Edible Gardening

I would love to see some pictures Dale...you are a brave soul growing all those hot peppers!!! We eat a few of them here too, although i havent started mine, heck i havent even decided what i'm growing this year. Question though, what do you do with all those peppers; cook with them, freeze...

About three years for mine, but no problems with slugs as the bed was right next to the pond and I would often find a frog or two in the bed. Blackbirds on the other hand are a different story.

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.

Hi Guys, I have some realy large and leafy spring cabbage which are just starting to heart up, but there is some type of mildew or soft rot attacking them, it starts anywhere on the leaves and spreads to the heart of the plant. It is wet and slimmy. Has anybody got an idea of what it is please

Nip the tops out. best to grow dwarf varieties if Blackfly is a problem. you can spray with fairy liqiud diluted

They will make sure a stunning display Kathy and if the strawberries taste half as good as I'm sure the watering cans will look then it's all yum, yum! :D Hel.xxx.

I always found it had a fairly short cropping season, especially if we get a mild spring. It quickly runs to large flower buds if it turns mild.

@cindy Check the recent thread starting with "Any Strawberry Experts...". And yeah, supermarket ones will give you no idea, all pretty much bland things, don't waste your money on them.

Mine feel so inadequate in comparison. I think its a male thing

Morning Peter & Welcome...! I remove all discoloured lower leaves but I don't start removing them otherwise yet. I usually remove mine when the fruits have got to the size I want, bfore I remove the leaves... That is my way but I am not a big tomato grower, just a couple of plants a...

hi all, just wondered what to do about some of my strawberry plants; they have been really sturdy and produced a moderate amount of fruit for quite a few years now. ive managed to plant creepers from them, and this year have around 35-40 plants all flowering and producing fruit. However, one or...

Ah, OK. I never did that with the Espallier - I chopped the top off, at the next wire, each year and then took 3 shoots for Left, Up and Right. But the sideways ones I let just grow thereafter, never reduced them (until they got to the end of the wire). I wonder if not having an apical shoot...

I wasn't going to let on, but mine are that size too. The "plant out in May/June" hasn't quite happened yet!

I planted out some cut and come again organic lettuce this morning. They have grown on in the conservatory to about 3" high. Weather mans says possible 6C so I reckon they should survive the night.

Thank you Caroline - I'll have a look at that and see if I can put my cellar to use !Thank you too John - your apology obviously worked

I sowed mine last month - F1 "one ball" and a new climbing one, the former is romping away like mad!

I put all my lowly cuttings in my cold frame and they do amazingly well in there as well as using it to harden off stuff as Moyra says. Hel.xxx.

Go for it, it could look quite attractive. And it will be easier to tie them in.:thumb:

drooping leaves on onions isnt a problem. you can however support the bigger leaves of an onion plant. just make sure you dont over water. if the compost sticks to your boots, its to watery. Most types of onion that are suitable for the pickle jar are also good to use as salad onions...

First time for everything... This is me slicing fresh cut beans for Sunday dinnner. Something very satisfying in doing this, I just had to share it with you. Ro