Edible Gardening

Nope. Atleast I dont think so, other than keeping up with the watering and humidity.

I think those are far more worthy of concentrating efforts on, especially using stuff picked from hedgerows for free.

Yes, tie down verticals except for main stem.For fruit, summer prune in late July early August.....do this by cutting shoots from tied down branches to 3 or 4 buds to create "spurs". It may be a little early for this year though. By cutting back like this in late summer you are encouraging...

Brill that’s what I thought but wanted to make sure thanks both

Hello Peter, Some varieties of plum are self-fertile but not all. Plums, gages and damsons: choosing cultivars/RHS Gardening This link will give more info. Sometimes, a frost or dry spell at the critical time in the fruit's development makes them all drop. Nothing much you can do about that...

Carrots - no problem once germinated. Germination can sometimes be a bit challenging.

Hello @Plosh I don't grow fruit or veg but when we had our property the previous owner was a grower of grapes / strawberries / Barley / Rhubarb and everything was all done in sections but the strawberries was planted by the kitchen window and we suffer here with pure sun trap gardens but where...

I must admit I was sceptical when you first posted about this last October @Habanerohead so you have proved me wrong, thanks it's always good to learn something new. I shall try your method this year

Yep that might be a problem if there is a lot of them but they stay edible a long time. I still have some from the last year and they are almost as fresh like at the last autumn. In Mexico, they are used also for sweets and in the Far East for vegetable soups. As their fruit flesh is a bit like...

Thanks both! I'll pinch them off then, even if my kid and wife will be grumbling They are amazingly fast growing, I did not expect that. 24h after taking that picture

June drop.....all those little ones will fall off.

Paul, my thoughts include, not good applying manure last autumn. Carrots will not perform well in that. Also what compost did you use? MPC? This dries out fast, possibly too fast for seeds, and is difficult to re wet. Watering? Erratic watering is not good either. (Hence my apprehensions...

Basically, because the tree knocked itself out producing that bumper crop last year. It's a problem known as "biennial bearing" and this article from the RHS has some tips for sorting it out: Fruit: biennial bearing/RHS 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...

Thanks.