Edible Gardening

I grew Ruby Chard a few years ago in my garden and not the veg patch. Not too fussy about it but hey....It was somehting different. John

Thanks all for that confirmation. I have been removing the side shoots but then someone told me they thought with that variety you don't need to. Great sight for all the expert help us novices need.Keep up the good work.

I just looked up "marketmore" on google, it doesn't say that it is female only, so I would assume it is male/female.The way to tell the difference between a male and female flower is easy, a female flower has a tiny cucmber at the base of the yellow flower, a male flower is just a flower.Nathan

I think you've got to be careful with the watering until they are established, especially when is cool cloudy weather.

Cheers, thank you very much

yup it did too :DI'll make a note of that for next year

I'm growing a few varieties (all organic)gardeners delight green zebra aunt madge orange banana mexican honeyall outdoorsI hope I get something from one of them :D its my first time growing them

This is from the HDRA fact sheetCultivationEarthing up Potatoes can be 'earthed up' as they grow, bringing soil up around the shoots. This helps control weeds, prevents the tubers turning green and gives some protection against tuber blight. Do it first when plants are around 15cm (6in)...

Oh, happy you to have such a bank canvass! I put in lots and lots of purple sprouting broccoli for over-wintering and reap the harvest in very early spring. It gives me a great sense of satisfaction to pick buckets of the stuff when it's �£1.99 for a handful of floppy sprouts in the...

Forgot to say: they are in a loamy / compost type soil.

I dont think radishes transplant well. Keep em in the carrier bag. [ May 23, 2005, 09:17 PM: Message edited by: pete2255 ]

I've not grown sweetcorn for years, but I know there are a lot of newer varietys out there now. I bet there must be one thats good in containers although you would need to feed and water well and not expect a large crop. I think 2-3 cobs is about right Will, they do like warm conditions,...

they usually do recover, puts them back a bit though.

Hi ,Helen.Don't do veg anymore, forced labour as a youngster, only bad memories!But as long as you don't put the same crop in the same place for at least 3 years you should be o.k.It's the brassicas you have to careful with, root problems.I also had a problem with manure, the ground was...

Hi dalbui, that's great. I shall go visit the site in a minute. I don't know about growing them either, so I shall have to sit back & see what happens too, but if I do turn any info up I will post it on the board. Thanks again. :D

I don't know how well this shows up but its what I call my gooseberry tree

This place at top of the pageWill keep looking though.Nathan.

Hi Bayleaf very many thanks, this sounds less worrying than I thought. I am growing asparagus here so when we do eventually get a crop then there is little chance of picking up seeds. The tree is up some steps from the patch. Therefore it only cuases a shadow at the end of the day and the rest...

Yeah, that monkeys real cheeky, aint he.

Will, when I went in my greenhouse this morning my capsicum plants were also limp and bent over, they perked up later though. I wounder if its to do with very high daytime temps. followed by fairly low night temps.