Edible Gardening

Hi all. I planted 2 of these squash in a potato grow bag 20th May. The 1st photo is the big one that was 1st to take hold. I have lots of younger fruit that are clearly not ready, but the big one is a good month in advance. Can I harvest this one? I thought it was a winter squash so had to...

In 2018 I bought a dwarf cherry tree - I think it is a Stella, certainly a self pollinating one. Last year it did nothing (apart from grow a bit), but i just thought it needed time to acclimatize. This year it had about 6 blossom flowers but they came to nothing. Disappointing to say the...

Hi folks At my parents they have 3 blackcurrent and 1 or two redcurrant bush. Maybe up to ten years old. both have fruited ok thus year. but the red current has died back completely to crispy brown leaves. While the blackcurrants still have green leaves I'm much more partial to the red...

Mr Fleur is Mexican and an amazing chef so this year I thought I'd try and grow epazote, a Mexican herb, to encourage him to make the dishes he refuses to without this little guy being available!Mexican sites aren't super useful with care notes - it's pretty invasive and fast growing out...

A friend of my wife's has a lot of rhubarb (which she doesn't even like!) and she gave my wife a crown last winter. I planted it in a nice, sunny spot (the soil is a bit 'clay-like' but I added some good, free draining soil to the hole before planting the crown). I made sure that the tip of the...

I seem to be having a problem with my Asparagus.This is their third season so hoped to be able to harvest some.But recently I have noticed that the spearrs seem to be very soft almost rotten and bent over.Was not sure what caused this so went online to see if I could get any information and...

First time growing any Parsips.

I have a Jupiter Apple tree the I have trained into an espalier over the last 8 years or so. It has never produced more than a couple of apples and in the last two years has been suffering from this white fluffy disease that I cannot identify. I have asked for help before and was told to...

Note. Indirectly linked to the virus. Mr Fothergills seeds had a record day yesterday ,they took more money in one day than this whole week last year. They are struggling desperately to keep up with demand. A lot of people growing veg..........wartime spirit.

I have myself grown carrots in partly rotted manure, many times before and have stated as such many times here on GC. Still many people will quote that doing so causes "forking", because it is enshrined in folklore and over time it itself becomes "law" and is quoted often in many publications. I...

hallo,have found similar threads but none tell me how and when to prune a hazelnut? Last year i did not prune at all thinking the nuts will come at the end of new shoots -- very few did. They are now getting to be rather large bushes with several leaders. I have not fed them and still they...

Hi again folks!I have a bunch of capsicum plants, mostly superhot Chinensis vars but there's also a pair woody stemmed candelabra style Fillius Blue in there, and a trio of Spanish sweet red peppers (Dulce De Espana) - 15 plants in all, and also a pair of small fruit tomatoes, all in a little...

I bought two trays of young Asparagus plants at the beginning of last year.I cut them down in I think October.They are now very high and one has berries on it which was told to avoid.Would it do any harm to cut them down now so I can tidy the bed up plenty of weeds but cannot get at them because...

Well, greengage, I think.Back in late June 2017, these greengages and cherry plums were so delicious...... that I decided we had to have them growing in our own community garden.The fruits came from trees that were originally planted on the housing estate for their ornamental value -...

Anybody grow ramps i.e Allium tricoccum? I've got the European ramsons or wild garlic - Allium ursinum - in a shady spot in the garden and it does very well - self-seeds quite prolifically - but I've tried to grow the North American A. tricoccum from seed twice now with no joy. I planted them...

Received my veggie seed order this week (Carol's flower seed order too [she was looking over my shoulder!] when making my purchase), got my seed potatoes today, Charlotte & Cara along with 15 potato grow bags, looks like silly growing season is just around the corner? Lights, Heat and Compost!!!!!

Has anyone experience of growing gooseberries, redcurrants, white currants, blackcurrants, and blackberries. on cordons. It seems that this would allow me to plant more bushes, and with a greater variety, than if I went by the normal figures usually quoted (5ft spacing).This sounded ideal as I...

Well, I finally went on holiday for two weeks, crossing my fingers leaving my garden and vegetables unattended, given I have no direct water to the garden. If the weather forecast are to be trusted, it did not rain for 7 days, with high temperatures, and then it rained a few times heavily. Given...

After all recommendations here, I am into 2nd season of using Quadgrow for Tomato & cucumber crops ..... and when you see how much water they take up naturally in this weather, you realise how much you were getting it wrong.For those that also use Quadgrow - do you continue to use the 2-part...

Hi there!So, five years at current home. First year I sowed turnips very successful with good roots. Every year since - nothing, just long, twisty tapering roots that hang on the surface or very small balls. It's decent soil, emptied the contents of my compost bin on to it a couple of...