Edible Gardening

Thanks for that Rossco, will hold on then until end of April, with a bit of luck the weather will have warmed up by then.

Thanks for that , will let you know how it goes!

tnks frogs, yes i need a ph of 5.2 which is pretty acid, i think my soil will be about that, but i ll be taking the offending spuds back anyway. ill buy from T&M, at least i ll get quality, and i can go for heritage variaties, i just wish i had more room!.......... i can see the wildflower area...

I got all my veg books from second hand shops. There always seems to be loads for a quid each, some great old ones too!

ABSOLUTLY... used to use a weak solution of Jeyes fluid, but they advised against that a couple of years ago

I like a var. called 'RATTE' lovely pulled straight out, and eaten with 1 hour..

I take it you're actually in France, k3n? How much nicer than in the not very sunny UK! It's an area where there's a lot agriculture and vines, isn't it, if my memory is correct? I don't remember strawberries being a main fruit in France - but maybe I was too much influenced by the thought of...

Thanks both. Oldervarieties it is then! I used to have a border of alpine strawberries 20' by 2', lots of fruit all summer and until frosts. I have some plants now which were growing in my daughter's garden, so don't know what variety, maybe a cross? They are alpine type, habit and flavour but...

Hi lady gardener, what i did last year was, I only used 12 of the 16 beds, 2 were left fallow, ie dug over and left as is for a year, the other 2 I grew annual lupins, and when they had died down, having had the benefit of the flowers, rotavated them into the soil.

Hi prettypolly, you get your 'baby' plants from the runners produced during the years growth, usually after fruiting. if you know someone that has some plants in their garden, ask if you can cut off some runners, if they havn't already cut them off, the little plants along the runners can be...

try here! on T&M http://potatoes.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/z12448/1

Grow in big (12") pots in trays. Water from the bottom and feed from the top and like LG says top up with fresh compost so they'll put out additional roots. Watch out for red spider mite and spray or introduce a biological control if you spot it. Don't let the compost become too wet or the neck...

Hi grinch, Haven't found anything on that type, but did come across this. Of course you may well know all this http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/howto/greenhouse/melon/ anyway... :D :D [ 23. February 2006, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: Marley Farley ]

Have just ordered some red baron...Thanks for the tips....

There are many things that grow well in containers (I have had much success): I have grown all the things you mention (except turnip) along with, potatoes, dwarf beans, peas, corgette, cucumber, andmore beside. I didn;t have much success with swede though, and have now planted a couple of mini...

Sorry for my earlier reply Provado can not be recommended for edible productsin this country. but you could use a biological control.

Sounds like the strawberry planter I got a few years ago!!!

The fruits of citrus can take a year to fully develop, so some do have fruits on for over a yearhttp://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0101/citrus_cultivation.asp

i think the amount is one tea bag to a gallon of water.gonna give it a bash if i ever get greenhouse insulated.husbands just gone for more clip thingies to attatch it.

I would pop them into pots of 50/50 compost and perlite and put them in a light position, keeping them watered. Them when this current cold snap is over and a milder spell forecast, get them into the groundGood luck