Edible gardening
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Fruit Trees
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My fruit trees are in bud, I am so excited. Ok going to a garden centre was expensive. Next time I am staying on line, even with the cost of postage and packaging, your still on a winner buying direct from nurseries.
My favourite nursery is Wibbles Nursery, prompt service, reasonable cost, and even with the cost of shipping I saved a fortune.
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- Posted: Wed. 24th February 2010 19:39
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Hits and Misses!
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Hi folks
Well the year started out optimistically with lots of seeds sown and germinated. Successes include beetroot, tomatoes, sweetcorn and many others but I grew potatoes in sacks this year and can't say I'll bother again. I think I got no more a dozen potatoes! I'll stick to growing them in the ground in future.
I also grew Nicotiana 'Fragrant Cloud' and got carried away with the amount of seedlings (somewhere around the 50 mark were grown)! However, they weren't wasted as each year, local gardens open up to the public in aid of a charity so they were donated to the worthy cause.
Would love to hear about anyone elses hits and misses?
All the best Wendy.
PS: Spent a fortune this afternoon on seeds for next year!!
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- Posted: Sun. 4th October 2009 20:11
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Autumn & Winter Growing Workshop by Food Up Front
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Time: October 5, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: St Vincent's Centre
Street: Talma Rd
City/Town: Brixton, SW2 1AS
What to grow in your container over the Autumn and Winter and how to do it!
An interactive, fun, informative and hopefully - motivating workshop, run by Sarah Newton & Kate Swatridge.
We're hoping to have seeds on sale of the varieties covered in the workshop.
Cost: £5 to FuF members and £10 to non members.
Please book your place or register your interest by emailing fufevents@gmail.com asap!
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- Posted: Thu. 1st October 2009 14:39
Apple Tree Planting advice.
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The onset of the english apple season has made me long for some apple trees. I've bought a Bountiful tree online from http://www.hopesgrovenurseries.co.uk and was wondering where in the garden would be the best place to plant it or if it would be ok in a large pot?
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- Posted: Mon. 28th September 2009 12:36
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vegatables in containers
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This year I have grown potatoes , peas,broad beans, dwarf beans in bags and they have been great. The only one that didnt work out was Radish they bolted with nothing in the soil anyone know where I went wrong with them.
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- Posted: Wed. 12th August 2009 20:27
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Cucumbers
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Wendy and I thought it might be a good idea to start separate threads for each variety of edible plant we are growing to share our experiences and pass on comments, good or bad. I hope others find this interesting and will join in.
I grow my Cucumbers outside in large containers. This year I've got three varieties - Crystal Lemon, Richmond Green Apple and Burpless Tasty Green (BTG). (I don't have a full sized greenhouse so outdoors is my only option.) I've grown all three of these varieties before and whilst I don't get a huge crop, I very much enjoy the fruits I do get. I particularly like the first two which I harvest when they are the size of a Kiwi fruit because I've never seen them in the shops. And I find BTG the best of the ridge Cucumbers, much better in containers than Marketmore.
My top tip is to grow them 'under glass' until they are good and strong (otherwise the slugs and snails will ruin them) and keep them well fed and watered. Powdery mildew can also be a problem but I spray the leaves with a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda disolved in a litre of water at the first signs and this keeps the fungus in check.
Georgie
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- Posted: Sun. 2nd August 2009 21:21
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Why haven't my potato plants flowered yet?
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I am growing potatoes for the first time and planted them into 2 piles of recycled tyres in May. They are slightly under some trees but get full sun from about 3pm to evening. They are now extremely high and leggy, leaning out of the tyre pile (which is 4 tyres high now) presumably searching for sun? I am reluctant to add any more compost as its costing a fortune (I stopped at tyre 3). ! Should I be worried? No flowers and I keep checking to make sure no potatoes appear above the soil as I have read these are poisonous...
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- Posted: Sun. 2nd August 2009 19:36
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Growing winter vegetables
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Has anyone tried growing vegetables over winter either outside or in the greenhouse and what would you recommend.
Wendy
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- Posted: Fri. 31st July 2009 15:33
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Search for Tastiest Tomato
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On 5 and 6 September 2009
West Dean Gardens
Near Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZ
Tomato growers will have the chance to enter their produce into the Tastiest Tomato Competition, being run in conjunction with the British Tomato Growers' Association and is open to anyone - amateur, professional, adult or child.
“Whenever we meet the public at food shows and other events, we're often told 'Tomatoes don't taste like they used to' or 'The ones I grow taste much better than the ones you can buy',” says Gerry Hayman from the British Tomato Growers' Association. “So we're going to put it to the test with this competition to find the tastiest tomato!”
The winning entry will be awarded the Len Summerton Cup plus an annual Friends membership ticket for West Dean College and Gardens
Entry forms and details are available on the TGA website www.britishtomatoes.co.uk
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- Posted: Sat. 25th July 2009 10:23
Woodland Strawberry Plant - In Pot.
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My Woodland Strawberry Plant which is in a pot is flowering well and producing fruit, however the edges of the leaves have all turned dark brown could anyone tell me what is causing this?
Many Thanks - Julie H.
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- Posted: Mon. 20th July 2009 19:55
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