{"id":15314,"date":"2013-04-02T08:24:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15314"},"modified":"2013-04-02T08:24:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:24:02","slug":"best-tips-for-growing-edible-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/best-tips-for-growing-edible-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Tips For Growing Edible Crops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime space and  time are precious commodities for every one growing crops from the biggest corporate farmer to the smallest window box gardener.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3954611589\/\" title=\"41lbs Onions by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2645\/3954611589_35a44cdaba.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"41lbs Onions\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Planning Tips<\/strong><br \/>\nKnow why you are growing each crop. Is it for flavour, feeding the family, aiming for show quality or just to enjoy the process.<br \/>\nOnly grow crops that you or your family will want to eat. Do not grow just for the compost heap.<br \/>\nSow in succession to avoid gluts.<br \/>\nConsider &#8216;catch&#8217; crops to use the available space more intensively.<br \/>\nPlants perform better with adequate space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6017371294\/\" title=\"Apples by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6015\/6017371294_31513b233a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Apples\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips to Help Plants Excel<\/strong><!--more--><br \/>\nLight is one of the most important, yet often forgotten needs of a good crop. If possible face south and use reflected light from walls and white floors. I even have a large old mirror I call into use.<br \/>\nWater in a morning, where it is most needed, at the roots.<br \/>\nIn a greenhouse maintain humidity and an exchange of air.<br \/>\nSeal in moisture with a good mulch and\/or dig in plenty of compost before planting out.<br \/>\nAttract pollinators for fruit, tomatoes and beans.<br \/>\nCombination planting can boost yields as with the courgettes below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5189885590\/\" title=\"Coloured veg plot by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4130\/5189885590_b5c512deb5.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Coloured veg plot\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Tips For Growing Edible Crops<\/strong><br \/>\nControl predators that includes over zealous gardeners.<br \/>\nMice love peas &#038; beans and some insects go to lunch on lush young growth.<br \/>\nBirds peck sugary fruit just before you plan to harvest them.<br \/>\nSlug and eel worm damage can ruin a potato crop.<br \/>\nPick little and often so you eat fresh and leave other crops to grow and mature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime space and time are precious commodities for every one growing crops from the biggest corporate farmer to the smallest window box gardener. Planning Tips Know why you are growing each crop. Is it for flavour, feeding the family, aiming for show quality or just to enjoy the process. Only grow crops that you or your family will want to eat. Do not grow just for the compost heap. Sow in succession to avoid gluts. 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