Edible Gardening

If you look at the average allotment, the compost heap will have plenty of potatoes and probably squash growing on it. We have a decent amount of potatoes coming up from where we grew them last year and it's very hard to find them all when cropping. They normally provide a decent amount.

Sunflowers are the best ! (in terms of crunch) Large striped from the pet shop. Sow in/on 25mm coir or compost. Harvest at up to 75mm. Should germinate in days indoors all around the year. Beware overwatering and discard if signs of mould.

They look like they are still growing to me, I'd leave them for now. I wait until the neck goes soft and the tops fall over.

I'm just wondering about the amount of sunshine that area might be getting, things like onions and shallots really need a good sunny area, maybe with a bit more of a distinction between them and the lawn.

Certainly plant your spare in the heap of compost. It will love it. All squash need a lot of water as their leaves are so big, and the fruit is made up of mainly water so a couple of cans of water, every 2/3 days minimum for each plant. Harvest squash when you want them. Some can be cut in...

If those were mine I would lift the smaller healthier ones outside then dispose the big one. I've done this with my peppers and chillies when red spider mites appear. The mites thrive in hot dry conditions, being outside will slow the spread and after a few weeks they may go.I'd spray the...

I had a lot of fun growing one in the Pumpkin growing and carving challenge 2016 thread.There is a very good sticky thread by Steve R which details a lot of applicable information, Giant Pumpkin Growing Guide. The pictures are missing but the text points you in the right direction.My own...

I missed the part that it had to be organic as well.

Now we wait and pray ....... Hutton BlightSpy

Hi All,I've also given watermelon a go this year, had most germinate in the Spring and gave a few plants away, keeping 4 in the greenhouse. Had plenty of tiny fruits start to develop but one seems to have taken off:I would say it is the size of a tennis ball now! No others seem to want to...

Nice email from Pomona Fruits received today confirming rootstock for all plums and gages is St Julien A with instructions for pruning my cordons attached.They're growing in what for twenty years was the southern edge of my vegetable patch - garden compost dug in every couple of years. Regime...

@Selleri Around here they sell petrushka in the Polish shops

Yes, any of the above.

Thanks @waterbut You've all sadly confirmed what I thought I'd have to do - cut out some of the branches to improve air flow. With the amount of rain we regularly get here, I don't water it, but this spring was a bit different and probably caught me out.

Radishes require sulphur as a trace element to promote spicyness. Its a defence mechanism to ward off slugs etc. To grow hot, spicy radishes you need soil which has received animal manure in most preceding years,as a source of nitrate and sulphur. Adequate but not excessive water supply from a...

Well the shallots are now pickled. Thought that we would end up with more jars but did get 5 big jars. Some of the "spring" onions in the tunnel are turning into small bulbs so will look at pulling them and pickling them as well.

They may be forming hard seed traces from stress as you say, just as unpleasant as viable seeds. That may be built into the variety then unfortunately

Thankyou infradig. I do also have a patty pan, shooting star, tromboncino and round yellow 'summer holiday' varieties already growing. It is likely a good thing the honey bear is a winter squash because we can only eat, give away, pickle so much.

@Butterfly6 Size control is exactly what i need from summer pruning the cordons. I am trying to keep them around 6’ tall ( but growing at roughly 45 degree angle) but my 5 cordon trees are in a narrow bed 15’ long , so they take up very little space . I also deliberately ran them south- north so...

Thanks all... I'll add them into my meal tonight. I absolutely love broad beans, so I'm glad they won't be wasted