GQT From The Archives: Edibles Special

Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.

Q – I’m in a pumpkin arms race. How do I win?

(1 minute 9 seconds)

Q – We’ve run a spud in a bucket competition for the past few years. Can you suggest a fun alternative?

(4 minutes 28 seconds)

Pippa –

Carrots

Christine –

Radish

Q – What prize produce would the panel be proud enough to enter to win first prize?

(7 minutes 30 seconds)

Matthew -

Kale

Q – How best to grow Brussel sprouts? 

(10 minutes 31 seconds)

Q – Apart from herbs, what edible flower should I grow for decoration and flavour?

(12 minutes 12 seconds)

Pippa –

Lawn daisies

James –

Begonias

Acca sellowiana (Pineapple guava)

Electric daisies

Feature – Chili 101 with Matthew Wilson (with West Dean Gardens Garden supervisor Sarah Wayne)

(17 minutes, 1 second)

Chilli ‘Masquerade’

Chilli ‘Spaghetti’

Chilli ‘Hot Joker’

Q – My artichokes are always small, spiky and unpalatable. What am I doing wrong?

(23 minutes 28 seconds)

Matthew –

Cynara cardunculus (Cardoon)

Q – Increasingly, a proportion of seemingly sound onions I grow have an inner layer that is brown and slimy. What causes this, is it inherent in the set, and can anything be done during cultivation and storage to prevent it?

(26 minutes, 21 seconds)

Q – I successfully grow watercress on my allotment, but when harvested and used it is totally without taste. Where did I go wrong?

(28 minutes, 48 seconds)

Watercress ‘Aqua’

Anne –

Landcress

FEATURE – Polytunnel dos and don’ts with Bob Flowerdew 

(31 minutes 58 seconds)

Pak Choi

Lettuce

Monsteria

Q – About 15 years ago, I sowed some satsuma pips. When can I expect them to bear fruit? Will it be in my lifetime?

(37 minutes, 40 seconds)