Edible Gardening

Earlier on I asked if anyone had experience of Marshalls' "misted tips" strawberry plants, and apparently nobody had. It's a technique for bringing on runners, and is more expensive than regular bare-rooted plants. I decided to order some anyway and they arrived this morning. I'm always a bit...

sorry JWK i dont know ,i was given the plant by a neighbours son ,but it sounds like your russian variety,it is an unusual taste, dont know that i like it too much

Wait for it to open naturally Liz, it won't be receptive before that and you risk damaging it. I've tried exactly this in the past, but it didn't work, you just need a bit of patience and catch them within a day or two of opening.

oh brill, thats great! been really keen to pull em 2! cant wait to see whats been happening all this time underground! jane

Ok that works for me as well :-)

Jane; netting will stop more eggs being coming, but you will have to do something about those caterpillars already munching your veggies. If you don't have many pick them off by hand and squish any eggs you see, or consider spraying if you aren't a greenie.

I sort of did that last year. I cut back the plants in the autumn and kept them in pots over winter until I had space for them. I planted them out early in the year and had a good crop from the earlies and now the second lot are ripening, so assuming we get a late summer, I'm looking forward to...

"and i have the minipop, looking very nice, 2 m tall with 4 cobs! Great fun and they tend to stay tender for long, just wont be that sweet, which might be a god thing anyway"I take the male bits off the top to stop them pollinating. Need picking when they are 4" long, or shorter."the little...

They seem to get hotter towards the stalk, having tried a couple from a plant I bought at the Chilli Festival. Its deceiving, at first they seem mild then as you nibble more - whamo!

Thanks, will try that!Space is not a problem as I can sink them into the raised beds that my onions and garlic have just vacated. Maybe at the side that is shaded from the afternoon sun by our trees.

Thanks Alice, I should have mentioned that I have raised beds, but nonetheless the Garlic, Onions and Shallots didn't do very well this year.

Thank you, I will look into them :o) I'm waiting for my partner to build me a veggie box but he's got to get some wood first. We have a bit of mud that isn't being used in our back garden (its the only bit of mud) and he is going to build me a veggie box there :o) I can't wait. I want to get...

Thanks for your nice comments :thumb: seedstotal, the moderators might be after you if you flash a picture of your giant pumpkin :hehe: :hehe:

In the conservatory I have kept a plant for two years. No new fruit in the winter, but the fruit lasts a long time on the plant. It looked pretty xmassy in December. New flowers in spring, not as much as year 1 but plenty for a family.

It's ok Seedstotal you win some you loose some and in the end I lost very few onions indeed the ones that didn't do too well were one raised bed of red onions, thankfully I had a few rows in the big onion bed so I didn't miss out on the reds.:wink:Hel.xxx.

Ive had the same problem this year we live in a very exposed site and even with firm support they ve suffered some damage.

Ive grown some asparagus plants from seeds this year in the greenhouse,which is quite shaded and they are doing very well. Ive potted them on twice and they are now in 4" and 5" pots. What do I do now ? can I leave them in the green house untill I plant them out in May? Do I need to pot them on...

Hope you washed them first , could be the next door,s cat. Only joking , not sure never come across this problem. Can only think it is somthing that has got onto the toms ie chemical of some sort.

"the chemicals just not supposed to be around our food"It aint that easy ...Sure, all the complex things that Man has concocted, hard to know what is damaging and how bad until it is let lose in the environment. Product A proven safe, Product B proven safe ... but what about a cocktail of...

wow! That is sthg new!!!!!!