Edible Gardening

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Macleaf ---- you are welcome M-Lhttp://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000423 [ 21. August 2006, 05:45 PM: Message edited by: Mona Lisa ]

Hello. I'm also growing raspberries for the first time this year and mine are the autumn fruiting variety. I only have two canes. One is about four foot high and fruiting well. The other has reached eight foot and not a flower in sight! They have both been treated exactly the same. Any idea...

Most likely culprit is the keeled slug. They have been really bad this year in areas where there has not been enough rain. You often find wireworms or woodlice in the holes, but they are secondary attackers who like the dampness. There is very little one can do about these underground living...

Yes please Rumple.I am growing "Hundredweight" for our local pumpkin competition,and they are being judged in October. Any advice would be gratefully recievedKandy

Must also say, Sparkle, I've almost totally given up on the seed thing and pay that bit more for an "instant" plant ... worth it in the long run! :D

The placing of a banana or peach with other fruit to aid ripening is because they produce a large amout of ethanol as they ripen and ethanol is essential for the ripening of fruit. Nikimatt I think I answered this for you on the Beeb site.

Hi all,can anyone tell me why my rhubarb has what appears black spots on the stems? :(

perhaps I'm not so far behind as I thought. last year I grew red grilling peppers and they were ready for eating in early august(outdoors that is)Perhaps its just the rubbish weather we had earlier

Hi PJ I shall be planting spring greens. I sowed them last week and they are just poking through the compost so they'l be ready for planting by the time I take up the maincrop tatties.Big Thttp://brassicabill.blogspot.com

Paladin, your plants look so healthy! I've just uprooted mine and chucked them, kept the four green tomatoes to ripen on the windowsill, however! :rolleyes:I read somewhere that they should have at least six hours of sun every day ... six hours of my sun and the plants are crispy critters! ...

Hello. My Dad's grown tomatoes for years, this year he gave me some of his plants and I've had no problems, however he has, the tomatoes have started to drop off, he can't touch the plants without the unripe fruit dropping off. Any idea what's caused this?Mothergoose :confused:

Hi Big T.Thanks for your advice,we will try the sand idea. I don't have to worry about the taste of vinegar as I don't eat them myself.I got put off of them for life when the teachers at school tried to force them down me at school dinnersKandy

Caerulea as far as we are concerned in the UK is the most rampant, even here it can get out of control, as I believe a few others can in a milder climate, just wished I lived somewhere frost free. :D Dont know for sure,(and I stress this) but I dont think any passion fruit are poisonous, its...

Hi Gogs, Can you recommend "a good breed" I normally grow Musselburgh and Lyon Prizetaker in the allotment, dibbled in about 6" and left alone. I presume that Pot Leeks will need some sort of tube to grow in? What would you recommend as a feed?Kind regardsBig T

l like mushy peas with sugar on

Hi EP and welcome to GC.The only suggestion I can give you for your indoor tomatoes is to try and spray the flowers with a fine mist of water,which will help the pollen to run.You could do with some bees getting in to the greenhouse to do their work. Make sure to leave the door and windows open...

LOL - well its different :D

Thanks BigT,Haven't tried that one yet, will next year. Using the same batch of plants my son has had a bumper crop, ( he grew sweet peas in with the beans ).DaveW, thanks for your reply,this is one of the experts advice I tried, did,nt work for me though.amongst the others tried is arthur...

Yes, this is my darling and guess what his name is? Gato! We brought him from Portugal 14 years ago as a baby. I'll put that story up in the Cats Corner soon.