Edible Gardening

I cut it off, fingers crossed it will still grow beautifully. Over worrying sounds like me!I think this is my mistake, and I just planted some more today.I love this comparison. I added some seaweed to it, we will see. I've got peas in the same bed and their leaves are looking a bit...

It seems the work on our allotment site. The people that don't pee around their plot seem to have problems with foxes.

I'd leave it as pete8 says ot is likely to be a new A Bliss. If it comes up thornless then keep it, thorns means a rogue bramble. A Bliss should be sending up new canes for this year's fruiting although bare root will take a year or two to settle in.

It’s unlikely that it’s the compost. Slugs and snails can get in anywhere if they want to. Don’t despair! I find the best defence is to keep tiny seedlings out of their way, because they love fresh new shoots. I plant into seed trays and modules as much as I can, and then plant them out when...

Might be worth letting one pot grow on without harvesting so see if it is Romaine.You may want to look at starting off some pick and come again types such as Salad Bowl and Lollo Rossa.

They tend to like a warm sunny spot I find.

Hello DABI bought 2 young plants from the GC 2 years ago. One purple and one large green. They have fruited this year.Yes, they are a haven for snails, but I didn't have a problem with them eating the fruit.They need lots of space.I love them just boiled (watch for snail poo)...

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@Thevictorian , the autumn ones are all fine. Half of the summer ones are fine, one looks a bit sad, the rest have died.

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Thanks everyone , it looks like i am too eager to prune primarily as there is a lot of new growth each year but by so doing i am still wondering whether such early summer pruning affects next years performance . So i am going to sit on my hands til mid August and prune then . Whether the...

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I’ve cut them back a bit. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks @BobTG! Hopefully they'll survive!

I wouldn't worry about it either, just don't eat the laburnum seeds. I would try and pick up as many seeds as possible, but that's to prevent a forest of seedlings, not because of the toxicity.

I reckon it's due to the weather. It's been a lot cooler this year so things like courgettes are suffering. My pumpkins and courgettes are the same.

You could use Pyrethrum which is a contact insecticide. It is not absorbed by the plant, so it's safe to use on edibles and anything sprayed is fine to eat after 7 days. It is made from Chrysanthemums.I grew sprouts once and they were so heavily infested with whitefly the sprouts began to rot...

We sell loads of these plastic ribbed coated metal tube, in lengths from 60cm to 3m in diameters of 11mm, 15mm and 20mm. Then you get these clips etc etc to make your cage as small or big as you like. Very similar as building one with bamboo canes