Edible Gardening

I'm growing a few varieties (all organic)gardeners delight green zebra aunt madge orange banana mexican honeyall outdoorsI hope I get something from one of them :D its my first time growing them

This is from the HDRA fact sheetCultivationEarthing up Potatoes can be 'earthed up' as they grow, bringing soil up around the shoots. This helps control weeds, prevents the tubers turning green and gives some protection against tuber blight. Do it first when plants are around 15cm (6in)...

Oh, happy you to have such a bank canvass! I put in lots and lots of purple sprouting broccoli for over-wintering and reap the harvest in very early spring. It gives me a great sense of satisfaction to pick buckets of the stuff when it's �£1.99 for a handful of floppy sprouts in the...

Forgot to say: they are in a loamy / compost type soil.

I dont think radishes transplant well. Keep em in the carrier bag. [ May 23, 2005, 09:17 PM: Message edited by: pete2255 ]

I've not grown sweetcorn for years, but I know there are a lot of newer varietys out there now. I bet there must be one thats good in containers although you would need to feed and water well and not expect a large crop. I think 2-3 cobs is about right Will, they do like warm conditions,...

they usually do recover, puts them back a bit though.

Hi ,Helen.Don't do veg anymore, forced labour as a youngster, only bad memories!But as long as you don't put the same crop in the same place for at least 3 years you should be o.k.It's the brassicas you have to careful with, root problems.I also had a problem with manure, the ground was...

Hi dalbui, that's great. I shall go visit the site in a minute. I don't know about growing them either, so I shall have to sit back & see what happens too, but if I do turn any info up I will post it on the board. Thanks again. :D

I don't know how well this shows up but its what I call my gooseberry tree

This place at top of the pageWill keep looking though.Nathan.

Hi Bayleaf very many thanks, this sounds less worrying than I thought. I am growing asparagus here so when we do eventually get a crop then there is little chance of picking up seeds. The tree is up some steps from the patch. Therefore it only cuases a shadow at the end of the day and the rest...

Yeah, that monkeys real cheeky, aint he.

Will, when I went in my greenhouse this morning my capsicum plants were also limp and bent over, they perked up later though. I wounder if its to do with very high daytime temps. followed by fairly low night temps.

Excellent Lynne - I'll do that! - drown the slugs eh? I have now found the spike with holes in and rigged it up with a big cola bottle (which will double as a bird-scarer when the strawberries are ripe - I hope!)It seems to do the job.I might add a photo if it helps anyone else...Phil

Thanks for the replys I cut off the limp leaves and the rest still seems ok.I am keeeping it away from draughs.I also bought another one today just incase I loose it but I am keeping it on my kitchen windowsill a little longer. If they both survive my neighbours can have lots of cucumbers too. I...

You can't beat a warm tomato eaten straight from the plant on sunny dayI like how restaurants and supermarkets tart em up a bitsun ripened? (aren't they all?) and tomatoes on the vine (been snipped off with a chunk of plant attached) :D

I always seed Toms in small peat pots so you don't disturb their root system when potting on...just drop the pot in a bigger, next size up say 4" till out in open or 9" pot or growbag.

Hi Neil Sounds like they weren't firmed in enough, also are they in a bright enough spot? I tend to plant up to the first set of leaves really firm them in & put a brassica collar round each one. I would try earthing up round them & firming them in hard. I'm sure someone else will have advice...

Asparagus need very sandy soil and lots of brit. summer SUN ....raised.. if possibe to keep drier.. ...just keep Peacocks away , they love the tips ...like my hops ( miniature Asparagus ) I planted few years ago,and never came up next, well they did ..till one day saw Pedro taking all the new...