I know it's not usually sensible to reply to your own posts - but is there any way of posting smaller photos? I think you need to handle that when editing the initial photo & posting it to the website that will host it for you. You should be able to set the image size in something like Photosho...

For the last two years, I have had some slug damage to my spuds - especially those still inthe ground at the end of summer. My neighbour says he always sows his with some slug pellets in the soil around them. I am happy to try this, but wondered whether pellets would sustain their effect over the gr...

Last year one of my Garlic bulbs flowered and I let it set "seed". On harvesting the garlic I found that the flowerhead was full of little bulbils How should I treat them Hard to say, other than wait and see! One point to bear in mind though is that all the usual advice says don't let you...

Yes, mine have been going yellow at the tips for a few weeks now.

However I have three different varieties and only some seem affected, so I wonder if it really is just mineral deficiency or something more more fundamental like the dry weather (up until a week or so ago!)?

Colin

I planted my Longue shallots back in January. Since them they've sat sullenly in the soil, as if they were sulking. A few weeks back I couldn't bear the suspense and gingerly lifted one - to my joy, there was a mass of roots underneath! This week, several of them have also started sprouting shoots. ...

I have grown peas for the first time this year. Those I planted directly into the soil (along with Broad Beans) 5 weeks ago have shown absolutely no sign of life (ok, I know it's been cold). I started some others on damp tissue paper and transplanted them when they had shoots & roots. They are h...