Edible Gardening

They should be fine in a pot- being dwarf they should only need shorter sticks. [ Mine grow 2-3' but it varies with variety]. Hope you enjoy them!

I would say probably not a great idea usually these are grown for other reasong like taste, good and dependable cropping as are many others. On the other hand try it and see.

See this reply to a similar query I posted. If the link doesn't work just search in Edible Gardening for melonhttp://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000208#000000

You lucky person I just go there twice a year. I would give it a try. Most plants have and enjoy a dormant period. But I would have thought there would be a strain that would would suit if not the British version.

thanks for that, Pal! Spent a nice time browsing through the site again, and on to the HDRA one again - I really ought to do that more frequently!

i think you ll be fine with your mix, the carrots are difficult to grow if soil is freshly manured,maybe this is what you neighbour is concerned about. if the manure was fresh from the origin then there may be a concerm, and i would turn it over to a depth of 8", but i would risk it if it was...

One possibility is cabbage stem flea beetle. They normally attack between August and October.

Apple and Lemon cucumbers are round, usually yellow skinned ridge type, they grow up to 3" in diameter. they are different in taste, for something unusual in a mixed salad. Grow as normal cucumbers, follow directions on pack of seeds.

If they came from under cover in a GC it might be best to put the pots in a sheltered corner for a week or ten days before you plant them just in order to prevent any cold shock set back. If the plants were growing without any protection you should be quite safe popping them straight in the...

Grow trailing types up supporting fences, nets, or canes, or allow them to climb up string. Nip out the growing point after 5 or 6 leaves have appeared and train the resulting stronger growths up the support, tying as needed. when the shoots have reached the top of the support, nip them out 2...

Thanks for that , will let you know how it goes!

try here! on T&M http://potatoes.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/z12448/1

Hi grinch, Haven't found anything on that type, but did come across this. Of course you may well know all this http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/howto/greenhouse/melon/ anyway... :D :D [ 23. February 2006, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: Marley Farley ]

Hi, I'm glad you are pleased with your plants. Sometimes with mail order you don't always get quite what you'd hoped. Will be interested to know how they progress, and if they taste as good as expected! I now know a lot more about gooseberry varieties than I did before - one of the many...

Yeah I always grow shallots now instead of onions. As you say they do keep well, but usually I cant grow enough to last much passed Feb, as we eat them all the time, instead of onions.

Just split one of the garlic bulbs down into individual cloves and sow now

You need to remove the bigger, lower ones and any others masking the fruit, to allow the sun in so they ripen. Also, if left, leaves will take the nutrients and moisture you want the fruit to have.So I always remove quite a few when the fruit have arrived. By that time it hardly matters as...

Hi Lissysee here http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/growfruitandveg_growingmarrows.shtmlYou can tell the female flowers as these will have a baby fruit behind them and the males are just on a stalkCourgettes need pollinating by insects to develop fruit or tickle inside a male...

Hi you usually plant the clove opposed to the bulb...simply dig it up and break it down into cloves Click here and read under the plant garlic part

I dont think its a vegtable. Sounds a bit like Thorn Apple or some kind of annual Datura, if so its poisonous. Not easy to ID without a picture but be wary of it until your sure.