Nasturtiums . . . and Sweet Peppers . .

[CJS]

? . . . I hop thats the right spelling . . . any old how, had a few good days, over crowding my 'veggie borders'. Had some successes and some dismal failure and a few 'could do betters' that, with some TLC will probably make it?

A friend loaded me with plants the other day, mostly flowers . . . potted them in large containers for Hazel today, I have to admit, I'm looking forward to their colour. One of the items; 3 climbing nasturtium plants, got the perfect setting in a rustic corner and an old trellis.

Question; I understand nasturtiums are edible in salads, does this include the climbing variety? Is it leaves and flowers that are edible, is it worth it, and what is the flavour, I thought some one once said peppery?

One of my successes that has turned into a disaster I has a lovely tray of sweet peppers growing away, another couple or three weeks and they would be ready for planting. Over the past week they have been raided, in green house with door open 24 hours. Three or four per night cleanly cut at the stem base, no sign of foot marks, no debris, just gone. I now have 4 left of 2 dozen seedlings. Any ideas . . . I've replanted seeds . . . a bit late, will they be OK?

The three that are left I have covered with netting . . . all to late


CJS

[Nature's Babe]

Hi CJS. Sounds like a slug or snail, they like to eat tender stems, look under pots and rims or leave a few lettuce leaves laced with slug pellets before the plants come up. Yes nasturtiums are edible and the leaves do taste a bit peppery, the flowers look pretty in a salad.

[CJS]

Hi CJS. Sounds like a slug or snail, they like to eat tender stems, look under pots and rims or leave a few lettuce leaves laced with slug pellets before the plants come up. Yes nasturtiums are edible and the leaves do taste a bit peppery, the flowers look pretty in a salad.

Thanks 'Natures Babe', the bird netting I put round today will have no affect then . . . OK, slug pellets deployed as a second line of defence, I'll save the three that are left and protect the new re sown seedlings as/if they germinate . . . its seems so late?

CJS

[alan refail]

Hi CJS

All parts of nasturtiums, dwarf or climbing, are edible: leaves, flowers and seeds (when green). They always say the taste is "peppery" - i.e. fairly strong so use very sparingly.

As for your peppers, I fear now is definitely too late to get a crop this summer. Sorry.

[CJS]

Hi CJS

All parts of nasturtiums, dwarf or climbing, are edible: leaves, flowers and seeds (when green). They always say the taste is "peppery" - i.e. fairly strong so use very sparingly.

As for your peppers, I fear now is definitely too late to get a crop this summer. Sorry.

Thanks Alan, I will look forward to the nasturtiums . . . However, I will persevere with the peppers, see if the seeds that I have sown germinate, they were destined for the green house anyway . . . optimism As a back up, I will try to get some from the garden centre, they had them a couple of weeks ago?

Bad year this year, lost my sweet peas, my friend saved the day for me on that one, but the runner beans, I lost 25%, half the remainder look less than happy, although they are rallying? I have some replacements bean seedlings growing on nicely, they will be ready to plant out by the weekend. The good news is brassicas, last year no good, this year, looking very good.

Win a few, loose a few, thanks again CJS

CJS