Edible Gardening

Maincrop potatoes are your best chance of blight resistance. As stated heat and humidity are the ideal breeding ground for blight. Blight can also attack your crop once you have cut the shaws off so treat with a fungicide after you shaw them.

Oh, I forgot - Pak choi grew well, and overwintered successfully in the ground, surviving the nasty cold spell early this year. I ate the last one in early `Feb!Unfortunately, slugs like them *a lot* though......cheers Dave

Thanks for these replies. I am going to try gartenperle and also tumbling tom varieties. I was just a little concerned that some container plants might be poisonous and, possibly, unsuitable to grow in the same basket where roots mingle closely with an edible crop. Perhaps it's best to stick to...

many thanks terrier just what i wanted to hear

I bought a packet of T&M mixed leaves today from my garden centre which included a packet of Frisby.

Thanks David...appreciated

Growing spuds in containers is a good way to use up spent compost. Mix in plenty of organic stuff to hold the moisture (balls of newspaper is good)but don't forget they are heavy feeders so incorporate some feed (chicken pellets for inst). I prefer small containers,so wherever I have a spare few...

Freddy - you shouldn't force in the first year, in any event.

I bought a pot of ransome last year and planted it in a lightly shaded spot next to the compost bin. It is coming along nicely this year so when it bushes out, I think we can use some this year. Or should we wait another year?

Hey guys and galsThought I might try soybeans this year (like a challenge!), have bought some T&M seeds, variety 'ustie'. Supposedly for a more northern climate.Anyone got any idea of what kind of support I need for them? ie are they a bush type, a climber or a tall type?Cheers, Nick

Red Baron from Marshalls. Excellent !

7 years is a long time, I imagine all number 2's will have turned to compost over that time.

Wow wilkos twice in one day John, I new you would come round to our way of thinking,they do get some good stuff in if you get there when it first comes in,very reasonably priced.

The purple goes green when cooked. Many greens have a puple tinge, its normal.

Wonder who WOO? (I'd better bring a take away for dinner with them) :D

Thanks Dai - I'll leave them alone then.

Last year I sowed our earlies in pots on 21st March (= Good Friday this year) this was in a polytunnel, but we're a bit further north and colder, and they were moved outside once they had grown a bit. First tatties were gathered on 21st May.Chitted v non-chitted? I'm like John and chit because...

Why not just buy some cheap plastic buckets and make drainage holes in the bottoms. I've just bought some from Wilcos at 69p each for my early potatoes, last season I used buckets for some late potatoes and we've just finished eating those. Growbags are no more than 6" deep and you can grow all...

Thanks all. not what i wanted to hear but I kind of expected it. liking this forum, I will no doubt be back for more advice soon XX

Having just dug over the bed where the potatoes are going this year I was a little worried cos F-in-L has planted strawbwrries at the bottom end of the bed and is planning to put rhubarb in between the potatoes and strawberries. Will these grow together or are they fussy and spread disease to...