Edible Gardening

I'm going to give it a go for no other reason than I can - - worst case, I will have a pot at the back of the living room with a plant in it over winter

Ok thank you for the help

I think they're only small fruit anyway as hanging variety ones? I've watered daily but I wonder if they have still got a bit dry maybe? We have lots of bees and insects so shouldn't be a pollination issue?

And these even more so than hessian potato sacks as they're a coarser weave.

It depends on how much attention you can give them, how well they get watered, whether the soil has enough nutrients etc. I never cut anything off mine and never have to nip the tops out as my frames allow them to continue to grow and be supported.That's no help to you if you have limited...

They are throwing cherries at you round here this year, they are ripening faster than they can pick them. Never tried wild ones, usually the birds get them before they are ripe.

Thanks for that. I read this article on the difficulty of evervearing: (link)I realise now that it's a canadian source so their colder climates would make things very different to growing here.

Since I didn't know I was supposed to be pinching them - that's kinda happened by default lol

HiMany thanks for the responses and tips.OK, so it's looking like the heatwave may be the cause then...For the record, when do summer raspberries usually come to an end?The only thing of slight concern I have is that some of the summer raspberry's next year canes have brown dying...

Good god @Zigs never even heard of Boron far less being deficient in it. I am just about coping with the water deficiency this season and you are now giving me yet more things to worry about. Hmmm thought gardening was meant to be a good form of relaxation...fat chance

Yes, either Paul. I prefer straw from spring onwards though so maybe bark for now and straw when fruit is forming (keeps fruit clean, dry and slug free)

Like Marley @Mike77 I dry mine off in the greenhouse in my ne of those blue mushroom trays and I leave them in there until any foliage has died off completely plus the roots that will still be alive at the base of each shallot will dry off.I think if you pickle them with the roots still attached...

@martin-f we have pretty strict laws about shooters. You should have seen the look on the border guard's face when I declared mine when coming back from the states after one of my visits. I wanted a Red Rider but I didn't want the brown/black one, I wanted a pink one so I had to order it and...

Are we seeing all three plants in that picture?

I'd not bother trying to plant if they are shooting now, I agree with @Linz . Just eat them and buy new ones in the autumn, why yours are shooting now is a mystery to me

I just put them in water, try in one week I'll try planting them in potting soil witha bit of perlite and vermiculite and see what happens.

Dug mine out a couple of weeks ago, not massive but good enough, got a few Elephants but they are still green.

mine are in my greenhouse, first time growing this year too and they have gone crazy, i found a fully grown cucumber the other day right at the bottom behind a leaf, didnt even notice it before. very please with my first cucumber experience.

After all recommendations here, I am into 2nd season of using Quadgrow for Tomato & cucumber crops ..... and when you see how much water they take up naturally in this weather, you realise how much you were getting it wrong.For those that also use Quadgrow - do you continue to use the 2-part...

No, dont soak. For me it made for muddy, messy work. A fork, a pick and hard work CoffeKev but do it slowly and thoroughly. I promise you, you will be glad you did it this way! It is also so satisfying! M Then use a spade and add compost for a glorious planting medium