Edible Gardening

Thank you all. The germination timescale is very unpredictable, I did a whole packet at the same time about 4 weeks ago, 4 popped up quickly and 1 had just popped up! They are very leggy seedlings though. I've had them indoors. I'll try some more with a bag over to create a "greenhouse", see...

Look up pear scab, caused by the Venturia pirina fungus and see if that looks like what you have.

I think what a lot of people don't realise is that to get good quality eating grapes you need the patience of a saint regarding thinning out.Not a job I have ever mastered, it's just too fiddly.

If you have the room to spare I would suggest planting some garlic in between the strawberries. Just take a few cloves and shove them in the ground. Keeps some bugs and most of the slugs away that would normally decimate your Harvest. And also - free garlic

Ahh good point re pollination! Thank you. I'll put them outdoors.

These are the side-shoots you need to remove:On the middle one just check there are flowers coming on the main growing stem to the left, there do look to be but hard to tell from a photo.

No but I would try layering or semi ripe cuttings late summer.

Its blister aphid , I wouldn't worry to much about it.

No you didn't cave in you adapted

They probably did have too much heat, but not enough light. I'd pot them up to the first leaves like you say, but then put them in a unheated very light place..coldframe /greenhouse or under a make shift clear plastic sheet. Cabbages are relatively hardy, but they do like full light.

Yes 4 years old. I cut a few last spring but didn't give in to temptation.I cooked some last weekend. I wrapped them in dry cured bacon and baked them in the oven. Served with hollandaise sauce.

I've been composting some cardboard boxes but I find the masses of parcel tape on them a real pain TBH and often just put them in the recycle bin and let someone else sort it out.

These are my favourite varieties too.

I grow a few different mints, I think Moroccan is the best for tea for my taste. Mine are in pots sunk into the ground. In the spring I take them out the pot and split into 4 with a spade. Put a quarter back into the same pot with fresh compost. You get another 3 pots. It sounds harsh but they...

Ah yes hello I remember, hope youre good!Yes I was growing Schefflera arboricola, Justicia rizzinii, Tibouchina urvilleana and Chamaedorea elegans in my parents driveway, they got rid of it as they wanted to widen the driveway.. However it never happen so it has been reinstated with plants,...

Thanks @Hanglow for the recommendations, I have already bought my seed after realising I was growing late varieties. I have cauliflower Boris for an early crop, if it doesn't perform at least it will have plenty of excuses like its namesake. Also got an early sprout call Crispus. I intend to...

This my first year with citrus (a small lime) and I've stuck it in the greenhouse over winter. Most windows are missing so lots of ventilation! Leaves seem ok for now

Thank you all very much! I love the thought of @Black Dog's mysterious travelling plant, and @JWK made Chester sound tempting - I gather that also has pretty pink flowers, which must be a bonus. However I ended up ordering a bare-root 'Merton Thornless'; that's meant to stay relatively compact,...

That’s terrible Pete. The real McCoy should come early. We can buy them now locally but that’s too early I think. Should be late Feb at the earliest I suppose? And then in to April. Thereafter either they’ve been planted late or they’ve been left in the ground for ages I suppose (tops cut...