

Thank you Kirsten, will pot on today in 9cm pots via your instructions. I looked at the packet and it does say 'greenhouse' dh! I chose this small variety as only half of us eat cucs and I also thought it would be a bit of a novelity for the girls. I'm really impressed at how fast they're...

looks difrent duno what to say first time for me to grow them think i will grow them up incase i snap them

Sometimes when you plant onion sets, they pop out of the ground, pop them back in, careful not to damage any new roots!

Pretty good odds on germination I would think Robert.I've grown them from seed.Anyway nothing ventured nothing gained and it a good time of the year now to be sowing them.On the window sill or greenhouse to start I would say, and surface sow.As you can guess the seedlings are very...

It was marvelous how many spuds came out of that bin,bet a crane bag full would keep you going all winter.

I worked on a plant nursery in Japan growing virus-free plants by tissue culture - that was at 4,500 feet to reduce the chance of infection from aphid / insects.Great spot, on the edge of a cliff with a view down the valley to Mount Fuji 80 miles in the distance ...

Need a minimum of 10C - probably too cold in the grow-house at night :(

Cheers Dave, It`ll soon be full of toms which are busy outgrowing the kitchen window :wink: I put a screen of galv wire mesh sloping up from the bed to the fence so i can train them across it. I find it much easier than canes and you can force them to grow horizontally by tying them to the...

Thats even taller than mine, half inch perhaps

Its difficult to see clearly, the one with the broken stem looks like slug damage, tthe photo showing holes in the leaf look like they were made by fleabeetle or leafminer. SLugs are a pain, but you can stop them with pellets, fleabeetle is more of a problem and will get much worse if...

Your blog on the subject is great. I'm sure I'll need to know how to fertilize and when but the pic is great and I can't wait to get going (mine are planted so soon.....). Thank you for showing us what you do it will be helpful for sure.

I used the cane stands last year on my tomatoes in a grow bag on the patio. They worked really well. They were about a fiver for a pack of three I think.

Thank you! I can keep my gh moist with no effort on my part at all so that's something I'll keep in mind. Perhaps on the really hot days I'll move them to a cooler part of the gh.Sheelaghm I suspect yours might have just been wilting from the heat of the day.....often we see plants do that...

From 8th (Now!!) to midnight on 14th May, 2009

I think Jersey Royals are the best tasting tatty ever, i look forward to them coming into the shops every year, they are are we bit expensive though that's for sure.

From Dai's profile:"Last Activity: 19-04-2009 05:49 PM"

yes, one seed per pot ( tightfisted )

I never knew this so thank you! :thumb: I've been looking around and have seen some different varieties for less than £10 for very healthy looking bushes and some for less than £5 which quite frankly look nothing near as good as my £1.99 bargain. So i would like to acchieve with the so i'm...