Edible Gardening

I dont protect the peaches at all but it does lose all its first leaves to curl, ive heard lime-sulphur paint in winter can prevent it but thats way too much effort for me! If you can cover it eg. a polytunnel they can avoid it, same as blight in tomatoes and stuff.For fertiliser focus higher...

At least it has had to pass our own import rules even if theyre barely enforced! In New Zealand they take it seriously and have avoided dozens of super plagues already, only after their plagues of stoats and so on though. The box moth has killed every box in my town in only a few years, huge...

Thinking about it, it looks like there were once more horizontal arms but only the top ones are left. I have found myself that the upper arms tend to shade the lower ones and the sap tends to go up so the lower branches are less vigorous.

Thanks everyone for the replies!

Perhaps best for the birds They are always hungry. This year they ate all our pyrocantha in december already.

For a easy start to the salad season, look for 'living salad' in supermarkets. it tends to be available from about now and gives 60-70 plants which can be transplanted in to pots or troughs for earlier crop.It will give you a start while your sown seeds follow on. Learn about picking lettuce...

@glosmike you'll need quite a large raised bed to give you a reasonable crop. Each crown will throw one or two stems at a time, so to get a decent feed without having to keep them in the fridge waiting, you'll need a good number. I used to have more than 30 crowns in a big bed which I also used...

I have thevictorian !

Hi,When you get some new whips the supplier usually provides detailed instructions of the training regimes for the different growing methods as they want to make sure you treat them right; non provided ?Lots of online ytubes etc but think following the RHS site will be as good and clear as...

Observations: Trees planted in the shadow between house and high hedge, limiting light and causing vertical extension. As you report, weight of fruit causing bends, which can become broken branches. This is a result of too much vertical growth, rather than girth. What to do: Cut the highest...

I would wait and see what options nature presents in the coming months. Decisions to be clear by July when fruiting is apparent, and new growth is shaped/shortened to pattern.

Thankyou @Tidemark really useful.

I find Tromboncino very reliable and can grow huge in a good year. We eat them when they are small.

Rather than module trays, I use the plastic shelf trays that garden centres receive potted plants upon.75mm dia is ideal, Filled with spent compost, they have large drainage holes and enable one to check when rooted. matching Before planting out, suspend watering so as to keep the compost as a...

The plot is 25m x 10m, its northern side (no neighbour there but it also works with the eastern side of a plot) is 25m long, so my tallest trees are planted there on St Julien A and Colt rootstocks. They are 3m apart, as that's usually how wide they become (1.5m from the centre of the tree)....

I can't say I've ever considered a hard divider. I just plant with 12 to 18 inches between rows and then rotate the crops round each year on a three to four year cycle. What sort of divider where you thinking of?

Thanks both. The square hole is an interesting one.

Bear1 .Hi, I also planted a few Radar Onion sets outside last October. As you can see mine are doing OK. They were covered in ice and snow, but appear to have survived

They need a high potash feed, if they get masses of nitrogen they grow like mad but don't fruit so we'll. I agree thin them out, then take the very tall canes should be gently bent over and tied down. You will get much more fruit bud break by doing that. As you have inherited them it's hard...

Thanks Pete. I've then well away and in separate raised beds! I need labels or I'll likely forget who's who and what's what! I'd originally wanted all of them to be primocane for Easter of handling, plus our crap summers here maybe help the fruit to have more time to ripen and plants to grow...