Edible Gardening

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I originally planted my cabbages to close together so they did not heart. However I have learnt from this. I gave them all a good foot and a half each side and they have grown fantasticallly with lovely solid hearts.Did you give your cabbages enough space? Are they a variety that hearts?

well done you! mine died of powdery mildrew :( I will try growing a resistant variety next year.

You could try insect netting Poppet. I'm usually plagued with whitefly and caterpillars on my brassicas and hate using insecticide. This year I netted and have had next to no problem. Another and cheaper option might be horticultural fleece.

Yep - Got 3!

Like the others I have frozen my excess chillies, and I find this to be the best method of storing them. I did once fill a jam jar with Habaneros and top up with Olive Oil, then placed them in an oven at 100 degrees for half an hour. This produced a wonderful oil to add to your cooking, in very,...

Has anyone grown these before?And are they successful would like to grow these in my greenhouse next yr.I have grown courgettes before but never baby.Can anyone help me?

Hi Scotkat,last year was my first attempt at sweetcorn and so i was a bit dubious,especially when the man in the next allotment said he`s never had much luck on account of the dodgy climate here in the North East.I can`t tell you much about how to grow baby corn but there is a note of a one...

What a whopper!!! Owen Olsen from Kaiserslautern won the contest for growing the heaviest pumpkin in Germany. His entry in the Pumpkin Weighing Contest on Sunday weighed 406,2 kilos!

Many thanks.

I would shell out the seeds, and then dry them.

Hello, frogesque! I was interested to read your posted link to the Pink Grapefruit last week.A couple of months ago I bought a Ruby Grapefruit tree. It is 85cm tall and of course I have it in the ground. I am looking forward to seeing my first flower!I love grapefruit juice and prefer it...

I gre some jerusalem artichokes by juts buying them at the supermarket three came up quite high - I had read that they are good asa windbreak and woudl liek to try this - can I replant the ones I have anybody have any idea about this? They didn tseem to Flower but came up very big and...

Just a note of caution about the windbreak angle - they are easily blown over if planted shallow or if it's windy, so I have to support them with stakes and string here in the fens :rolleyes:

Try growing mint near roses to deter aphids. You can also scatter mint leaves or mint oil in cupboards and near the point of entry to deter ants. Personally I've found the oil to work better than the leaves and peppermint works far better than spearmint .Add 5 tablespoons of peppermint...

Separated runners from my strawberry plants yesterday,looking very healthy and green.They are planted in borders of my greenhouse still looking green with new shoots.Have tried this once before and lost them even before I separated runners.This time there was a loot of base root on the...

certainly, if you want to avoid terrible colic pains which make you fear the worst....

I've read a second season is good for getting bigger roots, so I might leave them in a while yet.

I have planted my cranberry plants near to my blueberry because I believe they both like acid soil. Should I therefore be feeding the cranberry with the ericaceous feed as well?

great stuff - thanks very much indeed to you allmuch appreciated