Just to say thanks
Posted by: Curly - 17-08-2020, 06:56 PM - Replies (9)

Good evening, I am not on this forum very often but there are some members whom I would call friends, so to them I just want to let you know that I will be stopping coming on to the forum as I feel I am spending to much time on computers and intend returning to a more normal (for me) life, I'm sorry there was a split recently, but I dont know all the things that were happening behind the scene, but I do wish you all well, so keep safe and enjoy your gardening

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  Flea beetle
Posted by: JJB - 17-08-2020, 11:58 AM - Replies (9)

My pak Choi, both seedlings in modules in one area of the garden and planted seedlings in the soil have been decimated by flea beetle.  Any useful tips to avoid this in the future?

It is flea beetle in the soil but the dreaded cabbage white caterpillars on the modules! Hopefully the flea beetle damage will be 'grown through' as the seedlings get larger.

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  Extending tomato height
Posted by: Mikey - 17-08-2020, 07:27 AM - Replies (28)

So how do you get the more prolific top tiers? Do you grow 4,5 or more fruiting branches. I’ve got a few this year that I have allowed to topple before training up a pole. This makes spotting those troublesome base side shoots easy but watering is a little tougher as the fruiting branches are so close to the ground, none of these plants have topped out yet they still have growing space. I’m not sure they will fully ripen the top tiers as they were so late going in but we’ll see how they get on.



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  Cooking & Eating Edamame
Posted by: PyreneesPlot - 16-08-2020, 09:16 PM - Replies (6)

Today I harvested my first ever edamame and then went off to look at how to cook and preserve them, especially as the whole row was ready at the same time!

From a bit of research it looks as though I can freeze them raw in the pods and then cook from frozen but I'd love a bit of feedback from other edamame growers, particularly as I only have a three drawer freezer.
TIA Smile

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  Starting perennials or biennials in the autumn
Posted by: doublyjonah - 16-08-2020, 07:56 PM - Replies (33)

Hi all,

Last year I started several varieties in the autumn and transplanted them out this year when the weather warmed up. In retrospect, many were not recommended for growing on and planting out due to root disturbance or other issues. However, the hollyhocks, foxgloves, and poppies were actually all fine. I think I also had some annual cornflowers and calendula.

I'm wondering what varieties you may try to sow early to get earlier or first-year flowering where it might otherwise not occur.

This year I have larkspur, delphinium, canterbury bells, lupins...I'll have to investigate to see what else is about. Not sure if any are suitable for autumn sowing/overwintering in the GH. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

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  Feeding outdoor tomatoes
Posted by: Eyren - 15-08-2020, 07:40 PM - Replies (7)

I have some tomatoes in hanging baskets (Tumbling Bella) and a raised bed (First in the Field). I've been feeding them weekly since they started setting fruit, but with the weather so wet at the moment, I don't want to give them a liquid feed and make them totally waterlogged. I'm sure it'll be fine if they skip a week, but for those of you on the wetter side of the country who have more experience than me here in dry-as-dust East Anglia, do you have any tips in case the rain continues?

Should I bring the hanging baskets indoors to prevent waterlogging? Last time I did that (to avoid blight), we immediately had a heatwave and they struggled in my south-facing conservatory. Hopefully we won't have a repeat of that, but I'm torn!

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  Growing Herbs from Cuttings
Posted by: Veggie - 15-08-2020, 05:50 PM - Replies (36)

               

I need more Herbs in my life and I know how to get them FREE!!  Cool
I'm challenging myself to take cuttings every day until.......................I forget.Smile

Today's Herb is Pineapple Sage  - Salvia Elegans aka Salvia Rutilans. I love the smell of the leaves (its pineapple in case you can't guess) and the bright red flowers. Its hardy outdoors here and easy to grow from cuttings. The Flower photo was taken in November so its extra valuable to have flowers at that time of year.

I've taken cuttings of this year's side shoots; removed the lowest leaves and woody bit at the bottom of the stem and stuck them in a jar of water on the window sill.

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  Manure & Green Manure
Posted by: Broadway - 15-08-2020, 04:04 PM - Replies (3)

Afternoon folks

Apart from asking Veggie what a perennial leek would taste like I think my questions have been ok for a whileSmile

That said here we goSmile Would there be any benefit of sowing green manure into a newly manured bed to give it an additional boost???

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  Potato Berries
Posted by: Mikey - 15-08-2020, 09:05 AM - Replies (5)

Ok, so most years I get a couple but this year has been pretty prolific, and my potatoes have produced about 5-8 berries on most plants. 

As the plant is part of the nightshade family like tomato it should grow from seeds in these berries. I’m wondering who has had a go at growing potatoes from berries and does it produce potatoes the following year or does it only create tubers in it’s second year.

I fancy giving some berries a go, to see the results next year

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  Sterile plants - grow from cuttings not seed
Posted by: Veggie - 14-08-2020, 07:21 PM - Replies (10)

Some plants cannot be propagated from seed as the seeds they produce are sterile. They can only be grown from cuttings from the parent plant. 
The most well known is Bocking 14 Comfrey, the one we all want to grow as it won't self seed everywhere like the other comfreys.

African Blue basil is another one - as I've just found when I searched for seeds!

Are there are any other sterile plants that you know of, please?

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