Edible Gardening

Many thanks - I'm happy to accommodate anything up to about 18" and don't mind providing supports, it's just that there didn't seem much point if these poor things were going to be walked on one side and have their 'parts' chopped about by the lawn mower on the other. Yes - I know, I could...

I'm not sure, but in practice the tuber sends up more than one shoot, sometimes its suggested that you should remove some of the shoots of chitted seed to about three shoots.Either way, like any plant it seems to put most energy into one main shoot and a couple of lesser shoots, all capable of...

Personally I'd start again. I doubt any real root growth has taken place and the check in growth will make the plants stall.It could easily be another month before they actually start to grow.Pumpkins need as long a growing season as it possible in the UK, so a month of no movement will be...

It's only natural you want to protect your plants Emma, we all feel the same. They will reward you in the end :gnthb:

well i took the plunge and planted mine outside under cover, they was getting to big for pots, i noticed something strange, well i thought it was strange anyway. 1 of my corn seedlings had two plants coming from one seed. surely that isnt right isit. theyare f1s, could it be down to that. many...

Right. So I'll stop chucking the washing-up water on the roses to kill the greenfly like my Mum told me.:thumb: (I'm 60) Must get hold of a medium to tell her how naughty she was.:lollol:

thanks! :-)

I just let them grow, I dont do any pinching out at all.A 10in pot the first year will be fine, kept in a warm spot outside you should get some fruit in late august and september, even october.Feed like tomatoes.At the end of the season, cut back hard and dry out the pot, it will survive...

thanks for that,,I'll not cut it back yetappreciated

If the chippings are on top of the soil rather than in it I'd not worry too much, as IMHO they'll not deplete nitrogen at root level to any significant degree, but will act as a moisture retaining barrier.I've for the past umpteen years always had my courgettes planted out in early May, but...

Thanks! That did cross my mind, thankfully! I am yet to get something to line it. I need to do i real soon though as my green beans are in desperate need of bigger growing space. I'm scared to put them outdoors yet though, it's been chilly here the past week or so :(

chop the flowers off - all of them and it should be ok loopy

Hello,This is my first post so excuse me if I'm stumbling around, not a user of forums. I am growing various tomato plants and am worried about blight, I also have potatoes in containers.I am hoping there is a picture attached to this and someone might be able to let me know what the...

the ants wont hurt ya spuds. i just earth mine up as they pop out the soil. . Use enough soil so that just about 5cm of stem are left visible above the mound. This will ensure enough folliage is left to allow the plant to carry on growing strongly, but will stop light getting to the tubors...

I didn't find any nice scent from the cherry logs Boghopper. They smouldered away rather than burned. Something which does smell nice on the fire is Eucalyptus. We had a big one which came down in a storm and it made great logs.

Keep earthing them up as the leaves emerge from the soil, the reason is mainly to encourage more tubers to grow although it is an easy way to get a couple of nights protection against the frost. :thumb:

thanks stingo they arrived this morning, i have some duchy originals sturion onions allium cepa, if you would like to try some. pm me ill send some.

I'm currently growing a pumpkin (Jack o Lantern), but more for the curiousity of it all than for a giant pumpkin. I'm almost certain I don't have room since I only have plant pots to keep it in (yes I do know how large the plants can get), but hey ho, I planted it anyway.:lollol:It's what...

Brilliant thanks, Larkshall and Steve. I'm definately going to give it a go, even if, as Blueroses says, its just for the experiment! As for my original post, my 20p toms hare doing brilliantly and have grown up enough to be spending the days out and nights still in the greenhouse, I'll plant...

Blimey!!I wish I'd read this a few weeks ago!! :-)We just took the seedling plug thingies from the windowsill, potted them into three inch pots and left them to it in the polytunnel.They are going great guns now.I've always thought of tomatoes as quite robust. Our next batch of...