Edible Gardening

Thanks. It'll have to be syrup as the elder flowers are long over by the time I get apricots. I suspect after last year the apricot may have a bit of a rest this year.

I've just ordered some of that fertilizer @Cordy, thanks for the tip. I see it contains Sulphur.

The use of CIPC sprays to prevent potatoes from sprouting was banned in in the EU and the UK in 2020.if your Roosters weren’t chitted before planting I imagine they’ll be a little delayed starting into growth … the soil has only just started warming up this year.I presume you’re growing...

So I got my hands in soil the navan potatos lovely healthy sprouts just under soils surface, rooster potatos no growth and looks like slugs etc have been eatting them, so the patch withe the rooster potatos is roughly 2 by 3 ish meters do I replant potatos on the plot different varity our should...

Thank you @JenCD for your very useful post

Thank you everyone. Some good points to consider. The drive will go!

Its got weird leaves.

Good luck with more! We have a kiwi as an ornamental but it hasnt flowered in years. Its in the shade but I think we prune it incorrectly: From what I read they only fruit on 2nd year growth, and we were pruning the whole 6m growth every year...

Funny how slugs and snails go for peppers, but ive never seen them on my tomatoes. The worst is they go for the fruit itself!

If you want to maintain the variety over time you'd need a minimum number of leeks flowering in a patch to do so. Quick Google suggests 20 for leeks, dont know if thats accurate.. It's a bit annoying if space is at a premium, but at least leeks look good when flowering.I tried saving more...

Mine are just growing their first true leaves (except a couple of stragglers). I'll probably transfer them into individual pots next weekend, then they have about a month to six weeks before it's safe to put them outside in the open permanently. They'll be doing the hokey cokey (in-out-in-out)...

Aye, give them a chance. Are they in the ground, pots etc ? Did you add fertiliser ? - seed potatoes are partial to some fish, blood and bone fertiliser.fish blood and bone - Bing

Maybe too little light as well - if I was to sow it now, or even end of March or so, it would have a cover [ie in a basic propagator] and grown on for quite a while. The lack of light is a bigger problem here than further south though. Hope another, later sowing will take. I used to leave a...

Mine are only just at that stage - first proper leaves, or very slightly more, but I wouldn't consider having them in the gr'house for ages yet - far too vulnerable, and not consistently warm enough for them. Perhaps it would be better to sow later They need plenty of light early on, so the...

I only ever direct sowed and put sticks in for them to climb up, bit old fashioned I guess. I dont think they are a valuable enough crop to mess around with too much TBH.

An eco friendly pond liner might be an option, I just did a search, they exist!

Not a weedkiller etc as we rarely use any and never on or near our veg/fruit beds. The Rasps are well into the garden so no chance just they could be affected by drift from another garden.

I prefer autumn planting as well, but did once get a decent amount by spring planting.

Thanks @pete . Maybe just some odd function of this laptop, but it's not a huge deal if I can get it all working on Firefox. I don't use Google other than for...Googling....I'll have a look at that as well though.

@BobTG Thanks