Edible Gardening

Sounds good. V

hallo, sorry for late reply -- my pear is about 10 years old, i,ve had it for 5 years -- i think it needs an other pollinator nearby which i was not told about/did not know about -- so i think i will sell it to a gardening friend who has room for two trees in her garden & i shall opt for a...

Cheers infradig. I wish i'd posted on here before cutting off half the leaves, but the plants seem to have survived. For now!

So I have Cercospora Leaf Spot on some of my beetroot leaves - it's not bad but I've removed the affected leaves. My fault really having never grown beetroot before; the leaves have grown very well (as have the roots) and the leaves are much too close together (I have the plants in a large...

@Paul Blackburn How are the new plantings? Did we succeed ?

I chit my beans on damp kitchen roll and usually get germination within two days then plant them immediately.

That’s great, thank you for your help.

Don't give up, you never know

What's actually happening, are the leaves rolling up. Are there any insects on the backs of the leaves.

I've never had the issue but good idea with the sticks

Grape vines are remarkably tough and tolerant of soil conditions; I've seen them growing in everything from well mulched borders in a greenhouse, to sunbaked thin soil on schist. Have been advised that you should throw a dead animal into the planting hole toget the vineoff to a good start. They...

Yes, of course if you want to.

If you decide to buy some strawberry plants it would be best to get them started in late summer so that they get rooted before winter and be raring to go next spring.

@ricky101 , Aminopyralid has also been found in bagged composted manure and could potentially be found in general (bagged) compost. Just sayin’…

Thanks again everyone, much appreciated.

My plot was used as a horse pasture for a few years before i got it, that may have helped a little

Thanks all. I have a number of young plants right now and it's only over the past few days that they've started flowering. Mostly producing male flowers but a few female too (four so far) so I've been fertilizing manually using a very small and soft paintbrush.As an aside, today another female...

Oh, I can let you have some cuttings.

Morning, yes all done. It was very easy so hopefully it'll still fruit! Thanks for your advice

I put in a series of drain holes along the bottom I did see some worms as I was turning it over too. I didn't really want to brim it too much so as to keep the soil from spilling onto the patio when my 11 year old starts "farming" it If it settles a bit I'll try and add some soil