Edible Gardening

Using the bicolored Perilla Frutescens my best results where with soaked seeds, peat based compost, light covering of vermiculite, in a transparent plastic box on the kitchen table in full sun.

Got mine 3 weeks or so ago JWK. Already plants are 40 to 60 cm high.They will grow fast

I could try that with some Lancashire crumbly, a bit like Feta for people born north of Crewe! Thank you!

Hi, I definitely wouldn't grow cordon and bush together. It would end up a tangled mess. I don't even grow cordon in a grow bag for the same reason. Each to their own pot. Toms can be like mischievous children! As my grandma would say " give them an inch, they'll take a mile" Keep an eye on...

Grow onions, leek and garlic with carrots. Old school method of dealing with carrot fly but it works. As an aside, Amarantus and sweetcorn are good companion plants to break up the soil for better if that is an issue.

Apologies if this should go into Containers Gardening rather than Edible Gardening. Please feel free to move as appropriate if this is the wrong section.Space in the garden is limited, so, having found a reasonable deal on Acqua Lock self-watering baskets, I purchased a few 16 inches...

I would guess that the suppliers of the cages do different types and quality of netting so they should be able to give you the right one.

I bought one of those things and the same thing happened to me I vote that the is for

@Marley Farley we have no shortage of wind up here . Luckily my garden is sheltered but gd to know about that.

I should qualify that, move outdoors during the day and bring into your house over-night.

Enjoy your strawberries.....you will need plenty of clotted cream, Cornish of course

I always try and keep the soil level low when sowing squash/etc. seeds, so when they sprout I can top up with MPC to support the plants.

I planted one in mid summer last year in a neglected semi shady spot. It looked dead on arrival and did nothing all year. Suddenly this spring it has come to life. Apparently you need to cross pollinate so I bought another pair still in their pot and put them besides it. I just checked and it...

Thanks @pete appriciate the advice

Personally I think its one of those plants that needs a longer growing season than we can give it in the UK. Consistent heat is probably another issue, rather than one sunny day followed by cool cloudy days.

I have never heard of pleached fruit trees, but I bought a number of cordons a couple of years ago, and it turns out one of the apples is an espalier. I got 5 bare root trees for £25.Both pleaching and espalier are inventive methods of tree shaping, which is defined as the art of pruning and...

My raised beds suffer similar root invasion from an adjacent philadelphus and dry soil from a wall. The effect is clearly graduated with the soil closest to the wall worst affected and likewise the plants. I divide my rasied beds area into 2 areas and plant my fast growing, hungry veg away from...

I have no problem with any of Morrisons plants. You just need to get them before they have managed to kill them.

Might give that a go too ,cheers Pete.