Edible Gardening

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 .

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...

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

@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...

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.

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

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.

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...

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.

Yes, any of the above.

@Selleri Around here they sell petrushka in the Polish shops

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.