Edible Gardening

The flowers have got a long stalk! Great, that answers that question then, thanks! Do you know if the male flowers are eadible?I had some pasta on holiday recently with courgette flowers in.....really nice!

just to let you know the winds have died down after 4 days its raining now, have lost a few bedding plants but the vine is ok rosa

Oops, wrong thread.

Are the leaves wilting or just being attacked... as I am having bother too with my Toms

thanks dudes.

Thanks for that link, it was very helpful. I am now going to dig them up again and put them in a nice container with ericaceous compost and at least give them a chance to thrive. I will let you know if they produce fruit!!

I'm with Hornbeam here - plenty of water are (touchwood) keeping mine going ok. They are quite bitter/peppery though, which I understand is from the hot weather.Try growing sunflowers in front of them for some shade?

hello, im no expert on them but,gofoit2,use a sprinkle of epsom salts around each tomato, about a teespoon then water in well.the yellowing of leaves is a lack of magnesium.repeat in 2 weeks. angelad go to tomato pruning pg 3,thread from kaptaizep on edible gardening sorry grinch but...

When I said that about white plastic, I meant that the floor of the growing house is covered in white plastic and the tomato plants grow in slots cut in the stuff. Watering is done with leaky pipes under the plastic as is lquid feeding. The danger of blight in ring culture systems is less than...

dear supersprout thank you for your reply most appreciated it is my first attempt at growing a butternut so i will keep my fingers crossed from fusspot

Hi I too am trying aubergines for the first time. I have been informed to pinch out the tip when reaching about 8 leaves high and have just done so. The plants are already showing some healthy looking flowers. Liz

My local market has a pet food stall. They get some feed in these sacks, and break it down to sell it in smaller packages, so have spare sacks which they give away for nothing. Worth a try at yours? [ 17. June 2006, 07:43 AM: Message edited by: supersprout ]

When I took on my allotment last year in May, one of the old boys gave me red seed potatoes in late July to plant :eek: I followed his advice and had lovely spuds in October/November :D [ 17. June 2006, 07:44 AM: Message edited by: supersprout ]

Tracy, another site you might take a look at http://www.readytogrow.co.uk/seeds/e_Bolivian_Rainbow_Chilli.html

... best cultivation and care advice needed, please. I have had "normal" strawberries in a strawberry pot for several years and they do fine, let me know when they are thirty by drooping a bit. However, recently I bought a Fragoo, this pink flowered, large / heavy fruiting variety for hanging...

having my first suttons foremost this coming weekend grew them in tubs 24/18/15 2 per tub,have five tubs ,also 4 tubs of spring onions and carrots combined,already picking those

Thanks, I'll give it a go

No flowers yet Liz, You can bet if I get any I'll post a pic. :D Thats intresting Dave, I didn't know Wisley had done trials of them. Mines a Morrisons special, I'm afraid, its not a real serious attempt, believe it or not I've never even eaten one :D Could be a crop of the future though.

Once strawberries are red they are ripe, all that will happen then is they will go over ripe and rot. Earthing up of potatoes is done as they grow. The purpose is to lengthen the stem thus producing more roots and thus more potatoes. There is no point earthing up once the foliage has begun to...

we used to get funny spidery bulb things ( that is when the birds did not self seed the stuff)You have to dig a trench, with a hump, stick the things on the hump and let the sides dangel in sand in the trencher either side.Its not really difficult, but likes poor sandy conditions. buy good...