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Beans in Pots/Grow bags in november in an unheated greenhouse? - cheers - bob wot do you feed the courgettes with My squash plants are huge, with lots of flowers, but the flowers are dropping off before the fruit is formed - can you please advise?

Went for a brilliant trip to the Savill Gardens and loved their display of pumpkins and squash. I have grown many varieties over the years but have decided that next year I'm going to grow enough to make a display that will be worth walking along

in the p.m. or evening.Thanks for your reply Eileen Carter. i have had a great year for many veg & i currently have 3 butternut squash plants growing well. The problem is that between them i only have 4 squash loads more little squash appear but then seem

. Not risking risking courgettes, squash or toms outdoors just yet but toms are planted in the GH bed. Am going to try growing Atlantic Giants this year myself, on a raised no dig bed with plenty of well rotted manure in the bottom layers as they do like

info. While we're on the subject, do you have any tips for people who want to go to the opposite extreme and grow giant pumpkins? Emma. gardenersworld.com team I started my squashes off last week, and I always grow up! The varieties I use are Uchiki

weeks, it will germinate and grow a few inches, then wilt. The onlt thing I have been sucessful with is Geraniums, I have tried Roses (3 died and only 1 is still growing, Sunflowers, Onion, Lettuce, Squash and some wild flowers.  I have added local

If you are vigilant you can spot the clusters of yellow eggs on the leaves; squashing them is more humane and less messy! I have to cast doubt on your method, the cabbage whites are foul tasting to birds both as caterpillars and butterflies

in there then.?     Like most beetles, they can fly and are attracted by the smell of lily plants.  They are an invasive species which are not native to the UK but are now extremely widespread here - so much so that some folk have actually given up growing

the multiplied stem formed such an alien-looking ribbon, and yet was growing perfectly healthily and strong. The memory stuck with me, because it was about this time that I first read J.G. Ballard’s dystopian science fiction novel The Crystal World, where

and leave the plant to grow for a few months to die back naturally. Can I re pot it as I have it in a nice indoor ceramic pot. Was thinking of just putting it in a standard flower pot and leaving it outdoors to die back naturally. Is this ok? I do t want