Edible Gardening

you should have seen my others. Caterpillars got at my first batch and they was a mess. Thankfully I protected these ones much better from the butterflies

Problems basically. Cocaine in waste water can prevent eels from reaching sexual maturity. Hormones from "the pill" can cause problems with trout and other aquatic life not developing properly and deformed reproductive organs. As for anti depressants don't ask. They can make aquatic animals...

@Bear1 This might give you some ideas What fruit varieties are suitable for Northern Ireland?

I have overwintered realseeds 60day# broccoli in pots (6") undercover, to get an earlier crop. * Normal problems of slugs and white fly, but most survived. Placed outside in January c20th), and planted out as soon as weather brightened. Essential to cover with net as pigeons are hungriest then....

Clueless, I've grown them a few times. Grew much better in pots than in the ground. Can definitely grow fairly well in the UK though. Mine grew to around just under 2 feet.

Hi I had a james greives apple tree that the shoots and leaves kept ing dieing and looked to be cankered bought a red devil apple tree thinking it would do better but its cankered all round on the main trunck it's only 2 years old , I have a 3 year old fiesta that seems to be ok and I got a...

Some good advice Cheers all, will need to update my gardening notebook.

After reading around two suggestions 1) Manganese deficiency, 2) Virus.

I gave up smoking a pipe 40 years ago lol. Funnily though he and I share a lot of similarities, I'm a mad keen angler too.

That's interesting. Back in UK, I used the traps and found that they were sufficient....didn't need to spray!

I have been growing 3 tomato plants (at least!) in each growbag (x3) for many years & always get good results! I've done the same this year & the plants are growing very well. One, from a self-sown seedling, is now over a metre tall & has 4 trusses, 3 of which have tomatoes on them.This year...

Thanks all.Regarding it being crowded, that's a fair assessment. The only reason the courgettes are in there is because my dad's young dog sometimes visits, and she's crazy, and has a bizarre interest in potted plants. I keep meaning to bring them out into the garden.I usually feed up once a...

First couple of carrots harvested today, not winning any competitions but look good and taste great. The rest still have a while to go. Thanks for all the advise!

Pictures?

I'm at a bit of a loss then. "Could it have some root pest", or "could it have been scorched by reflection or watering" are the only things that spring to mind.Hm. Tricky.

From their website ("lovethegarden"):So it looks like 20ml in a gallon of water weekly.IIWY I would consider asking them the question (and reporting the answer here)!Edit: 01276 401300

It's currently in isolation and now looking incredibly sorry for itself. Will give it to the end of the week, and then try as you suggest. Shame we are not going to be having great weather this week.

I could be wrong but I think the number represents firmness on a 1 to 5 scale with 5 being the most firm.Objective method for measuring fi... preview & related info | Mendeley

Could be leaf miner

My Christmas cacti have both been in this window for years and are quite happy