Edible Gardening

Cucamelons Mike to look at are miniature water melons ,delicate netted markings in green ,very effective actually. They are at the biggest an inch long and about half inch wide.quite thick skinned and all is eaten. I find them ok with salads but not a fruity type. I find the taste bland. More of...

Not tried those, thought about it but not worth the bother as i give 95% of chilies away, tried various sprays based on seaweed and other organic ingredients, both home made and professional. Garlic smoke bombs etc. I use nematodes every year for slugs so not adverse to biological controls....

It's usually the opposite problem.....keeping up with and removing them Lovely, tasty variety, though

Thanks @Scrungee

Should add I've got a Muscat Bleu 3 yrs old now, got the first real crop this year. Quite impressed, very early and good sized berries that dont require much thinning, down side is the pips.

Look like 'Mumpkins' or 'Parrows', an open pollinated cross between marrows and pumpkins.Often happens if seed saving when growing both and not bagging/tying the flowers before and after pollination.Marrows can turn yellow, but when oldish, and those ones look young, so probably the result...

My Rhubarb is about 35 years, grown from the seed of a flowered plant harvested, with permission, from a garden in the Village of Tissington. The owner told me he'd forgotten the name of the variety but due to the size it grows I've christened it "Tissington Giant"I've divided it several...

Cheers Pete, saves me going hunting for stuff to cover them

many thaks for your replys i dont think its a bird problem as the whole area is netted due to cat issues , how would we find out if it is a bug issue thanks for your advice

The rules say that the green part can not exceed the length of the blanched part so the leaves had to be cut.

many thanks for your help and advice

Thanks I'll give that a try I always cut up first just incase or just use the good looking half still makes a decent pie or crumble yum

Not a great eater of pears myself, but if I do I like those yellow ones that are really ripe and full of juice. Some people like them crunchy like apples.

My friend thinks he's really clever. He said the onion is the only fruit\veg item that can make you cry. So I threw a coconut at his face.

Pollination is what is required by the sounds of it, get at it with a soft brush at midday.I think the massive one is the size they should be.

They need to go through the winter outside. in containers will be ok.

Yeah pick any green fruit to ripen indoors and then put the plants on the compost heap, just cut the woody stems up a bit.

So glad things haven't gone pear shaped for you with this one

Well I think squash can be left a bit longer just keep an eye open for rot at ground level, if the fruits are touching the ground. Think I would cut back some shoots and remove any new fruits. Get the sun to the fruit.

They probably are sloes. They aren't poisonous whatever they are, so you can always check.The easy way is to pick one. Sloes have translucent greenish flesh. The most distinctive part for a sloe though is its astringency - it dries your mouth right up.A few things for sloe gin making though....