Edible Gardening

I certainly hope so - last year was pretty good to be fair; I could happily put up with that sort of summer every year.

Hi AllThanks for all the replies, it's interesting that the slugs like Maris Piper and seem to leave Desiree and others alone?!! I may try King Edwards again but this is the second year I have had small tubers although from memory both years have been quite dry in the summer. I may even try...

It was. Thread is from July

Hi Freddy Pleased I saw your post I was going to try Cuore Di Bue but will give them a miss, thanks for the info

A few things still coming out of the garden Translated them into this....Yum Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for your response Kristen (and apologies to Rob for hi-jacking his thread.)Thanks again Kristen, I really do appreciate the help and advice. If I do have a glut of anything I can share with a couple in the village who are disabled and can't do much in the way of gardening...

A few years ago seed spuds at Wilkos were in 3Kg bags, last year they were in 2.5Kg bags and this year they're in 2Kg bags, but the price per bag seems to stay the same.

Thanks for that Kristen, indoors for me it is then.

They need water!

Evening For the past few years I've grown Natsuhikari F1 which is a Japanese hybrid. It is fairly tolerant and disease resistant, but not all female and produces a good crop of well flavoured fruit in my greenhouse when grown in deep pots. It does tend to produce in cycles though. My courgettes...

I think you would need to research the varieties grown in cooler, drier countries for a start.

Perhaps somebody can help you with the answers Craig. It's the first and last time I grow the peppers, they didn't ripen and just rotted on the plants even though they grew to a good size. I think they need a warmer, less damp atmosphere than here on the island.

Wilkos Bletchley hadn't got their seed spuds in when I looked on Friday, but they had empty shelves with labels ready for them and the varieties were Desiree, Maris Piper, Arran Pilot, King Edward, Rooster, Rocket, Maris Peer and Javelin. So once again I'll have to go elsewhere for my...

If you have room in the house then you might find lights better in the house / somewhere warmer (an insulated box in garage will do). Reason I say that is light without warmth won't give you any growth, so extra lights in the greenhouse, if it is still cold (remember Spring of 2013 Brrrr!)...

I hope there's interest from others for another competition this (2014) year, but suggest that there's a requirement (as with other online comps) for a pic in progress + one on the scales.

It didn;t get in the way for me, your supposed to plant seeds of corn, then wait a whle, plant bean seeds, wait a while then plant squash seeds.I planted out greenhouse raised corn plants, then bean seeds then greenhouse raised squash plants, so the corn had a good head start and where...

They were beautifully sweet Jenny, far nicer than shop bought. I picked most of the bigger ones during the first week in November in the polytunnel and the small cherry type a couple of weeks earlier from my outdoor bed. We started with with 4 trays of green/orange ones as well as a few bunches...

Although we don't grow sprouts any more we never used to get any problems - and we do get a lot of strong wind across the open field during the winter.I think that well composted soil retains good structure even when firmed down. We used to put a lot of compost down each year and, when...

Evening After doing some more reading and research I think I have Alpinia nutans (Cinnamon Ginger)rather than Elettaria cardamomum (Cardamon). This significantly increases the odds of it making through to next summer. See for more information Nigel