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Tasty and unusual fruit

On 25/01/2013 in forum

strawberry, rhubarb, honey berry, blackberry, red and purple raspberry, red gooseberry, Mirabelle, cherry. None have fruited yet. Am lusting after a mulberry but haven't got the space for another tree. Growing a locquat from seed but have heard that in may


Talkback: Potato blight and Bordeaux Mixture

On 14/02/2012 in forum

, but I've found their taste is nothing to write home about. I'm trying some of the other Sarpo varieties this year to see if at last there might be that happy combination of resistance and taste.I also grow lost of earlies to get round the problem


Summer berries

On 25/06/2010 in Allotments

There's a simple way to find out which summer berries are worth growing: eat them! Everyone has different taste, so what appeals to one person may not to another, which is why on the weekend of the 3-4 July, RHS Wisley is inviting visitors to taste


Talkback: Courgette rot

On 28/11/2011 in forum

, not the developing courgette! Use some advanced nutrients :) iv tried spraying milk on my mildew infested gooseberries and it worked a treat. just diluted, 1part milk to roughly 9parts water, 2applications in a week seemed to clear it right up.easy Can I grow Broad


pruning damaged plants in wet conditions?

On 25/06/2012 in forum

and sunny, trim a little extra off the plums and cherries that you've had to prune. That way, if any fungus has got in, you'll remove it before it does any harm. Alot of my soft fruit - blueberries, red, white and black currants, gooseberries and


Fruit Cages

On 13/07/2012 in forum

gardener actually!).  Reasonably heavy black netting works well, squirrels did eventually chewed through one corner but have left the repair alone, don't know why but we are grateful.. We grow apples, red, black and white currants, blueberries, gooseberries


Talkback: Gardeners World Live 2009

On 28/11/2011 in forum

, however, disappointed to find that when we visited the Grow It exhibit there was a notice on the van saying that the day's allocation of seeds had been given out. It was only just after 1 o'clock! Surely the organisers must have known how popular


Talkback: 'Grow Your Own' Week: Forest gardening

On 28/11/2011 in forum

Thank you for the useful websites, James. in the Rockies National Park in Canada you can see forest gardening as done by nature - gooseberries, black currants, raspberries, abound under the trees as well as lots of fungi and edible tips of fern


wisest use of space

On 04/11/2012 in forum

with general planting and seed sowing etc. Or would i be better to plant blackberries and other soft fruit? Perfect spot for fan trained apricots and figs.  You could grow other soft fruit (black currants, gooseberries and strawberries, in front of them so


Peach tree

On 09/04/2013 in forum

well at that price...very wellA few points.Peaches do well in potsThey suffer in spring fom a disease that affects the leaves...peach leaf curl. If you can cover it or grow in a greenhouse at this time you will avoid this problem. One reason to grow


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