Edible Gardening

Thanks both, will take them off tmrw.....so many on there already. My inlaws will be happy lol

I always have a round of herbs going on, basil, oregano and thyme at least. Grow lights keep them good through the winter.This year I'm planning to experiment and sow Chillies now. Perhaps also some French beans, just so that aphids and spider mites don't get hungry at Christmas. Since I...

Mine have given up producing :( I think mine are sulking in the sandy soil with no nutrients and being neglected for a week while I was away. No mildew yet so maybe there's a linkage to richness of soil too?Fried courgette on toast is lovely as is courgette soup by the way.

It doesn't need to be that hot if you have it in full sun and sheltered from the wind. 85 in the shade, which is how temps are normally recorded, could be massively hotter in direct sunlight and even higher on a reflective surface.

The blackfly came back onto our runners, only some of them, and were very thick along the stems. I blasted them off with the hose four days ago and no sign of return this morning. Our French beans are also pest free.

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How deep is the soil? You can plant certain varieties of potato now for late autumn cropping.Autumn and Christmas 'potatoes' - potato collection

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I think thyme as well. Rub the leaves and it should smell of thyme.

Tends to be down to the maturity of the plants and growing conditions, keep watering and feeding and they should come good. Sometimes if they get a lot of fruit developing they will revert to mainly/all male flowers.

Hoooo..that's you and JWK off the Christmas card list! lol

Thanks for the photos, it looks a compact plant for a Blackberry which would suit our small garden.Think we will have to look for a new plant as still no signs of any new shoots on the old Merton which looks even poorer after the heatwave. Will give it a foliar feed and see if that perks it...

This is fascinating. Lots of useless but interesting info about cucumbers.

More seriously you just need a big pot, somebody I worked with grew rhubarb in a 1 m x 1 m x 1 m planter quite successfully, just needed plenty of water.

Excellent idea John, I'll keep that in mind for next year.

Yeah.

Some have just started flowering .. I'm loving their character.. prickly with beautiful flowers!! They are easy to keep moist at present so I think they're happy in their current situ, though I did spot a bout of aphids so have zapped them with diluted washing up liquid and hoping that does the...

Morning, Thanks ricky101

I have 20 in the row, but i only pulled that one

I had the same problem. We found the culprit to be a couple of doves. They flew into the bushes, breaking twigs left and right while trying to land and keep their balance. After that, they clumsily pecked at everything looking even remotely like a piece of fruit, ripe er green.(destroyed my...