My strange purple potatoes are putting on flowers now. Do I cut them off or leave them? Genuinely no clue what im doing :rolleyespink:
certainly does this spring! if i dont water my pots every 4-5 days theyre like a desert. the cause is bad potting soil for me, its all commercial...
Thyme wants some soil I think. Mine is fully in soil.
sown this year or last spring?
Most need a pollinator. If your neighbours have one thats enough but if not...! some are self fertile but if you dont know the variety best be...
Where from? What a stealYou could cordon it happily but you could also just give it a pole and straighten it. Itll eventually bend over a few...
blueberries are mostly boggy scrappy plants that live in borderline barren soil. they shouldnt need much fert. The iron they need comes from...
There are male and female ones, maybe yours is male.
I have seen them in the hedgerows but never thought to pick them. Might experiment with it! I remember the cultivated one having a stronger smell,...
I ended up hanging them in a basket and they did dry but clearly lost lots of their initial aroma. Maybe compressing them into blocks and freezing...
as far as i know phytophthoria doesnt overwinter in the soil but rather in living tissue, mostly potatoes that survive the winter, and are either...
My physalis peruviana went out recently for its 2nd year. I got maybe 5 fruit off it last year but we are pretty shady. Its 1.5m tall already so...
if you can pull a lot of soil up so the roots arent too badly hurt theyll be ok but if you break most of the roots itll set it back considerably....
my young seedlings are making fruit now in the open but i am far south. i think the warmth does speed it up so in colder years it will help. but...
My tomatillo seems to be thriving in this weather whilst the toms are just sitting there waiting for warmer nights. Maybe a better crop for colder...
Several of my cucumber seedlings I had outside died, 5c already is too low for them I think. The ones on my windowsill though are booming.
I didnt know that. Interesting, I hope those wetting chemicals are friendly :thumbsup:Its about 50 litres of soil, I dont think ill be able to...
Dear GC amateur experts,I have inherited a few large pots from a friend filled with a peculiar slightly sandy soil. My friend said it was a...
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