Edible Gardening

Sunflowers are the best ! (in terms of crunch) Large striped from the pet shop. Sow in/on 25mm coir or compost. Harvest at up to 75mm. Should germinate in days indoors all around the year. Beware overwatering and discard if signs of mould.

If you look at the average allotment, the compost heap will have plenty of potatoes and probably squash growing on it. We have a decent amount of potatoes coming up from where we grew them last year and it's very hard to find them all when cropping. They normally provide a decent amount.

I'm not sure, but a couple of things spring to mind.The distortion of new leaves could be caused by several things.If you have fed them, you may have overdone it - that will often cause distorted leaves to start appearing. Solution is to flush the compost with fresh water.If you have any...

Just wonder if they are very shaded. They should be looking a bit bigger IMO by now. The lawn does seem to be moving in on them.

It's going to be almost impossible to identify, they all look very similar

sugar snap is definately superior but mangetout is still lovely. keep cold in a plastic bag in fridge and i find they can last a month after picking

My cucumbers were a bit slow and sickly looking for a few weeks despite the great weather which the tomatoes thrived in. However, they have now perked up. I too,often have a few “ dud” cucumber to begin with but be patient and sure things will improve. I picked my first cucumber a couple of days...

Harvested our garlic yesterday. All very small but given I haven’t fed or watered them, it’s still more garlic than I planted so have decided to be pleased anyway. The original cloves were quite small so it was probably unrealistic to expect anything more. Mine are IOW garlic farm but from my...

Thanks both! I'll do as you suggested

They are pretty impressive tho

I have no idea of the name of my decorative gingers. The labels have been lost for years. I live in Cornwall which may explain why I am able to leave them outside year round. The first time I saw ginger growing was in Trebah Gardens, they had some enormous pots, full of them in flower, in the...

The beetroot will swell to available space. It's good to have some growing slower than others, pick then as they reach a usable size and those left will grow on.

Yes I’ve removed a few flowers to make sure the plant will grow a bit more and it is thriving better now. I am only growing two and one is better than the other!!? so fingers crossed it will catch up.

Many thanks for all the replies and sorry for my delayed response.Lesson learnt and thanks for the explanations. You know, thinking back I might have used shower gel last year when using PB for the first time, not washing up liquid. So probably my memory at fault here... The plants...

Thanks for the advice. As recommended, I gave the pots a good soaking and then carefully peeled them off. Three days on, I have very happy tomato plants that are just starting to flower

...and you could also grow a replacement by rooting a sideshoot...

Personally I would, the plant is still pretty small.

I collected laburnum seeds looked up what to do .. got the pot ready etc ,, nothing up to now , but lo and behold I have 3 little seedlings growing in the gravel in the greenhouse when I spilt the seeds lol

Most gardens will have another apple nearby so pollination isn’t usually a worry, unless you are on an estate of new builds with few trees. Crab apples can also act as pollinators for apple trees