Edible Gardening

Hi trogre. I agree with Dave. The only thing I would add is that unless you are growing a bush variety, the side-shoots need to be pinched out, assuming they are actually side-shoots and not leaves. A pic would help

Those beans look just about right to me! Just wash them well under the tap and they'll be fine.We must swallow a ton of dodgy chemicals in what we eat every day - it don't bear thinking about!

Evening all,We have a couple of sweet and chillie pepper plants, presently in the greenhouse and producing .... peppers. The sweet plants have about 4-5 peppers each, about 1/2 size you would get in the supermarket. The chillies plants are covered (30+) chillies on each, the chillies are...

Thanks Dave - figured definitely the wrong time of year - don't know how long they will still have the house for and if it could be relocated at a later date. :(

About three months time , Braeburn is a late one.

Coriander seeds go well in curries or fried rice. They give a burst of super freshness when you encounter them in your dinner.Mustard seeds are responsible for giving the vindaloo most of its heat.In both cases they need a short spell in a hot dry frying pan to cause their hard shells to...

If the pods won't/can't dry naturally on the plants, then try lifting the plants and hanging them upside down under cover.Incidentally, there are currently no F1 hybrid pea or bean varieties. Seed from all types (assuming that they came from UK suppliers) will come more or less true to type,...

Hi all, I have 6 squash seedlings in my greenhouse that I grew from seed. Having never grew these before I'm not quite sure what to expect. Can I continue to grow them in the greenhouse or are they to go outside? Do some squashes climb and some grow low? Anyone grown squash?Gazania

Thanks again everyone, much appreciated.

I recon that too

I'm waiting for blight now its turned damper. Up to now though things have been good for toms after a slow start.

Ditto

Hi Marge,I had quite good success this year so far with Basil so here's what I did (in case it's some help)In the greenhouse; seeds sown in individual plug trays and watered to start them off, but then not again until they germinated and I could see shoots. I did however make sure to not let...

I think you were just very unlucky FS, its been a very bad year for blight going by the number of people reporting it on here. I hope your remaining plants do well.

You may get some on Autumn Fruiting varieties, but I spent the first year concentrating on getting mine established."... to buy a couple of raspberry canes"I doubt that a couple will give you much of a meal until they have spread quite a lot.

Sounds like you have Summer Fruiting variety, so the canes that have sprung up this year will bear the fruit next year.You are supposed to cut them down to the ground straight after planting, so they build up their strength (and forgo a crop), so taking a crop and then cutting them down so you...

Hello all,going back a few months I bought a Rubus Idaeus "fall gold". (yellow raspberry)So alls good , and I have raspberries growing, but as some have started to riped they have gone red?So , the Q is, are they prone to doing this, or perhaps the plant I purchased was labeled...

Have you moved down under and not told us Scrunge?

Hi Chrispt! The most likely reason for the split in the squash is irregular watering - drying out and then getting a good soak. Toms react in the same way. I feed my squash plants with tomato fertiliser.Your french beans may well be finished - if you've been cropping them for a week or two....

Many thanks.