Edible Gardening

A weak feed might help but I think it has more to do with amount of daylight. They pick up quickly from now on.Without lights I don't think sowing earlier would make much difference.

Thanks again - I’ve heard of people spraying with diluted milk, so I’ll give that a go rather than a chemical.It’s hard to say whether the spores did any damage; as soon as I spotted them (the house was rented out so they could have been there for months) I just cut every shoot or small limb...

Cool, I'll give that a go. Ironically this is the first house (out of 5) where the garden isn't full of clay! I can try something similar with my loamy soil though.Re the strawberries, I was planning on wild (alpine) strawberries, so there's not such an issue with larger bits of fruit getting...

@Black Dog Really intirgued by the choke berries. I've got a friend who loves to turn whatever he can into jam, and these might be a real winner for that. Plus..those bright orange leaves are so attractive. The only problem is that I may have some cross plot neighbours for drawing in the birds ...

Everyone has their own way of growing potatoes.I prefer the all-in-one-go approach so no adding compost layer by layer.Here are tidbits that you might find useful for growing main crop potatoes:- Each eye on a chitted potato is cable of forming one plant; - Each plant produces on...

This is part of the rhubarb patch, at the beginning of the week, so I may be able to pull some in a week or two's time I need to weed it and compost.

Your welcome

If it's a new rhubarb then better just leave it alone for a year and it will double its Harvest in the upcoming one.If it's an old and established obey there is no harm in digging it up, cutting it in half and replanting it in a new spot (and then letting it grow uninterrupted for two years)

I only ever grew these once and if I remember correctly they are pretty unstable plants even when planted out and full grown. Seem to remember them getting blown over very easily. I'd be careful about burying the stems too deep, maybe some support would be a better idea.

Thanks for the advice, I may keep going with them then. Pointed cabbage is one of my favourites to grow. Not only does it look rather impressive it's so tasty. I only grew 4 last year and I reckon I really have space for 8. During the summer we were eating homegrown cabbage once a week. Sautéed...

Parsnips and carrots (i like a roast parsnip or two) I'm not sure if bags will suffice. If you've got room in the raised bed I'd put them in there without the manure. I'd grow those in a deep loam with a nice dressing of blood fish and bone raked in, maybe a bit of homemade compost if available.

Cheers, wont be doing that again then

Thanks Mike. I've bought a Low Stem Walnut tree the label says it's height will be between 125 and 150cm. I'm going to grow it in a 40cm pot at the moment.They also had apple, plum, pear and chestnut trees all low stem.

Thanks for the reply. Good to hear they did well. I ordered Purple Queen and Yellow Rocquencourt seeds last night. Both dwarf French bean. Rusty

Tnx .. I'll leave a while then

The post from @Chilllipepper was 3 year ago .

Ailsa craig i found to produce loads of fruit with no taste a complete waste of time,

If you have any stables local ask them for manure. If they have a big pile dig right into it to get to the well rotted stuff. I normal get mine off a local chap, who has 3 or 4 piles at differing ages. The oldest pile is like compost and is great stuff. Unfortunately due to the current...

just looked ...well spotted thank you

Have used the Vitax branded ones, expect they will all come from the same maker ?They can last for 3 months or so, though do need careful handling as they can get quiet soft the older they become and the wetter you keep them.Placing them in one of these 24 cell trays helps keep them upright...