Edible Gardening

Shiney, those hybrids look like they are doing well

Use a very dilute soap solution and spray twice a day (but not in fun sun) - you need either horticultural soap (expensive) or a cheap household supermarket pure one with no additives (I use Lenor)

I agree with JWK they look fine, wish mine were that advanced.

I'd dig them up GG. Once they've bolted like that they're unlikely to produce any more usable new shoots. If you take them out, it will also allow more light to reach the other brassica plants you have in there, and large brassica plants also suck up a lot of moisture from the soil, so less...

Courgette/Marrow will be stronger bigger and squat, cucumber and melon are more straggly and will try and climb - leave them long enough and they develop clinging tendrils.

Have a look

yes you can grow beetroot in containers. Plant them 7" - 8" apart.

Yea Ive done it now, I had a sneaky taste of the biggest one though and it was nice enough so will wait for the plant to get a bit bigger

That's almost poetry Pete...

Yes, you'll need to add some fertilizer too, blood, fish and bone would help.

So jealous @Zigs! Mine have only just got flowers buds!Always grown strawbs in pots with no probs except slugs.. I sprinkle pellets on the floor and put copper strips up the sack/pot diagonally. Mam had strawbs in the ground and I would say they were on par, maybe a few more if anything

Give them a dose of liquid feed too (after you have moved them to a quieter corner with a bit less sun until they are over the shock of being transplanted)

Thanks for that John I'll do what you suggest and try to plan better for next year.Michael

Let us know how it goes jay

Yes, continuous checking would be required for the roots as they do tend to materialise pretty fast!Thanks for the advice Sian and Shiney.

well thought id give a little update, things are moving along nicely i feel all spuds now hilled up (not in this pic tho lol)progress... by Martin Young, on Flickrand the blow away has not blown away so far....lolprogress... by Martin Young, on Flickrprogress... by Martin Young, on...

Sis dug all of mine up and planted potatoes there

I agree with above stay away from that muck tried it once never again. I use Canna professional from the hydroponic shops, may be too expensive for some at £12 for 50 litres but I use it for everything seed sowing, potting up and final pots. I have never looked back since using this. Pic of my...

I sow my Runner and French beans individually in Root Trainer cells at the end of April, weather dependent, then keep in the greenhouse. They germinate over a week or so; about mid to end of May I harden them off and plant them out by which time they are all about the same size. The Root Trainer...