Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Tomatoes

Being an over enthusiastic new gardener I sowed two packets of tomoto seeds and now have a lot of seedlings waiting to b...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by farida.63bcf86
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by farida.63bcf86

Pruning apple trees

Hi, I have some new two year old apple wipes that are to be made into a belgium fence (espalier). Spaced every 2 feet o...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ksgoodwin
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by ksgoodwin

Fact or fiction?

I seem to remember that wood as it decomposes uses up the nitrogen in the soil. Not really good for the garden. Old wive...
38 comments posted 16yrs
posted by susan_r23666
38 comments posted 16yrs posted by susan_r23666

OT Horseshit!

Hmmm... Horseshit - lies combined with humor and nonsense. Bullshit - a deceptive liar Chickenshit - coward Or are thes...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by doesnotwork
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by doesnotwork

Horseshit!

I've just found a source for free composted horse manure, there is a horse farm about 1/2 mile from me that gives it aw...
21 comments posted 16yrs
posted by schvantzkoph
21 comments posted 16yrs posted by schvantzkoph

Tomato leaves are purple and crispy

After reading up on what causes the leaves of tomato seedlings to turn purple, I learned it was a phosphorous deficienc...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by bbb_bus_complaints
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by bbb_bus_complaints

organic fertilizer for amateur gardeners

I'm getting the garden ready, seeds are started. I'd like to do just organic fertilizer this year. It's not easy to fin...
6 comments posted 16yrs
posted by jeff_thies
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by jeff_thies

Jiffy starter greenhouse vs wet plate

I'm running an experiment to see how my wet plate method works vs a commercial solution, specifically the Jiffy starter...
23 comments posted 16yrs
posted by schvantzkoph
23 comments posted 16yrs posted by schvantzkoph

tiddyoggie

A fellow gardener potted on some brassica plants which he had brought on in his greenhouse. The plants had grown to 5/6...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by tiddyoggie.633e687
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by tiddyoggie.633e687

Edible Gardening

Hi , Did Anyone watch the television programme on BBC2 tonight what do you all think? to me it wasnt all i thought it co...
16 comments posted 16yrs
posted by PepperR.632e966
16 comments posted 16yrs posted by PepperR.632e966
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by wildbilly
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by wildbilly

germination progress

In an earlier post I listed the varieties of tomatoes that I'm starting from seed. I started the first four on April 1,...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by schvantzkoph
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by schvantzkoph