Edible Gardening

I agree with pete, he has good knowledge, club root would have been my guess. As long as your watering regime is bob on

Hi @RobB not all seeds lose viability that fast (I mentioned in previous posts where we had massive germination of 20 year old fabaceae at botanic garden, even though not well kept). But a lot of vegetable seeds do seem to lose it - I tried some old carrots this year and nothing came up, but...

Brilliant @ricky101 thanks so much. I have put the original post in the tomato growing section as I'm sure I'm going to need lots of help in the future

My many moves have seen my beloved gardens being left behind too often. When I left Kerry for Connemara, I "bequeathed" great pottery planters ( no room in the van) with lavender, sage, rosemary...to a lady who I knew would greatly appreciate them.So here? Seemed pointless to start over......

yes doing dandy !!

I grew sturon and 'stur bc 20' last year and they grew very well 300 sets produced 70kg, the best crop I've ever had. I've planted out about 200 this year. Last year must have been just right for onions, rain at regular intervals. This year they are doing ok I think. In the attached, there is a...

I've had luck using water with a bit of washing up liquid in it. It didn't get rid of them entirely but there's a lot fewer now.A friend said it can harm bees though, so I'm looking at alternatives.

You can let them grow a bit bigger if you water them well, they like water, and more water !Almost looks as if you have spaced them very wide apart ? we usually just sow a drill and they happily come up together, as you take some out to eat the others get more room to grow.

...whoa. @misterQ that's HUGE! I guess I'd better pick a large spot for it then Thanks @Macraignil - they look quite dark so I think they're probably there, or nearly there. Will investigate later today.

I haven't come across this problem before but it does favour the Spur blight sadly .

I believe it depends on the lettuce variety either. Some packages have the data if the variety is resistant to bolting, or if it can be successfully grown in summer.

Sometimes they grow new vertical leaves after they get knocked down. It's still early so they should do. But I don't think that the fflattened ones will come back up in the way they were before.

No don't use sodium bicarbonate that is different. Going by those close up it looks like something is eating them.If the top growth looks good then go ahead and cut off the lower ones.

I always dig it in during the Autumn.

Damaged or diseased leaves. Remove them. What living portions remain, simply drain the plant of nutrients.

There won't be any runners just yet, mine are still to turn red then they should produce runners. I've had them root in the lawn and repotted them.

I must admit that in my previous garden, I only harvested when I needed them! So they sat in the ground, and kept spreading such that I had quite a colony.

The soil around them looks very dry. I'd give the whole area a good watering to see if that helps.

yes same for courgettes they need to go out side they always produce male flowers first so they are hungry plants so buy a liguid plant food and feed every week

Italian mustard leaves.