Edible Gardening

I seem to have answered my own question about seed swops John, having found a few posts (from you) in previous years.I also noticed your comment about being OCD about tommies. Rest easy because you're not at all OCD about it. It annoys the hell out of me when I've given plants away and when...

Hi would say also growing conditions and storage also seen this How Do You Stop Potatoes From Being Bitter? If you’re looking to stop potatoes from being bitter, here are a few tips:Start by boiling the potatoes for about 15 minutes before peeled and cutting into small pieces. Add salt and...

I've always used potato sacks from the chippy. Request they open by using the stitched string, not a knife around circumference. Always go in before the fryer is hot to ask, arrange to go back several days later and always take some bounty- chard being a currency. Turn sacks inside out to avoid...

It is indeed caused by calcium deficiency, calcium is obtained via the roots and flows up but cant circulate so when water is short the plants growth can cause deficiencies. Magnesium however doesnt have this problem. I think the plants will scrap older leaves too to scavange it so it decreases...

Looks like mildew.Just wondering if the tree was dry, it could partly explain the mildew and the fruit drop.Does the fruit have mildew in the picture, when they drop at that stage it's often pollination problems.

you should have seen my others. Caterpillars got at my first batch and they was a mess. Thankfully I protected these ones much better from the butterflies

Thanks @pete . Maybe just some odd function of this laptop, but it's not a huge deal if I can get it all working on Firefox. I don't use Google other than for...Googling....I'll have a look at that as well though.

I don't eat my bigger tomatoes fresh, I freeze them for year round use. I eat baby toms fresh.I am based in East London.

@Bear1 This might give you some ideas What fruit varieties are suitable for Northern Ireland?

Problems basically. Cocaine in waste water can prevent eels from reaching sexual maturity. Hormones from "the pill" can cause problems with trout and other aquatic life not developing properly and deformed reproductive organs. As for anti depressants don't ask. They can make aquatic animals...

I have overwintered realseeds 60day# broccoli in pots (6") undercover, to get an earlier crop. * Normal problems of slugs and white fly, but most survived. Placed outside in January c20th), and planted out as soon as weather brightened. Essential to cover with net as pigeons are hungriest then....

The trouble with freezing soup is that the water content takes up valuable space needed for other things. I'm going to try bottling soup this year, at least the tomato and squash ones.

@Greybelle We have had similar issues over the years. We have tried hanging old CDs so that the swing and reflect the light, hung old white sheets torn into strips etc etc. Birds totally ignored them. We then made a model of a sparrowhawk that was hanging at the end of a flexible tube that moved...

Hi I had a james greives apple tree that the shoots and leaves kept ing dieing and looked to be cankered bought a red devil apple tree thinking it would do better but its cankered all round on the main trunck it's only 2 years old , I have a 3 year old fiesta that seems to be ok and I got a...

Some good advice Cheers all, will need to update my gardening notebook.

After reading around two suggestions 1) Manganese deficiency, 2) Virus.

I gave up smoking a pipe 40 years ago lol. Funnily though he and I share a lot of similarities, I'm a mad keen angler too.

That's interesting. Back in UK, I used the traps and found that they were sufficient....didn't need to spray!

I have found it is necessary seperate squash from each other in storage as condensation forms on the points of contact, causing the rind to grow mould and then rot. If you have an airy space ,frost-free , I would move them out of the carton and place in solitary confinement. It helps to let the...

Thanks all.Regarding it being crowded, that's a fair assessment. The only reason the courgettes are in there is because my dad's young dog sometimes visits, and she's crazy, and has a bizarre interest in potted plants. I keep meaning to bring them out into the garden.I usually feed up once a...