Snap off onion flowers as soon as they appear. If the plants flower, the
onions will become woody and unusable.
onion-flower
If the onion flowers in it’s first year it is said to ‘bolt’. Instead of
producing the onion bulb desired, the plant ‘bolts’ into maturity,
flowers, & produces seed during the summer instead of the normal root.
Mark which onions are attempting to flower by starting to bolt (with a lolly stick, or anything
handy) and use these first as they won’t store well.
pulled-onions
When the onion foliage bends over and turns yellowy, it is time to harvest onions.
Click this link to find out how to harvest & store onions.
Snap off onion flowers as soon as they appear. If the plants flower, the
onions will become woody and unusable.
onion-flower
If the onion flowers in it’s first year it is said to ‘bolt’. Instead of
producing the onion bulb desired, the plant ‘bolts’ into maturity,
flowers, & produces seed during the summer instead of the normal root.
Mark which onions started to bolt (with a lolly stick, or anything
handy) and use these first as they won’t store well.
Bring out the romance, and grow some heart shaped cucumbers!
The Japan Trend Shop
sells a heart shaped mould set, which is fixed onto the young growing
cucumber to determine its final shape.
The heart shaped mould sets make a great gift for the greenhouse
gardener who has everything!
The ultimate dinner ingredient must be a home- grown heart shaped cucumber!
pulled-onions
When the onion foliage bends over and turns yellowy, it is time to harvest onions.
heart-shaped-cucumber
Bring out the romance, and grow some heart shaped cucumbers!
The Japan Trend Shop sells a heart shaped mould set, which is fixed onto the young growing cucumber to determine its final shape.
The heart shaped mould sets make a great gift for the greenhouse
gardener who has everything!
The ultimate dinner ingredient must be a home- grown heart shaped cucumber!
pea-flower--Ambience
Ambience is a semi-leafless variety of pea.
Ambience produces petit pois, which are very small, sweet-tasting
edible peas.
Petit pois may be eaten in the pod as mange tout.
Ambience pea flowers are white, with a green tinge.
The Ambience petit pois peas have few leaves but a mass of tendrils.
A common question is ” Why does my Purple Flowering Broccoli not have
any Broccoli heads.” The answer is that there are two sorts of broccoli:
* Sprouting – white or purple sprouting broccoli
spear-of-purple-sprouting-broccoli
* Calabrese – a green sprouting broccoli which may have a single,
large head.
The sprouting broccoli produces heads just after Christmas, but
calabrese produces a crop in early autumn.
Charity has just posted a comment:
plz help my purple flowering broccoli doesnt have any broccoli can
you tell me why ???
i have plenty of leaves but no florettes of broccoli
plz e-mail me with a reply
TopVeg replied:
Hi Charity
Good things come to those who wait!
Purple sprouting broccoli will be ready from January to April.
Calabrese, the green sprouting broccoli common in the shops,
produces spears before the onset of winter.
I think you may have the purple sprouting, which is so special
because it is ready when there is not much else in the garden. On
top of that the flavour is divine!
Hope that helps
**TopVeg**
The answer to the question ” Why Purple Flowering Broccoli does not have
Broccoli” is that it will have broccoli after Christmas!
Semi-leafless peas have 5 advantages over the normal pea:
* easy picking – pods are easy to see as there are few leaves
obstructing the view
* stand up – masses of intertwining tendrils act as a self-support
system, improving standing, so sticks not needed
* high yields
* water use efficiency is higher.
* ladybirds are much more efficient when they hunted aphids
infesting leafless pea plants, rather than the normal variety.
Pea leaves are slippery – whereas stems and tendrils provide a
more secure footing. So ladybirds fall off the normal variety
nearly twice as often as the leafless plants.
Leafless peas have a recessive gene which produces a modification of
the common pea plant (Latin name - Pisum sativum L.) leaf morphology,
where leaflets are replaced by tendrils, reducing the foliage. The
tendrils contribute to plant growth in a similar way to flat leaf
structures.
Semi leafless peas have at least 5 advantages over the common garden pea.
In a speech celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Garden Organic
on 25 July 2008, Prince Charles urged people to grow their own vegetables, fruit and herbs.
Prince Charles said that people should be encouraged “to experience the
joys of planting a seed and then being able to harvest food to eat. And
at a time when food sovereignty is becoming an increasing issue and with
high fuel prices, there could not be a better time to encourage people
to grow their own food wherever possible. And it doesn’t need an acre of
garden, because a window-box is a very good start!”
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