Edible Gardening

I've had root aphids on lettuce grown in pots too, but not when grown in the ground.

thanks Shiney, condensation isn't normally that bad, took photo's before the sun hit the greenhouse but its good to know for next year. All my remaining toms are in pots, dump the compost or can i use it the other side of house for things that aren't potato's or tomato's. Bed where the...

Hi Lucy, what do you mean by trim the stem back?

I cant see anything wrong. Sweet peppers sometimes take on a slightly black appearance before ripening.The strange shape might be due to pollination, but its nothing to worry about.

Wow !!

that reminds me...I must have another go at trying to grow lemongrass.

Lolly, they are an eleven month crop. Plant them, then forget them until next August,:gnthb:

Hey Shobhna, Wow, thats a good price. Couldn't grow it for that.:flag:

Thank you all for your replies - she'll be delighted to be able to grow something edible (other than a few leggy herbs!). In a previous life (when I worked for the Police), the office next to mine was occupied by the Drugs Squad ... their windowsill was 'home' to several tiny cannabis...

I think you should have had more fruit BUT we're in the middle of August now. Squash are not frost hardy so I doubt if you have time to get some more going and ripened before first frost. I think I would just leave the whopper you have to ripen - and plan for next year.

The first charlotte spud plant has pushed its head through today

What do you expect from a fruit called Tom?

I put our raised beds together yesterday ready for some autum planting garlic. Any tips / advice / potential pitfalls? I've not even filled them yet so there's probably plenty of scope for me to get something wrong. :hehe::flag: Andy

The secret is grow them in fields, Vince. All round me they grow in fields by the acre. They do booga in anybody's garden. I think cauliflowers give off something which is conducive to other cauliflowers growing so they will grow in big areas but they hate to grow beside other plants so will not...

Hi, We moved to our new house in May, the house had not been lived in for a couple of years, and although the garden is now neglected, you could tell it has been looked after in the past. We have inherited 3 Fruit Tees about 6 foot tall, 2 apple and 1 Pear. Unfortunately only one still has a...

Caught an ex-wood pigeon munching on mine! We will be munching on the wood pigeon tomorrow!

The most common cause of forking in carrots is a period of drought during early-mid development Last year one row of mine was perfect, the other all produced forked roots. Soil and fertiliser were the same and the only difference was about 6 weeks difference in sowing and the forked row went...

Snap!! Same here too unfortunately, but then I am always a little late being up here in the north.

Sorry, but the cucumber is the devils vegetable:hol::cry::wink:

Round here, it is the hedge cutters who destroy the nut crop. They cut the hedges back to the main stem any time from now, well before the hazels are even ready enough for the squirrels.