Edible Gardening

Thanks Freddy. A descent home grown Sunday dinner. Tis what we strive for after all the blood sweat and tears we put into our gardens. Makes it all worth while. Ive learnt quite a lot during this first season with my small plot. Much of that from you guys on this site. I visited the new...

I watched the cookery demonstrations on the Hampton Court TV programme and some cook/gardener type person was talking about the latest craze in cookery - 'micro vegetables' - which are basically thinnings sprinkled on a tiny portion of cooked food :rolleyes:So don't forget you can eat the...

Hi coub, usually from this time of year I gradually take the leaves off below each truss as the toms start to ripen so, by late in the season, there are no leaves on the bottom half of the plants. This way I tend to remove the leaves that would be dying or getting mildew before they get to that...

Thanks Guys, Keeping my fingers crossed :thumb:

I agree, commercially they remove leaves once the fruit are set and large to reduce shading to promote ripening but this half wit seems to suggest denuding the plant early before you even have any toms..So presumabley you could grow them in the dark from there on as photosynthesis doesn't...

:D :D :D naughty naughty Dai

A little known fact about side shoots on tom plants is that they grow curled up inside the main stem (like a tape measure) and wait until your back is turned and then spring out to form 7" side shoots with flowers on. I've watched tomato plants growing for hours though I've never seen a side...

Any side shoots that have flowers forming on them, pot them up and grow as house plants. The plants don't grow very big but the toms grow to normal size. Sort of bonzai toms I've no pics I'm afraid but they are great talking points when you have visitors.

Hi V & F man. If they are earlies, then I`d wait until the flowers drop off then dig one up (that`s what I did). I found that the first one or two roots produced smallish (but delicious) spuds. Cheers...freddy.

could it have been a mixed bag? Hope they're nice and tasty

(((((nudge)))))

Hello vegpatch,you can keep a caully for up to 3 weeks if you take the lot out the ground, shake the soil off the roots and hang it upside down in a cool shed.:thumb:

Assuming the " groups " are actually crowns, what I would do is continue cropping for as long as possible. Then in the dormant season, I would lift ONE and cut it into 4 using a very sharp knife. Plant these four sections and let them grow on for a season, cropping from the remaining 3 next...

Boveytracey Many thanks for the tips. I shall certainly not grow potatoes in the plot next year, they do indeed take up to much room in a small plot..but stick with the dustbin potatoes as long as I get a good crop this year. Beetroot sounds good to me. I assume any excess can be pickled in...

hello Bob flemming, yes your broccoli should produce more shoots once you harvest the first "head" . How big does it have to be when taken off ? for that I would just look at those in the supermarket...You have to make a diagonal cut which will allow the rainwater to flow away rather than...

thanks for the advice guys. I'm gonna build myself a framed wire shelf just for my onions to sit on:thumb:

Was just wondering about the salt content, whether this would remove all the moisture from the root crops etc?:thumb:

also, is there no earthing up going on here?

i don't think i have enough space or earth to earth up my taters and onions... does this means i'm going to have poison taters?still no buds on onions or taters.

You don`t want flowers on your potatoes, you want the plants to put all their energy into producing potatoes. If you see flowers forming, take them off.:thumb: