Edible Gardening

I would shell out the seeds, and then dry them.

Many thanks.

What a whopper!!! Owen Olsen from Kaiserslautern won the contest for growing the heaviest pumpkin in Germany. His entry in the Pumpkin Weighing Contest on Sunday weighed 406,2 kilos!

Hi Scotkat,last year was my first attempt at sweetcorn and so i was a bit dubious,especially when the man in the next allotment said he`s never had much luck on account of the dodgy climate here in the North East.I can`t tell you much about how to grow baby corn but there is a note of a one...

Has anyone grown these before?And are they successful would like to grow these in my greenhouse next yr.I have grown courgettes before but never baby.Can anyone help me?

Like the others I have frozen my excess chillies, and I find this to be the best method of storing them. I did once fill a jam jar with Habaneros and top up with Olive Oil, then placed them in an oven at 100 degrees for half an hour. This produced a wonderful oil to add to your cooking, in very,...

Yep - Got 3!

You could try insect netting Poppet. I'm usually plagued with whitefly and caterpillars on my brassicas and hate using insecticide. This year I netted and have had next to no problem. Another and cheaper option might be horticultural fleece.

well done you! mine died of powdery mildrew :( I will try growing a resistant variety next year.

I originally planted my cabbages to close together so they did not heart. However I have learnt from this. I gave them all a good foot and a half each side and they have grown fantasticallly with lovely solid hearts.Did you give your cabbages enough space? Are they a variety that hearts?

I'm honoured Moonloon :D

I have 4 rows of rasps with about 20 canes a row and we picked around 56pounds of fruit : which is slightly better than last year which was better than any prior year. Most of our canes are now over 9 years old and starting to die out so I dig out the dead or failing ones, dig in fresh compost...

That's a tough one Fancy, I'm vegan by choice. I do miss proper melting cheese though!

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I would just like to let you all know that I picked my first melon today. It is delicious, so sweet and juicy.I have another four or five yet to ripen. I can't wait.

I'd be delighted to try these pumpkin seeds Rumple. Blue/grey is the colour I want to try most! [ 15. September 2006, 01:48 AM: Message edited by: sawfish ]

Thanks for that Pete, I guess my problem before has always been the lack of sustained heat then. I have a conservatory so light is not a problem, but it is unheated and gets no sun in winter so is bl**dy baltic from Dec to Feb. :( I'll have another go in late winter/early Spring. Fletch

my chilis only look like that when I have let them dry out, which happens quickly when it's sunny. I water them as often as the tomatoes. They normally perk up quite quickly if I give them a good soak in a bucket. The leaves are a good colour so I don't think it's lack of food, but you could...

26 years tomorrow,though at the moment,we are more worried about the state of the dog's health,than celebrating. If you look on the pet thread I have put two posts on there,unless you have already read it.This keyboard is getting sticky from the beans.No gloves on tonight.We picked two...

Must be the same species as here, Nathan, as the stems of mine can go reddish. It grows wild here ... seeds itself everywhere ... so watch out! :eek: