Edible Gardening

Thanks! I will try and do that with the next plants.

Confused is my middle name, Pete

Aaaaw i see! Thank you both very much for your answers :D

Paul, this info may help you:How to grow melons / RHS Gardening

Paul, this info may help youHow to grow asparagus / RHS Gardening

Hi there!So, five years at current home. First year I sowed turnips very successful with good roots. Every year since - nothing, just long, twisty tapering roots that hang on the surface or very small balls. It's decent soil, emptied the contents of my compost bin on to it a couple of...

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With figs I always try to pinch out the growing point after 4 leaves have formed, they will grow leggy if you let them. It encourages side shooting at the same time as encouraging fruiting. If it is too leggy, the only real option is to cut the stems back by half in winter, but this will delay...

They will catch up Jane, albeit a little late. I sowed my second batch 12 days ago and they grow very fast at this time of the year.Mine germinated indoors without any extra heat in 4 days.

citrus tang ...good god I would be bad

You’re a ‘one’ Harry

Nice one Notty

Using the bicolored Perilla Frutescens my best results where with soaked seeds, peat based compost, light covering of vermiculite, in a transparent plastic box on the kitchen table in full sun.

Got mine 3 weeks or so ago JWK. Already plants are 40 to 60 cm high.They will grow fast

I could try that with some Lancashire crumbly, a bit like Feta for people born north of Crewe! Thank you!

Hi, I definitely wouldn't grow cordon and bush together. It would end up a tangled mess. I don't even grow cordon in a grow bag for the same reason. Each to their own pot. Toms can be like mischievous children! As my grandma would say " give them an inch, they'll take a mile" Keep an eye on...

Grow onions, leek and garlic with carrots. Old school method of dealing with carrot fly but it works. As an aside, Amarantus and sweetcorn are good companion plants to break up the soil for better if that is an issue.

Apologies if this should go into Containers Gardening rather than Edible Gardening. Please feel free to move as appropriate if this is the wrong section.Space in the garden is limited, so, having found a reasonable deal on Acqua Lock self-watering baskets, I purchased a few 16 inches...

I would guess that the suppliers of the cages do different types and quality of netting so they should be able to give you the right one.

I bought one of those things and the same thing happened to me I vote that the is for