Edible Gardening

Cucumber's crop much sooner than Tomatoes etc., so I think you will be OK. My book says they take 12 weeks, but that is from an early sowing when the weather is cold and the light is poor / short days.Mine were sown at beginning of March and the first fruit was 10 weeks later.(That's in a...

I agree, I don't worry about it, "it happens"

Double edged sword. As CluedUp1 said the tinsy winy ones will make spuds, and the others will bulk up. But the "New Potato" flavour will be less Wow-y (well, that's my opinion, I'd be interested to hear how you think the taste changes, or not, over the next few weeks)So it depends how many...

At this time of year its difficult stopping it running to seed. Just keep nipping off the flowers Holttum, it makes the plant produce a few more leaves and you'll get another couple of weeks worth of leaves. I'm on my third batch of spinach this year, as soon as I plant out one set I start...

The view from the bar at the top is fantastic though.Only problem is, a friend who works there has advised that all their secretaries have no external windows near them and face towards the centre. As they are on the 31st floor when it gets very windy during the windows the some of the...

Multi-compost (Arthur Bowers, but I suspect any would do)

I have put in somw grun gooseberies in raised beds this year and their leaves gone red,is this normal or do i have a problem . My invicta , careless and grun grown in the same way all seem to be normal.

It might survive, hopefully another branch will appear lower down and will take over as the main leader.

Ive planted a load in tubs and put them along the back wall of the greenhouse. Ive netted the back wall and im putting a frame up as extra support too, must be around 10"s already.Some of my out door peas are upto 5 feet high and they are supposed to be dwarf plants of 2-3 feet only.

I spent 10 years in Eire the home of the potato, and found them to be horrid . It wasnt until Lidl and Tesco came then we could get U.K. potatoes, I am from the West Mids and we loved the Shropshire potatoes, i now live in Wales and last week had some "Welsh" potatoes ,my O.H. said...

I have deleted it now but there was some suggestion she was an oversized gherkin

" during a wet season where they seem to achieve very large proportions and seem slower to go 'over'"Yes, I'm with you on that. I can't really control that very well although I can obviously take it into account early in the season, compared to mid-season - on average at least."Crop...

Good answer John. Phrased much better than I would have managed :thumb:

My Candid Charm F1 have leaves growing like a Hispy Cabbage, so I think its designed to be self-covering :thumb: ... but no head yet, so I'll see.

As some of you know I've been trying to gather some data on cropping times and timings so that I can plan my vegetable garden better.This comes about because I have traditionally gardened by sowing a row of lettuce and then my DW quite rightly complaining that a) we don't need a couple of...

Wow thanks Kristen thats great!! I will definately try your fab idea!!

Yep, I get that too. I just pinch them out :thumb:

"surplus young vegetable plants"Although perhaps give any Brassica plants a miss - avoiding Club Root (which is transmitted in soil) is definitely worth .. .errrmmm ... "avoiding"

Hi i wondered if anyone is able to help. Its my first year of growing this year. I have some early onward peas growing which had started to pod this week. One of the plants this morning has a black brown colour on the pods and some leaves. I wonder if anyone can suggest what this might be and if...