Edible Gardening

I presume Boron is a trace element - Not being very experienced as a gardener I'm still on a steep learning curve. I am growing in pure compost & vermiculite, the other vege seems to be doing Ok, Broad beans, peas, parsnips even celery ??

eBay! find a seller with good reviews though. I've used premier seeds before and found them excellent

Thanks for the info looks like I've got another long thin bed to dig out - RHS info spot on.

Looking good @HsuH

Has anyone grown Sweet Pepper F1 Sweet Sunshine? I am growing 10 different varieties of sweet peppers and chillies. 9 of the varieties look great, all have plenty of fruit and flowers. I have 4 pots of Sweet Sunshine which to be honest look pretty pathetic. They are about 3 inches high and seem...

Thanks Zigs I thought I'd have a go with 'Charlotte' as I read it's the easiest form to begin with and its also an acceptable roaster where as the other reccomended second cropping varieties are mentioned as salad potatoes...Anything else easy I can't go wrong growing in pots for Christmas...

Radish, cabbage, carrot all flowering. Carrot pulled to reveal tiny white root. Should have left the flower to open at least it would have been pretty. Torrential rain past few days so expecting blight any day now

And it makes sense - I dug out a big chunk of grass to make room for the sweetcorn.

No specific advice (although in recent days someone has set me a challenge to try one) other than pop in soil, cross fingers, pay homage to Mother Nature and ... wait and see! But, I'm new to this aspect of gardening, so I shall view the replies with avid interest.

I'm going to chop down my broad beans and try to get a second harvest later in the year. In the meantime the neighbouring red onions and shallots will welcome the lessening of competition for light and water.

Best not to wash potatoes either, leave them as they come out of the ground and store them somewhere cool and dark. If you harvest a lot of spuds at once, leave them out on the soil to dry for a few hours before storing, then store in hessian or paper sacks NOT plastic bags.First year...

I was between Brid and Driffield at the time. Lots of arable fields around. Now I'm in Hessle, I haven't seen any butterflies yet, my garden is only in it's first year. But yesterday I had to spray a climbing rose as tiny caterpillars were stripping the leaves.

Oh. Sorry to hear that. Hope this warmer weather is easing the pain. Take care.

My bit never flowered, it just grew leaves. Its more out of interest, rather than like to get anything really practical out of it.

When we use grey water like that we pour it through a kitchen sieve first, if there are any food bits in it. They would attract unwanteds to your area.

I would ask for suggestion directly to the locals / this is a site from Philippines which is not far from Thailand and they may have an idea

And me, but when I notice the first cloves starting to go soft I'll then freeze whole cloves [1] plus chop some up and mix with butter to freeze in clingfilm wrapped portions which enables them to be used both for cooking and in making Garlic Bread.[1] Normally use a press on fresh cloves,...

Superstar - thank you I didn't think about how the flowers fertilise themselves. Most of the plants have flowers or buds on now, so I'll give them a little wobble before I water them.

That's a double serving of veg on some of the plates I've seen dished up on Masterchef!Give yourself a pat on the back, you're nearly there

I use tomato feed (something high in potassium 'K') for plants that produce flowers/fruit - tomatoes and cucumbers. There are lots of makes: Tomorite, Phostrogen Tomato - I use Chempak once a week.On potatoes and root crops I'm using Miraclegro as a liquid feed every week.On my allotment I'm...