Diary of a Rocket Gardener…curly leaves?
Last year I had a bit of a tomato fail. I failed to water my tomatoes regularly enough and quite a few of them suffered from blossom end rot as…
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Ways with herbs
Having herbs to hand in the garden is such a great way of transforming all your home cooked meals even by simply sprinkling fresh chopped oregano or basil leaves over your pasta…
Cabbage whites are on the prowl
Cabbage White Butterflies lay two to three batches of eggs each year, and they’re out in full force during mid-summer looking for the perfect plant for their eggs. You’ll probably…
A fruit pruning guide
If you’re growing any soft fruit in your veg patch at the moment then it is likely to be harvestable very soon. Once they’ve finished fruiting, some plants will need…
Don’t let your tomatoes dry out
As tomato plants all over the country start flowering and fruiting we have one really important piece of advice: don’t let them dry out! Why? Tomatoes really suffer when the…
Tricks of the trade…encourage more fruit
This is the time of year that tomatoes, squashes, courgettes, cucumbers and beans truly spring into action. They grow like crazy. But you don’t want all that growth to produce…
Feed your veg this week for a better crop…
Fruiting vegetables (squashes, pumpkins, courgettes, tomatoes, beans, peppers, chillies, aubergines, melons etc) would really benefit from a liquid feed now to replenish the nutrients in the soil for a bigger,…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…slugs in my spuds!
This weekend I’ve had a disaster in the veg patch. I’m gutted. I went out to dig up all my beautiful potatoes only to find that there were small black…
When to harvest beetroot
Depending when you planted your beetroots, they might be ready to harvest by now. But how can you tell? Well, in most cases the beetroot is fairly visible on the…
Tricks of the Trade…Extending the Season
Now, we don’t want you to panic, but in just a few weeks the weather will start to get a little cooler and, if you planted in early spring, most…
Argh! Why are my veg plants bolting?
If you’ve experienced some of your veg plants bolting, then don’t be too surprised. It’s been a funny couple of weeks with ridiculously hot, dry spells followed immediately by loads…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener – Yellow Leaves?
Well, I should have learnt from this last year with my courgettes, but I got it wrong again! A few weeks ago I planted two pumpkin plants in a grow…