Edible Gardening

I have one fig developing on our brown Turkey, which is in a large pot on the patio. Apart from not fruiting heavily, it does seem pretty immune to drought and neglect. It occurs to me that I have a drying setting on my airfryer. That might be a possible option for preserving some of the glut...

Try going back on some episodes of Beechgrove on iplayer. They have grown "tatties" Potatoes in bags and other containers several times over the last 2or 3 years, just not this year it seems. Usually no more than 2-3seed per container depending upon size of container .

If you have club root it will be in the soil, not on the plant when you plant it out. My Father always said, brassicas need good stiff ground. By that he meant lots of compost or manure for a previous crop, firm soil as well. I always plant deeply, almost up to the first set of leaves and...

Yes - just pinch the top off just above a leaf - that'll force it to branch from the leaf nodes - with or without thorns.

Ah- I see what you mean @JennyJB . I thought it was just brought inside because of the wind/storm warning, but you could be right! I've also grown toms in quite small pots without a problem, but only cherry/plum types and I nip them out when they only have a few trusses.Hopefully, @Bee will...

I have grown Strawbs for years in pots/containers and they were ok, this year I have moved some into the border in my greenhouse and we are struggling to eat them all, will not be growing them in pots again. I grow "Flamenco" a perpetual type, which here in North East Scotland do better under...

I don't pinch tops or remove side shoots, but just eat what I get. Optimisation of the crops is important obviously if it's a livelyhood or if you have plans for preserving produce, but for a leisure gardener like me less fuss is the way to go. One year I tried to do a bit of a gourmet...

@Thevictorian Thank you for your input , i dont have any pears but my neighbours either side have conventional pear trees. Thats well worth knowing about concorde at your end which i could probably get mail order as a young stepover ; i am tempted to try something different with a maiden and do...

Yes I know................... way ahead of myself, but if you look around and check the dates on the packets, buying now can see you get some bargains. So a short video looking at what I have added to the seed collection I have, I have got rid of some older seed and will need a few more later,...

just prune the dead bits. eventually it should grow big and honestly being lopsided is more interesting. Mine is huge and leans over 1m onto the ground. lovely 20cm thick stem. but make sure to water it

To be pedantic, this should be called Oxalis or Wood Sorrel, as "Sorrel" is a very different plant: A type of dock, with the typical tall dry reddish flowers.Both sorrel and all oxalis species are edible, being very sour due to oxalic and malic acid present, though like with rhubarb and...

Hi everyoneas many of you will know I have two raised beds from Harrod Horticulture bought this year , I have had a good crop of strawberries, carrots, beetroot , onions and lettuce.I have seen young leek plants on line as I missed the planting time in the spring..any one else planted...

Peaches can be kept small fairly easily so putting it in the ground isnt difficult if there is SOME space. They are similar to european plums in that they are happy to form bushes rather than trees, though they dont sucker like european plums do.Otherwise a 100L pot is really the minimum.

Well, this is west wales, so until this year, it definitely hasn't struggled for water. I don’t think it’s nutrients either, but I will assume it’s that. Thank you.

Ok, yes I'll wait, but I dont want to be ill over Christmas.

Possibly has come the long way; they sucker I think !

I manually pollinate them if I can. The aborted squashes are edible provided they arent rotting yet, they can have a strange flavour though. Not bad but strange.

Zingiber chrysanthemum foliage.This is in a 20 l pot and over winter may well go up to 25 l plus a chunk for trial in the garden.

Good luck.

I sowed some turnips in modules and they are ready to plant out but are a bit leggy/floppy. Do you think I should plant them more deeply or leave them at the same level? Any experience?