Edible Gardening

No point in growing them small :D:D:D:D:D:D

I'm not too sure about your strawberries, I think they are hardy so can go out now - must say I've only ever grown them outside and they don't mind the cold at all.Your tomatoes should not be in a cold greenhouse, anything below 10 deg C and it will really slow them down, and they must be...

Thanks as ever. I learn something every day in this place

Named varieties of plants are protected by Plant Breeders Rights, these are administered by Defra in Cambridge who hold lists of who bred what, I don't think these lists are publically available on-line.Basically when someone breeds a new variety they are protected (like copyright law) from...

Drainage looks good around there Eddie

Thank you very much for replying I shall get it planted seperately today, I wish I had been ready to do it in the autumn, but hey ho we can try! God bless, Hetty xx

Thank you. Shall check it out

. Though not if you have had bligh anywhere near.The potatoes will not then keep to the next planting season, but if they do, you will only transfer blight from one season to the next!I know people on here advocate saving their own seed, and no doubt they might get away with doing so,...

thank you for the all the amazing reply you all have made, especially the first reply, that is one long replyso as i know nothing, do i not grow vegetables and fruits in pots in that greenhouse type thing? what do i have to do? do i need to plant the seeds or bulbs in the ground? if i do,...

I knew you were the one to beat Dan and I gracefully acknowledge defeat....... OK, now I'm after a 5kg onion LOL :D

Thanks Dave... will move to the utility window! :thumb:

Just let them grow then Mark.You might need to pot on again next year into bigger pots and watering and feeding will be something that will need to be fairly constant through the summer months.

I know what you mean too. This year Im trying one called 'Orange baby' which is said to have smaller sized, but plentiful crop. We shall see what they are like.

Thanks guys. Since posting my question we have had some very hard frosts in N,Ireland which has had a bad effect on the surviving cabbages,so I have taken your advice and lifted any that were usable small as they may be. I am now preparing the ground for a new crop. Second time lucky

Have to agree with JWK regarding outdoor grown Gardener's Delight - I'm salivating just at the thought of this summer's crop! Three years ago I tried 'Sparta' as an under-cover crop for the first time mainly due to reading a write-up of taste comparisons in a gardening mag. I wasn't...

I just drizzle them with a little olive oil and pop them under,they're nice fried in the pan after bacon too.

I grew Soya beans a couple of years ago just as an experiment, to test how susceptible they were to weedkiller. I chucked them after they got past the seedling stage so can't give you any proper advice. All I remember was that the seed was not easy to find (specialist mail order in the end)...

Thanks for that pete i havethem at the back end of my greenhouse. It is in two sections and it has only bin the last coupple of weeks iv gone in to that section. There has been no vetalation at all all the windows have been shut. Think i will look out for that next winter and leave the window...

Aaron & Pete, Thanks - Interesting thoughts - Pete you may have a point - Let's see if we have an Northern Italian member who could shed some light on this - As I fear the locals here havn't tried anything new for a few centuries

Mad idea! Carrots don't transplant well - they will fork. Who would buy plug plants when they are so easy to grow from a cheap packet of seeds