Edible Gardening

Just thought I would ask, as not grown Turnips before.TTFN

Hiya Granny. I have a Citrus Limon and a Meyers Lemon, according to the labels that is. Both have flowered very well this summer (summer?) and set loads of tiny fruit. Can we compare notes please? On the Meyers Lemon very new growth is aubergine coloured, but soon turns green, and the flower...

Tesco's !Seriously though, maintenance and pest free doesn't really exist.I bought 2 canes from Wilkinsons this year, 1 Red & 1 White - thats their description.1 grew, 1 died. Total cost £2.00.See my blog !TTFN

Hi Fretters. No secrets, just planted them and that's it. I DO reckon that raised beds help though. This is my first year back (gardening) after some 20 years. Because space is relatively limited, and having read that raised beds can produce more per sq yd, I decided that it was the way to go,...

:eek: you cant do that to butterflies!

Put some inside a greenhouse or sunny room in a large pot.Or start in buckets outside and bring in when the temperature drops.Spuds will grow!TTFN

pop the little pots with compost in on top of a couple of bricks to raise them up? Then pop the runner in, wait for it to root, and dismantle the support structure!

Russ, planting any member of the onion family amongst other crops, is meant to stop APHIDS not slugs.:thumb:

Thanks for the quick reply.

Sorry to disappoint you Dee, but earwigs CAN fly - seriously!Nick.

Change of plan. Now looks like HINNOMAKI RED is favourite at the moment. No where do I get one on them from?

Toms and cucumbers are the main glut at the mo. Finished all my courgettes. Runners coming on nicely. Broad beans and peas coming to a close. John

Hi Init, it is easy to overwinter them but they do much better if they are kept in a warm room with plenty of light. I keep mine in the lounge on a table by the french doors and windows. Although they will drop some leaves they will continue to grow and will need constant pruning to keep them...

Nice one Capney. You remind me a lot of my late, great and very much missed father-in-law. He knew all the old rhyming stories off by heart as well. All the grandkids used to sit and listen to them, enthralled.

"what makes the cucumber grow to acouple of inches and then die-off"The plant will only support a modest number of Cues. If there are some developing it won't set any more fruit (until the maturing ones are picked - so pick them as soon as they are "big enough")Could also be cold etc.

So you got there in the end shimsham, well done. I agree with Pal, it looks like slugs or snails. Snails can climb petty high, and just retract into their shell during the day.

seriously if you are lucky enough to get a truss of tomatoes so heavy you are worried they will rip off the plant, pop an upturned flower pot or something similar to take some weight off the plant

Big yellow ball of fire in the sky, appears very very occasionally. :p

:thumb:That is great news thanks, it is just the tiny ones that are turning yellow so must be just natural selection then !!:D

Not THE best but certainly up there:thumb: