Edible Gardening

Freddy, maybe it's time to use some chemicals, like Bordeaux Mixture.

I've heard about them Kandy but never tried them. I'll be very interested in how you get on this year.

I know Steve I have a horrid feeling my spuds might be secumbing not sure but suddenly the leaves have gone a bit pale.. Watching closely.. I do thankfully subscribe to the Watch..

ahhh, cheers! Ist year at them so haven't a clue! hopefully jow there is actually something ubder all those leaves!

Its sounds more like snake oil to me, but I'm willing to be proved wrong.

:hpbthd::hpbthd::hpbthd: 'Happy Belated Birthday' Andy,I noticed it but didn't put anything up because some members join post a couple of posts and we never see them on here again.I should have looked at your profile to see when your last activity was,sorry:o Sorry to hear about your...

"So early in the yea"We've had two days during May for almost all of the last 5 years ... so don't despair too easily!

I'm growing Fantasio, supposedly blight resistant.

Sounds like a good plan, even if those two sightings are not confirmed, the blight can not be far away now with all this wet.All my earlies are ready (foliage yellowed removed) and I just had a furtle in my maincrop and was surprised to find the first tuber I came to is 3 and a bit inches in...

I've got my fingers crossed for you :thumb:.

Has bean, you have to keep ventilating your greenhouse when its very sunny - otherwise close them as much as you dare. Its a balancing act as the humidity gets too high if you keep the vents closed all the time which encourages grey mould. Are you going to spray them with Dithane/Bordeaux...

Thanks for the link, last time I searched I could only find one for the USA.I put my own postcode in + others to the NES&W, including 2 where I know there's commercial growers.

Neah, you want the copper on the outside of your tomatoes, not the inside!

Thats a real puzzle Brian - it would be a shame to give up though, maybe next year grow just a couple of toms and use the extra space for the stuff Kristen said in post #2.

Radish, cabbage, carrot all flowering. Carrot pulled to reveal tiny white root. Should have left the flower to open at least it would have been pretty. Torrential rain past few days so expecting blight any day now

My celery is self blanching so I don't need to make the paper or cardboard collars. If yours are not self blanching, then this might help

Quite often black fly get caught on the hairs on tomatoes, they are slightly sticky. I think the black fly mostly starve, but just stay there in the hairs.

I used diluted washing up liquid on my Broad Beans which suddenly became covered with black fly overnight!! Wiped them out in no time leaving a few for the ladybirds to feast on.

Summer was a bit late to be planting and I don't think you did it any favours by giving it a cut so late in the growing season. Blackcurrants are normally very easy to grow. If you take a cutting and shove it in the ground there's a very good chance of it rooting. In your case I'd leave it...

David thanks for info on the pruning.