Edible Gardening

Wild raspberries are very tasty if small, but the plants are almost as bad as Bindweed or ground elder for spreading. We have been trying to eradicate then from part of our garden for the last 14 years without total success. They really do spread far and wide by underground running woody roots....

thoughts of achef. New pots. should always be started in boiling water and lots of it. If you put spuds into to smaller ammount of water you may as well be starting them in cold water as they take too long to return to the boil they should come back to the boil asap. this goes for all veg...

Hi poohpouri, its not a stupid question at all.Rooster are an early main crop, and as they are flowering you could start harvesting them now. Scoop away the soil from one plant to see how big the tubers are and if big enough now then dig up as many as you need, the others will keep growing....

Try here for some information on rhubarb, but have a look here for some images of some more ornamental rhubarb.Take a photo, and post it on here, and see if we can help you!Hope this Helps!

Feed with tomorite sometime a liquid manure.

Thanks for the advice Kristen - I'll do what you suggest and just bring it in when it gets colder. Yeah, it did say on the instructions that a greenhouse was required, but I thought I'd give it a try anyway!

Now is the time sow seeds of Offenham direct - late July to early August :thumb:

Sounds like you have Summer Fruiting variety, so the canes that have sprung up this year will bear the fruit next year.You are supposed to cut them down to the ground straight after planting, so they build up their strength (and forgo a crop), so taking a crop and then cutting them down so you...

If you can get to a supermarket eg Tesco, Morrisons etc. The black buckets the flowers are delivered in are ideal , they usually sell them 8 for a quid is the rate at my Morrisons, and i am stocking up as come next spring they are like gold. Drill drainage holes in the bottom at least 12 ,...

... and my mangetout have been exceptionally sweet this year. Trouble is I planted a row right next to some 'normal' peas and they are now all mixed up in a big tangle.

omg they grow that big ?!?!?!Can i plant them directly into the ground, cause my greenhouse is tiny and could probs only hold about 2 that size lol.

Looks great ydd :gnthb: and the fruit is looking superb. We have large outdoor compost heaps where we let the spuds grow. As the heaps are so big (about 6ft x 6ft each) they can also get to 6ft high. We dig out the spuds near the surface but when we dig out the compost in the autumn/winter...

I get my plants of a friend of my late father. I think he gets his seed from one of the local garden centres. They are usually Burpless Tasty Green. I have had the same problem in previous years but not so bad. Usually the first 2-4 leaves getting it then shrivelling up but this year it seems...

My first girlfriend was a bit like that CapneyDave

im running out of room with mine - i never knew these beasts grew so large - the plant that is....

its on mine too so don't worry

I certainly do, you've got to be cruel to them initially.

Coincidentally that is what I planted in after some of my spuds-and they are also doing very well. Fingers crossed by both of us then lol.

OK TA. I'm not that daft on leeks as such....I just thought if she's planting 100 of them then maybe I should do some as well LOL !

If they germinate I'm afraid that the chances of them producing plums as good as the ones they came from is slim at best:( as to get the exact same cultivar you would have to use a form of vegetative propagation such as grafting due to cultivars not coming true from seed.Your best bet is to...