Edible Gardening

I wouldn't recommend it as a way of actually growing lots of spuds.But then I've never tried it from early in the season, only about july time.Would be interesting perhaps to cut some of the shoots off of a potato and root them up in pots, planting out in perhaps May, and see what you get.

Hi Beanie I have found that splitting plants from other healthy ones is infallible. Sowing seeds can be a bit hit and miss (I shouldn't say that as I sell artichoke seeds) so for my own use I take a healthy plant and cut off side shoots with roots in spring and plant it in well dug and...

Hmmm ... looks like Cucumber Mosaic Virus (which would be really bad :( ) or perhaps Verticillium Wilt (in which case I believe there should be brown streaks inside the plant stems) - I think the plant may be able to grow out of this, my book says to keep the plant at 75F for two weeks - perhaps...

Its a pity I cant them grow in the garden! I think I tried three sowing last year. All failures. Now... where can I find an empty window ledge?

Hi RussThe little devils will do this, won't they? I seem to remember that deeper planting used to be frowned upon for some resaon but I've done it myself without any ill effects. I also used to tie any particularly floppy ones to little stakes to keep them off the ground.

I wonder if these Black Turtle beans are what you recall Larkshall?http://www.localharvest.org/heirloom-black-turtle-bean-seed-C6667

Bury them up to the initial two "seed leaves" when you pot them up (particularly if they are a bit "leggy")

There's Shetland Black on ebay at the moment

Thank you for all your wonderful advice!Kind RegardsClaire:gnthb:

Personally I wouldn't take a risk with any plant that doesn't look quite right and you don't know what is wrong with it, it's not worth the risk easy enough to grow some from seed,now is the right time.

As I understand it Murdo, watercress is usually grown in moving water, i.e. stream beds, so although you draw water from the tank, much of the time it is not moving. Caution sounds the best option. :thumb:

I fancy trying these or red ones if I can find them!But worried about them being invasive...do you think potato sacks would work?

The two runs of wire netting were about 20cm apart and the squash grew up between and beyond them. In fact when we went away for a three week holiday some of the squash tendrils had managed to attach themselves to a row of peas growing next to them!As far as varieties go I can't really...

Many thanks guys :gnthb:

"I have literally just planted some seeds in a seed tray"Sweetcorn don;t like to have their roots disturbed - if your seed trays are not the "individual pot" type I recommend that you transplant them as soon as the root has started growing (this will be before you see any leaf showing) and I...

If you have just planted new Raspberry canes, and if they are Summer fruiting (rather than Autumn) then they should be cut down to "almost nothing" - which is what it sounds like you have done?You won't get a crop this year, but the idea is that by forgoing a crop this year the plant devotes...

Not that you should take any notice of me, but I'm going to sow my dwarf beans this weekend, keep them inside for a couple of weeks and then move them on to the plastic greenhouse for 1st May, planting them out (probably under a polytunnel initially) as soon as they're big...

The photographs may look good, but I'm selective with the camera ... we need another couple of years for all the started projects to come together a bit, so I suggest you leave it a little while yet!

Hi Murdo (Jackie) I had good success last year in the allotment shame I don't have any room this year for any more. I do have some Lady Christal in Marshalls sacks I only planted 2 in each sack ( well it looks like that is what is growing) and I think that was too few 3 would have probably...

:dh: Thank you.......