Edible Gardening

anyone know a good place to get em? i understand to grow seedless you must pollinate the triploid with a normal melon. been searching a while now haven't found much perhaps it's because people consider it gmo and don't feel its safe?

Here are some ideas:http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=527I have successfully grown ridge cucumbers and Jerusalem artichokes on containers, so as the RHS article suggests more or less anything is possible.a-a

I used a Brinno TLC timelapse camera to catch what was eating mine, as soon as they start turning red - a cockroach! I caught it on film and posted it on YouTube (search for "Strawberry Horror"). I would come back every few nights till the ripened strawberry was totally eaten.I ended up...

To be honest I can't really be sure how much fruit it's producing because one of my canine "assistants" has discovered the joys of foraging . It's definitely looking worse as time goes on though.

I think home grown taste can be improved tremendously by piling on loads of your own compost or farmyard manure if you can get hold of it. The same varieties in the supermarket taste bland because farmers use artificial muck, even the Jersey Royals don't taste as good as they used to - in the...

Yes more like a mini-cabbage Jenny, can't cook them whole and three are enough for a meal for the two of us.

Have you moved down under and not told us Scrunge?

I've just noticed that Wilkos are selling online 15Kg sacks of seed spuds for £15 (£1.07/Kg). Free delivery to store for collection (haven't seen them instore). http://www.wilko.com/garden-seeds bulbs/onion...

Interesting post Shiney Well my Chillies are showing after 6 days in the airing cupboard at 30°c . I'll take them out tomorrow and put them on the electric propagator until they are established. Then into the light box until pricking out time in about 4 weeks .

And you know, in plenty of time, if you have a germination failure.

Googling Redbor, it looks similar to the picture that Loli showed. No Redbor seeds on Ebay, however, but something called borecole scarlet which looks identical. I suspect they just use the same picture for anything remotely purple and cabbage.I wonder if I'd end up with something as...

After a couple of bad seasons I have grown an old Dutch variety called Roodnerf which has been good ..They are not the largest of sprouts but nice and tight ..Will be usinf it again ..Dave

I can hope i know.. tennis balls are more realistic x

Thanks for this advice, I have an unheated garden room so that should be a good place for them once they have popped.Cheers GG

Ahhh ... you've posted this twice and are now getting answers in each thread ...perhaps a kind MOD could merge them

18 would be excessive, joolz ... ... make one and chop it into little cubes so they all get a bit

As you've planted in January watch out for freezing weather forcing them out the ground (autumn sown setts get a grip with their roots before the ground freezes)

I see jwk was just a thought that's all might have to give them a go at some point

Thanks for the update, GG, it's always good to hear what worked and what didn't

I would sow fresh seed. They go on for "a while" but not indefinitely. I think the older ones will run to seed much more readily than young ones. Personally if the old ones are still going strong I would leave them, and plant new ones in a different area, and eat up the old ones during the...