Edible Gardening

I saw that prog Miraflores and was wondering whether the root went straight down in which case the owner would have had to dig that deep to get it out in one piece. It must have been curled up surely.It was the runner beans which amazed me. How did they get that little curl on the ends -...

I have had some of my parsnips too Fonzie and they were sublime. I'm going to take advice and leave the others until after our first frost - although I think they may be very large by then.How come you got leeks :confused: Mine are just about the thickness of a knitting needle.It's...

Thanks D.W. As a rule I don't want early anything as we are over run with veg. It is just very annoying as with raised beds you plan against antisipated use, and when 10% of your crop produces at the wrong time it breaks a spoke in the wheel. (not that I am a ex accountant and no my life is not...

Following the floods, veg prices in the shops are rising and expected to continue upwards for some time.Any ideas for good crops to plant now for harvest in the Autumn? It's a bit late for most crops and you can only eat so many salad leaves.

Welcome musicmaker!I only joined myself yesterday It seems like a friendly bunch around here i'm sure you'll have a nice stay

Hiya,I have grown Coriander as i love it in salads and other cooking requirements. Let me know how you get on with the vedge and i may be brave enough to try next year. My 16 year old loves cucumbers, he will quite literaly sit with a whole one and munch it right up during a film (the boy is...

Hope you have more success with your melons' than I have with my pomegranate and kumquate.Have one kumquate on a large bush, thinking of cutting the bloomin thing into tiny peices and having a cerimonial bbq when it ripensGood luck,Paulap.s. you don't have to be mad to live here but...

hi liz, this has been true for me too although we seem to be getting more sunshine than most of the country, but I have never known the ground so wet.

Hello, we too are having a bumper crop of tatties but the peas are a big disappointment this year. The pods are yellowing on the plants and the size of the peas in them is miniscule. The broad beans were infested with black fly and the runner beans are only just beginning to be big enough to...

The side shoots are probably the cobs forming Kevin, later there are long strands of almost sticky threads that appear from these, each thread goes back down into the shoot to the corn. The pollen from the male flower on the top of the stem has to transfer down onto these threads to pollenate...

Our Maris Bard have grown to a decent size, but Sharpes Express are a bit disappointing

Hi MatthewOut of your list, I have grown beetroot, runner beans and radishes (not sure of the varieties either). They have all done well and, as a first time veggie grower, I'm very pleased.

Yes kedi, I'm not sure that pic is an exact match but if you look at some of the others it appears to be a variable plant. Dont think its good to eat though. :(

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Has anyone had this? The monsoon-like rain we`ve had has sent my 6ft+ sugar snaps almost horizontal.I`ve tied them back umpteen times but to no avail.The back row of sweetcorn is being choked.

Thanks, folks, it looks like there are indeed various ways of reusing it then. Some winter veggies might be a good idea, and I'll add some fertiliser granules.

Thanks for the replies I still have one in a pot outside that looks ok I may move him in the greenhouse I cannot find out if the male flowers should be removed on this plant it is called "Perfection" if one cucumber is fertilised will that meen the whole harvest from that plant will be bitter...

many thanks for your reply elainefiz i might give it a whirl , despite the weather we are having just lately i have managed to grow a bit of stuff in pots i started doing flowers last yr fed up of paying silly prices at garden centres ! and thought it would be nice to try some veg i have done...

Perhaps I was wrong, from the pic it looked like the corn hadn't formed, perhaps it had but was not ripe, unlike the main cob. :rolleyes:

I think it's been a bad year for veggies in general with all the rain we've had. Let's hope for more sunshine to dry things out and ripen then.