Edible Gardening

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...

Hi Guy's, yes I have also got cottager's kale grown from seed this year. It seems to be a lot more slug resistant than the curly kale. But the one I am referring to is grown from cuttings because it doesn't flower. I think that is why it is perennial because it doesn't waste energy on flowers...

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There might not have been a great deal of difference when regular compost was peat-based (peat being slightly acidic) although I imagine the pH would vary depending on how much lime was added by the manufacturer. Peat-free composts are much more variable in many ways so I wouldn't be surprised...

The non-anuum species make way less pollen. you will need to manually remove an anther and pollinate each flower. if you look at an annuum and tap it youll even see the huge pollen load it drops. Flowers falling is classic non-pollination.Theyre perrenial and I cant be bothered so I just let...

Bubble wrap is ok if you remove it when the weather changes, but figs are hardy. Is it in a pot, looks like it, as if it is its mostly about protecting the roots rather than the top growth.I've never had any frost damage on mine, but its planted in the ground.

Thanks for your replies, food for thought. You've given me great encouragement Stephen. I'll give it a go for two years then decide whether to proceed further.

Thank you for the information and channels to look further