Edible Gardening

The previous owners of this house grew enough fruit and vegetables in the garden not only to be self sufficient, but to sell to neighbours also. As part of this, they left us with two large chest freezers, and also two large cold stores. The smallest of which was 6 cubic metres, and kept a year...

Hi,hope that this will helps.For tomatoes daytime 22 ~ 25 ℃ 15 ~ 18 ℃ at night above 30 ℃ with strong light easy to evoke disease, poor growth above 33 ℃, 40 ℃ stop growing no less than 8.7℃ Best: 20-25℃ Seedlings:23～28℃ Flowering:5～28℃ Flourishing: daytime 24-28℃, 15-20℃ at nightFor...

i think i would just buy a tub of ckicken pellets and spread them liberally now a couple of weeks ahead of planting. Maybe a handful blood fish and bone too.As for the slugs, i just disturb them and leave them for the birds to clear up. some say less digginig is better for the soil but im not...

Thank you @JWK I don't have a big plot, just my 4.56 x 8m back garden. I'm sitting here wondering how much of that I'll use to grow veg in and how much for somewhere to sit while I watch my dogs playing. There's gravel down one side - 2m wide x the full 4.56m long. That's the sunniest side of...

Apparently that's my job

From the photo it appears the clips may be upside down. I have the same type of greenhouse with the same clips and have not lost a panel in seven years. When installed correctly the clips fit so tight that they press into the panel and hold it secure. You might check the installation of the...

i gotta a chance of a piece of cake

Well I think its too early.

I've got 12 Loganberries, 4 rows each of 3 plants with the canes from each plant overlapping their neighbours. Cut the rooted tip cane about 150mm above ground and train the severed cane back wherever it should be. Secure to a short cane if not firmly rooted into the ground.Each year you'll...

Do you mean 200?Hey, John, @JWK you tell him!

Its flowering, and will produce yellow flowers. Its past it, you should have eaten the shoots when they were smaller tight budsBest put on the compost now, although the actual roots might be a bit woody and best burnt or disposed of in a wheelie bin.

That would be great, i think its a route we all will need to go down in the futurewithout sounding too much like a hippy!

Thanks Richard. Gonna pop to B&Q later and hopefully give it a go tonight

Just noticed I have a single blossom on my outside nectarine! Very unexpected as it's so young

Ages since I bought cloves and that was only the once to get me started, aren't they about £3 for 2 cloves? When I have about 100 plants each with 4 cloves I feel rich when I calculate what they're worth.

Hi Andy thanks for the info,yes i start my beets off in the greenhouse and they dont mind when planted out

Definitely worth looking at once the deck boards wear out in a year or two.Started taking up the deck yesterday and I am aching head to toe today!

@miraflores I had another go at them last year:

Perfect, thank you for that. The plant sent through was barely a twig so might chop it to see how things go

Bonemeal is what I used to use, but recently the best advice I've had from the RHS is to use Mycorrhizal Fungi which is giving me good results. You buy it in a powder form with the product name "Rootgrow". Use one or the other but not together.