Edible Gardening

Chives and Parsley grow in ordinary soil no problem, Mint needs a bit of well rotted manure as well. For pots I would suggest a soil based compost like John Innes 3 for the above. For basil I use a peat based MPC and keep it in full sun and well watered.

This is my current structure……but having read a lot online about people growing in greenhouse and polly’s all year round and without bug and pest issues, i thought i would ask here if anyone does this

Quite often black fly get caught on the hairs on tomatoes, they are slightly sticky. I think the black fly mostly starve, but just stay there in the hairs.

That is a decent mix

Hi @misterQ thank you. It was very exciting to harvest them today. (My first since having a allotment) I'm not 100% sure which they are as I have planted Cherrybelle and Sparkler. Both are ready for harvesting but I forgot to check my labels before taking these out. Too excited

In the right conditions seeds can survive for over 20 years. One of the longest scientific experiments has proven that that plants seeds can survive and germinate successfully after 142 years and countingDont forget plants were here first. And will continue to be here after we destroy...

I'd try a one off sequested iron feed first, it should green up the foliage. Then for the rest of the season just a balanced feed should be ok.

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A lot of self-pollinating plants still can be improved by planting a suitable partner nearby to increase the yield. I would even suggest to plant a different variant that's compatible (same blooming time and compatible genome). This I because lots of plants are "made" by dividing them. So...

Hi both.Thanks so much for the reply. I am way into the season now and decided to go for a basic replenishment using some rock dust and some organic chicken manure. I let this rest and then after a week or so I added a couple inch layer of compost including homemade compost. I've since seeded...

How deep are they, going by the photo it's difficult to see but maybe planted too shallow.

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Thanks for your advise, I decided to plant half of the seedlings a bit deeper and half in the same depth. Both versions have been successful Next question : What do I do with the flowers? I'm a cucumber newbie and can't decide if these should be removed, left alone, or hand pollinated now that...

do you have a strawberry plant bottom right ?its the watering as you have mentioned , downside of them not growing evenly it stresses the plant out and you may have more that want to flower in the summer ..if they do just nip the bud off .Also I would use a water based feed that has quick...

I would definitely give them more room to grow. Those pots look tiny compared to the plant.Additionally it helps during summer as bigger pots can store more moisture for your plants. You don't have to water them daily that way.

Looks more like a dock leaf to me anyway.

As for what type, I've had a couple of goes at shoot-outs of all the varieties I could get from garden centres. Each time I've bought 3 plants of each type to compare them.Elsanta have always been large but flavourless, exactly like they always are in the supermarkets. Cambridge Favourite have...

Just stock up with matches, Tinks It really does work!

You're right, the past few springs have been quite warm and balmy! Not quite the same this year, sunny days followed by pretty chilly nights. Down to -1 some nights this week. Hoping this frosty spell will pass soon, but we are still pretty early in the year yet