Edible Gardening

Let the air get to them somewhere cool and dark so their skins dry out and harden. An old farmer once told me that you should lay out a bed of straw, then put a layer of spuds on it, then another layer of straw, then spuds again and so on. Needs to be somewhere cool, dark and dry though so...

yep these are oudoors . my toms are about 10 foot away is it likely to spread? ive been growing toms in the same spot for 5 years with no probs ,have not got room for crop rotation

I got my Elephant Garlic from the same place as Kandy, except I bought them as eaters rather than the more expensive seed bulbs. A couple of them I split up and planted, so far they have been rust free, must have got lucky for once.

Thats a real puzzle Brian - it would be a shame to give up though, maybe next year grow just a couple of toms and use the extra space for the stuff Kristen said in post #2.

Ive read that all leaves should be cut after plant has fruited,i,m trying that this year Farmers used to set fire to the straw after fruiting which probably bears this out. The plants like ablast of cold winter air so leave them out over winter but dont let them get waterlogged or dry out hope...

Thanks for that looks good.....

Hi F-S, I'm sure you will enjoy it. Get used to tasty fresh veg like this for a month or two and going back to the shop stuff will be a horrible comedown.

I reckon starting one a month would give you continuity - the carrots in the pot should provide a month's harvest from first one being ready to the last one starting to go woody.But there again, it depends how many you eat in a month - if you can eat twice as many as have germinated then start...

Hi all, I have around 5 spinach seedlings sprouted up and are around 3-4 inches long and have just started to sprout there 3rd leaf, when i say leaf i say this loosly, looks like blades of grass. When should i put them into there individual pots. I was thinking of a 5l pot per plant is this...

Lokking nice and healthy now Bob, start picking the first few when they are small otherwise you end up with loads maturing at the same time.

Thats true Flinty. I eat those ones first, they will not store.Teressa, onions that have bolted will have a very thickened stem which never seems to dry out, segregate these ones and scoff them first.

I've leafed through my horticulture book, and can't find the bit about certain flowers affecting fruit set. Maybe I'd remembered it wrong or maybe i read it somewhere else. I did find a couple of interesting bits that may be relevant to this thread though, if only for interest rather practical...

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That is a rip off, we can buy a 4 stone (25 kg) bag of spuds at our farm shop for about that price.

I put the yeast in first, then the flour ... and finally the water :D

At the end of last season I cut down the whole vine and hung it upside down in the garage, and we picked Tomatoes off it for a month or two after that. Bit early to be contemplating that just yet, I need some sunshine before then!

Freedom Spark:Nothing special re pollination but it's difficult to water the base only so they have been showered and fed fairly regularly with a medium rose watering can. We've also had a fair number of bumble bees in the greenhouse and they are brilliant pollinators. Other than that...

Thanks everyone, seems I need to water a bit more consistently by the sounds of it. I'll continue to use the flesh, sounds like the poor watering isn't doing the tomatoes any harm apart from cosmetic. I'm using them right off the vine anyway, so no storage issues. Cheers! :gnthb:

They dont like being moved, mine took ages to grow after being moved but the ones that i left grew really quickly. Leave the plants untill four proper size leaves have formed and they will do better. When you move them expect them to wilt over for about a week or so. Keep them netted too or the...

I did not know that Pam many thanks for the tip robert