In my limited experience Autumn/Winter pruning works well. Take out any dead wood and cut backbranches over 3 years olddown to ground level. Trim...
Thanks, everyone, for the usual range of sage advice. I reckon that I will adopt the "Blackthorn Compromise" ie earth up but mulch with grass...
******ed again! I keep coming up with labour saving plans but all you experts seem to have already tried them and found that they don't work. I...
Dai,OK about keeping the tubers from the light so not turning green, but would not a mulch of grass cuttings have the same effect?I...
The continuing lack of rain and prevalent drying winds is playing havoc with my crops (and most other peoples, I would suppose).To conserve...
I normally grow aubergines without too much difficulty (assuming a hot summer!) but have also had problems with young plants dying off this year....
I concur with growing courgettes in containers. They do need lots of frequent watering but they crop heavily and the fruits don't rot from lying...
DaiFeedback on last year's leftover onions. You were spot on: they have run to seed already.
I have only just finished my stored potatoes from last season. Hung up in sacks in a cold garage, sorted occasionally to weed out any damp ones,...
Good point about not being able to stake the growbags: I had forgotten that! I am inclined to cut growbags in half and produce two "growpots". I...
I would certainly pot them on and wait until they are much stronger plants before planting in grow bags. Also, I think that it too early to...
I fully endorse the "turn it" advice. A heap I started last year was looking dry and inactive so about a week ago I turned it into an adjacent...
The plan is to continue growing indoors for a while (they are in one of those planters with a water reservoir). It will be interesting to see how...
I experimented this year with a few dwarf french beans in my conservatory. (Saxa = planted 6 March). So far so good: I reckon I'll be eating a...
B*gger! I've just pulled mine up! Nice little spuds growing healthy root systems and fresh green leaves.
Rather what I feared - thanks for the confirmation.
I planted potatoes in my present garden for the first time last year and have dug new potato beds this year. Last years potato beds will be used...
I planted 20 very well developed crowns last year: did all the right things (trench, ridge, spread roots etc). Not a sausage. All rotted or were...
Certainly sow some more. From what you describe I can't see that you have done anything wrong. These problems tend to be caused by over-watering...
On a parallel theme: how do I NOT grow nettles. In my garden, if you want to grow nettles just wait a bit and they will appear, regardless of...
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