Thankings for the responses. Yes, new leaves are a lovely dark green. Issue for me is that I think the lack of viable leaves come September leads to the plant being able to successfuly produce/mature any more cucumbers - when I would hope to have half a dozen or so futher fruits. And they are in gro...

Hello there. I live in North Yorkshire - and about 1/3rd of my vegetable area is in shade for half of the day (the morning) - I always struggle to know what to put at this end of the plot. I have previously tried parsnips (not a bad crop), garlic (poor result), main crop potatoes (poor yield) and no...

Interesting - I normally get the same situation with peppers rotting from the bottom upwards - and mine are grown 2 to a grow bag in a mini-greenhouse set against a brick wall. This year (as at August 2010) I have not had that problem and am getting some good size peppers coming through. The only tw...

Hello all, My first post, this. I have 4 cucumbers in a mini-greenhouse - each year they produce well to start with .... and then the leaves start to turn pale green and then golden before becoming dried pale brown leaves. This starts at the bottom and then works upwards. The leaves often have small...