Edible Gardening

Almost certainly flea beetle. Scourge of all small brassicae. Its what has stopped farmers growing spring canola (oil seed rape) since a suitable insecticide has been banned. Very fine netting could be used to cover seedlings, but make sure you shut them out not in!.Traditonal remedy was to drag...

Looks like leaf miners. Hold a leaf up to the light and you might be able to see the insect inside the leaf . They often grow out of it if it doesn't get too bad.

Brilliant, thanks @NigelJ As it happens, I did feed with Miracle Gro today (quite impressed with the hose attached feeder); I am quite happy to hack open more of the membrane if it is needed to allow sideward spread or for chicken pellets - indeed, the membrane stops at the right hand side...

I only got toms, basil, thyme, betroot, lettuce, spring onions……growing in the greenhouse at the moment

looking at what you received... is a pitiful sight ... and tickled pink !! oh my !which company did you receive it from ?

It's not the normal practise to pinch out the tips of edible peas but it will be interesting to see how yours perform @Michael Hewett

@pete there was a whitening on the shed roofs on Monday morning and cold with almost constant rain for two days, strong north winds also. Then yesterday afternoon sunshine and warmer temps, okay today also. I have cut the three blackened leaves off, I’ll check it again in the morning and if more...

Inside the shaded 8X6 in early June 2021, the French beans planted out (salad crops lower down):Inside the 8x8 Aug last year, Melons and Cucumbers:Mainly tomatoes inside the 12x8 last year in early august:

I had yellow seedlings that stalled growing in100% peat compost. I dont think it has anything to do with what the compost is made of its more about how much fertiliser they add.They are probably adding less because or the war in Ukraine.

I usually take hardwood cuttings in winter when dormant, but I have rooted softwood cuttings.

Was it recently planted? It takes a t least a couple of years to establish. Slugs and snails do like the leaves when young.

It seems that my passiflora finally have decided to wake up from their slumber. I was already fearing the worst after what Pete said, but they seem to grow back faster and stronger than last year. It was an exceptionally mild winter, so that definitely helped.They are now producing 8-9 vines...

with regards to snail slugs etc does this help anti snail netting we have just started using nemasys but i went out in garden this afternoon and found snails on orange tree ..

Its not a small shed, its a mini greenhouse that i took the doors off that i built last year. It still has the roof and sides, but an open front. The back is the garden fence.

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.