I thought it was just when they are plump, pop one and see.
Are they white fly? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhiteflyLiz
I'd just noticed mine were going to seed, so this is really useful. I'll snip them off tomorrow!
Why not?:scratch:
Hiya, We've just dug up our red duke of yorks and don't really have much to show for it. How much is yield a reflection of variety, or does it...
Have you snapped them though? The kids love it as it's just like a mouth with teeth. Squeeze a flower gently at the sides, where the 'joint' is,...
I would have said cosmos, as it looks just like some in my garden.
Hello! I've got a few strawberry plants, don't know what variety, they were a gift. At the start of the fruiting, they were delicious and looked...
I've found that I often lose the first baby squashes/courgettes because there aren't any men around. They seem to balance in the end though. If...
I don't know about sweetcorn in pots, I just meant the squash. Oops.
Hiya Phoenix, I'm certainly no squash expert but I have found that sometimes they just take a little while to get going. I would say you'll...
I've found out about potatoes myself recently and it depends on whether you have first earlies, second earlies or maincrops. First earlies are...
Well, mine are drying out too, I just assumed this was normal. John Harrison says "Keep weed free but otherwise do nothing unless the spring or...
Hello all,I've got some cardoons growing and, having just looked into them a bit, it sounds like they are quite bitter and not that nice to eat....
Is that what they're called? Anyway, I seem to have loads of potato plants in the garden where I didn't dig them all up last year, yet I thought...
Oops! Mind you, most of the other allotment holders have their beans in. My dad wondered if it was frost damage but it really hasn't been that...
Hello all, My son planted our runner beans last week at the allotment but the ones near the path between the plots look burnt and very poorly, if...
The leaves make quite a nice soup, a bit like spinach, and the roots can be chopped up in a mini food processor type chopper and dried at about...
I did celebration last year (and will do this year) and was really pleased with what I got. Someone commented on how the birds had gone for her...
What's the best way to spray your tomatoes with bordeaux mix, I mean is it dowsing every part, under side and top, or gentle spray. Where do you...
Separate names with a comma.