Edible Gardening

We sometimes forget what lack of light and warmth can do. Anyone with Gilbert White's "Natural History of Selbourne" can read up about a terrible summer where the sun didn't shine, the crops failed and the whole country stank. They didn't know what was causing it at the time, but he had...

Thanks so much, guys :D So just remove the badly effected leaves, keep doing what I'm doing and....stop panicking.

I read an article some time back which stated that a good way of increasing cordon tomato yield - in areas where the growing season is short - is to allow just one side shoot to develop into a second leader. Pinch out all side shoots except the one immediately below the first flower truss. This...

I've not grown Cucumbers before as i've always considered it the Devils own vegetable along with Brussel Sprouts. But Atticus L sent me some seeds so i'm giving it a go. This thread has been usefull to me, as I hadn't a clue about cultivation

They won't rot jenn, if anything they will thrive in all this rain

Looks great! I am insanely jealous and this close to rushing out and stomping all over my beds in a fit of hissyness!! :-))

Good luck Pat, I'll got every thing crossed for you.

Thanks guys your advice and support really helped, I just need to think about the issues John pointed out about the soil coming out

and the bush itselfbit scraggely because they've either eaten it or stuck it together

Thanks LadsThanks Kirsten, Thanks Ziggy Ill get them ordered tomorrow

My pleasure, let us know if that helped at all, feedback is always good.

Hi Whittall, Welcome to GC first of all and tis a shame about your tomato plants. Thanks for posting this though helps first timers like me looking out for things like that although mine are not in a GH now. Hope you manage to get some help

Thanks Alice.

Dai, I've never seen an apple get to 25mm across and not be pollinated.The unpollinated ones drop off just after flowering with out forming fruitlets.The tree does drop fruitlets at or after the 25mm stage, but thats due to the "June drop", (usually in July), and has more to do with what the...

Picked a few of our first strawberries today , think our raspberries will still be a while even though they are swelling quickly :thumb:

They look very nice Golfer.Mr Kandy picked our first ones yesterday but could resist eating some of them before we got them home:D

Welcome xert, Kristen is spot on with the mulching between the veg. A lot of my plot has only recently been "reclaimed" & the weeding was getting in the way of going fishing. Luckly, I got hold of some ancient compacted straw to use as a mulch, really kept the weeds down and kept the moisture in.

Nice one Pixie Found the piece I was thinking of, Late Blight Disease on Home Garden Tomatoes Its to do with Zoospores overwintering on un frozen plant debris and forming much more resistant Oospores which have the potential to reproduce and make more virulent strains of the blight. Very...

Most likely they are being eaten from inside I'd guess though can't be sure. Here's a good link to onion problems > GARDEN Onion - DISEASES, PESTS AND PROBLEMS