Edible Gardening

I grow outdoor cucumbers, burpless tasty green. I have a bottle spike to water them right down to the roots. The plants are trained upwards. So far good healthy plants which are cropping well.Good ventilation is vital because they are prone to fungal infections. I would recommend getting rid of...

hiya guy's, i've also done cucumbers this year, and they are also spikey, but this is because they are suppose to be, the variety i have grown are marketmore, a variety from the alan titchmarch collection, it's easy to spot the difference between male and female, wait until the flower has opened...

Why is my one blueberry bush dying. Could it be from ants. I have three in pots

Re the super market herbs, I bought Coriander I divided it up planted it outside and it grew likw crazy to 3 ft tall I have now pulled it up and drying what looks like a bumper crop of seeds I will probably grind them up in the coffee grinder they smell wonderful just drying.

We gave up with blanching,drying,open freezing them years ago.Life is too short for that palarvarJust shows how time has stood still here !

Yes I agree pete, I thought that if the problem was lack of water there might still be some life left in plants! I am growing some potatos this year for my daughter, but normally only bother with a few pnk fir apples for salads.

Erm, I'll try A damson is a member of the same family as the domestic plum, cherry, bullace and sloe. There are squillions of varieties of the Prunus family, and they have been interbred to get different qualities of sweetness, sharpness, fruit or flower, etc.From the Westmorland...

Great innit Jay, that 'grew my own' feeling comes back year after year too!

Sparkle if you have ruined next years harvest,then so have I because with this hot weather I think no matter what we do it won't make a lot of differance as the weather this year has been so unpredictable.I don't think any fruit trees can be expected to perform well.Kandy

thanks for all your answers!!

Thanks Guys,

TimD you should take your daughter strawberry picking and she can eat as many as she likes.

Hi TimDIt does work. I used to do it over 30 years ago and it helps to retain the moisture. What was even better was to collect sacks of hair from barber shops and use it in the same way. The hair holds the moisture even better.Nowadays I just dig in loads of...

those are some impressive cucumbers! thanks for all the tips. Looks like I am well on my way to a conservatory jungle. Cucumbers ahoy!

looks like a munchkin to me!

try a mixture of sugar and water, mix well in watering can and water with th mixture, it will attract the pollen loving creepy's in portugal, but the citrus from the oranges will attract all the pollen lover's you need, as long as they are not to chosey

Hi Thistle, Keep them well watered and as long as you have fertile soil that's all you need to do. The female flowers with the little marrow behind them should self pollinate with the male flowers, the ones without the little marrow behind them, as long as they are outside and bees/insects can...

theyre in there somewhere.

not sure but i think Ace F1.im so pleased.theyre making up for my toms.

Don't worry if you have removed the male flowers and you didn't need to, the plant will soon produce more. It all depends on the variety, some do need the male flowers removing, others don't. Check what you've got before you do anything. Some F1 hybreds don't even produce male flowers. I'm also...