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Thank you gentlemen for your suggestions. The varities are the bog standard ones of Timperley Early, Stockbridge Arrow & Champagne. The thin stems are from Stockbridge Arrow, the leafy growth from the other 2. Agree that it doesn't taste too different though! I'll just feed once & water well...

Thank you Allan. Dimensions are in feet-the bit that puzzles me is that the one in the container has normal thickness stems, which OK, are pretty short (c4-6inches) & have quite a large leaf area (about 12x9inches) relative to stem length, whereas the one in open ground (& presumably with a ...

Many thanks for the advice- I should have said that the outdoor plant has been in situ for 3 years and the 'bucket' is a large plastic storage container about 2x2x2. I wonder whether they need a different fertilizer to the whelbarrow load of compost/manure that I plonk onto it in the autumn? The soi...

Hi there everyone. Need some suggestions please-planted rhubarb a couple of years ago & have never had a very successful crop, so tried 2 different methods this year. Plonked one crown in a big plastic bucket with some compost & a good dollop of whatnot to see it OK during the winter -kept t...

Thanks again Tigger-hot bananas now's there's exotic! I guess I'didn't realise that it would get quite so hot & sweaty in there-brings back memories of going to Kew plant houses when the entrance fee was 1 new penny! I'll have to look out for something unusual (& tropical-ish!) instead. I th...

Thanks Tigger for your suggestions-how do you keep the 'shedunnel' cool enough?-mine has got up to 85-90 with the doors open the last few sunny days and its only April! I thought about just partitioning off say 15ft by using a tarp rolled around one set of hoops, which I could roll up/down, so like ...