Edible Gardening

Hi supersprout,have a look through Digging,in edible gardening.

If they're anything like pumpkins, they're fine to go out now. Pumpkins are knows as very greedy plants (both manure and space-wise) - so give them plenty of space, and give their creepers somewhere to climb as they'll take over things if not checked.

Thanks Pete. I will give it some tlc and hope it survives. I know it says it's a melon but I thought it was just a shrub.:DOH:

Thanks. The smaller one I found between the pots, so that one wasn't picked and was probably there for a few days.The greeny bit isn't too hard - I've eaten both with no problems, very tasty!

My concern would be, what has it already been treated with in the past.

Hi guys I've decided that its time to upscale my potato growing as i haven't got the ground space i've opted for a different approach. Trying to find some juice syrup barrels so if anybody knows of a good supplier or any ideas where to try. Only need 2 as i'm growing 4 varieties next season....

My asparagus are messing me about - playing dead but still there. I have a hope they may have a next flush

Almost certainly flea beetle. Scourge of all small brassicae. Its what has stopped farmers growing spring canola (oil seed rape) since a suitable insecticide has been banned. Very fine netting could be used to cover seedlings, but make sure you shut them out not in!.Traditonal remedy was to drag...

I grow Glen Ample: mid season. Reputed to be one of the heaviest croppers. About 10kg picked this year from a 8 metre row. Taset : gorgeous. Big and juicy...

Nice one Notty

Many thanks guys, this is the first year I have grown onions; I'll just enjoy them as they are :thumb:

If, when you hold the apple and it comes away easily in your hand then it is ripe. Anything else and they are not ready.

Yup, first pair of proper leaves, I'm just about to start transplanting mine, I've grown each in individual 2" pots, will transplant to 3" pots, harden off the outdoor ones and finally transplant into 12"+ pots. Growing in pots by stages, there's no root disturbance and good healthy plants.........

Hope you have more success with your melons' than I have with my pomegranate and kumquate.Have one kumquate on a large bush, thinking of cutting the bloomin thing into tiny peices and having a cerimonial bbq when it ripensGood luck,Paulap.s. you don't have to be mad to live here but...

Used to be undecided but now you're not so sure eh!

Last year I successfully grew witloof chicory. I sowed it in June, dug it up in November and planted the roots in buckets in a shed. Now I can eat lovely salad: witloof with (cooking) apple and olive oil - easy, seasonal, lovely!I do seem to have left some root-bits in the ground however, and...

Well here are a few of my pics. 1) cucumber 2) courgette 3) sweet corn 4) Pentland javelins 5) mangetout 6) beetroot 7) cherry toms 8) radish 9) broccoli 10) round carrots - onions 11) carrots - spring onionsHappy to get feedback and advice.

Steam them my mum says that what you should do with them.

Hi @Stooey89 These days, it's generally thought that wound paints and capping waxes aren't necessary and are likely to cause more harm than good. As long as you cut the branches close the branch collar and tidy up the cut, you should be fine. Tree Pruning, How to Prune Tree Branches Correctly...

I'd dig them up GG. Once they've bolted like that they're unlikely to produce any more usable new shoots. If you take them out, it will also allow more light to reach the other brassica plants you have in there, and large brassica plants also suck up a lot of moisture from the soil, so less...