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and other crops to keep them growing stronglyStop cutting asparagus by the end of June to allow the ferns to formThin out heavy gooseberry crops by removing the smallest fruits, and use these for cookingMake successional sowings of salad leaves and radishes

Hi I have just started to grow vegetables this year and have been successful with most of it. However, something has been eating my cauliflowers. I have had the caterpillars from the cabbage whites which I have kept in check . The main problem

Finish planting out vegetable crops, including tomatoes, beans, courgettes and sweetcornSow summer salads in guttering to grow quick cropsUse netting to protect developing and ripening fruits from birdsTie in new shoots on blackberries, raspberries

Having removed my broad beans I forked in pelleted chicken manure and  planted out my cauliflowers from their 1 litre pots .... firmed them in , netted them  and now the outer leaves are all going orange... what's this about ? How long have

's latest experimental vegetable. She likes to try growing something new every year and this year it's cauliflowers. They're coming on really well and starting to form little curds already. The curds should swell and grow over the next couple of months

small crop of broccoli this year and still getting off shoots.But Cauliflower is my main problem allways bolts seem to have some coming at the moment for winter picking so fingers crossed. Hi AllI have tried to grow cauliflowers for 3 years now

shrubs. It's wonderful being able to see what people have grown just down the road from me. And, while I know I'll never grow a cauliflower the likes of which I've seen in our local village summer show, it does make me less inclined to give up trying

I'm sure there has been research done on how the colour of food affects our attitude to it. If it looks good then it hopefully tastes good too, but who wants to eat blue potatoes, purple carrots or orange cauliflowers?When it comes to salads I want

Brassicas form the mainstay of the vegetable plot all year round in the form of summer and winter cabbage, cauliflower, sprouting broccoli, calabrese and Brussels sprouts. Whether you've raised your own brassicas from seed or opted for ready

trouble growing cauliflower. Can you give me some advice. Please can you tell me where and what conditions i need to plant couliflower. I have never grown sweetcorn before but inspired by Alys Fowler the Minipop sweetcorn will be going in amongst