Do the purple sprouting plants have to go in the polytunnel - I plant mine without cover - other than netting to stop the pigeons and they normally do very well? Just wondering

So what we need is a breeder who will cross and breed a squash that has the best attributes of a Crown Prince with a smaller size squash !

I couldn't resist any longer, and we ate our first ones last week

Hi Crown Prince and Marina di Chioggia are large squash by nature, and picking early will just mean that they won't be ready or ripe. They do freeze ok. Either that or invite lots of family and friends round to eat! For small squash maybe look at something like Blue Ballet, Blue Kuri, Pottimarron, L...

Thanks MikA, that explains things nicely I've seen bags for growing spuds where there is a flap in the side so you can reach in and grab a few spuds and let the plant continue growing, a friend of mine has done this very successfully. Mine on the otherhand are looking rather miserable and the snails...

....They were put into the bag on 11th March, 9 weeks ago. Hi, this seems early to me, did you do anything special in terms of compost, manure, heat etc? Curious as I planted my Red Duke of York's at the end of Feb, and was waiting till about the beginning of June before I start chomping on them. I...

Thanks for posting the link, I hadn't come across these time lapse photos before. I think they are wonderful