Edible Gardening

Yes Broccoli will come again but Caulis are a one off and should be pulled up.

I store maincrop ones from last year, for baking, in the garage, but they still sprout at this time of the year. I have read that stored below a certain temperature makes them have a slightly sweet taste, due to some of the starch turning to sugar. Think the best bet is to not buy more than you...

All good advice from John Snowbaby and you can tell when they are ready to harvest either by the foliage going a yellow colour and wilting as it dies off,or you could have a gentle rummage amongst the soil to see if there are any tubers ready,but this is going to be quiet a few weeks away yet if...

Hi Noisette Yes it could be the sawfly. Agreed the weather has been so dodgy it is difficult to calculate (if you can at all) when the moths might be doing their worst, I put it out to get a head start. I have a second pheremone capsule and will wait till the weather turns summery before...

I've noticed that often the lower leaves do go yellow especially if overshadowed by the ones above.I've been looking for blight on my toms, I must admit, if it doesn't stop raining soon it could be a total disaster year.

Thanks. Really helpful.

I've put them in a sunnier spot, but there's nothing I can do about the weather lol

What can I still sow? Live in Newcastle upon Tyne. I have plastic grow homes, not glass greenhouses. I do have a south facing back garden should the sun ever come out again.

Seeing people mention strawberry beds on here, I thought that our own garden was missing a little something. So last year I set about potting up numerous cut runners and a handful of two-year old divisions into plastic drinking cups.Now, potted on into their final positions.There are...

Another thing to try is decent compost.I have bought cheap seed and potting compost and sometimes find the seedlings either rot off or just won't grow and seem to stay static for weeksAlso can have the same problem if I sow seeds in old compost as in compost that plants have died in flowerpots...

As no one has replied, I'll give you my thoughts for what they are worth. I don't use manure on established fruit trees/plants, I prefer to add Potash, either ash from a wood fire or Rose fertilizer. I also have stopped mulching fruit trees/bushes, I only put straw under ripening strawberries.

Traditionally you would use a "maiden tree" for any of this type of training, however you have nothing to loose and the trees look relatively young, so it may well work. The pruning is normally done when the sap is not rising, but due to their height, I might be tempted to take out the main stem...

Yes mine are in the ground and basically small trees. Once established it will take minus 12C for short periods, normal lows of minus 5c doesn't bother it at all.I got a feeling it just grew like that, rather than it was pruned that way. They grow pretty fast when happy.

If the Chilli is branching OK then no need to pinch . I think it's getting a little late for pinching now anyway. For feeding I use tomato feed , cheapest will do , from the end of June . About once a week or when I remember .

I break them off at the main stem, new ones always reappear to keep the plant going

Great. Glad it is still being some use.

Like Scrungee, our soil is heavy clay with 40yrs of garden compost and horse manure dug in. So it's fairly good but we still prefer to bring everything on in pots. That way you know whether they have viable growth before planting out.We have just sown more runner beans for a later crop and...

Noted

I always let mine (softneck) die back pretty much.