Revisited! Great 'Grow Your Own' Hunt: share your top tips on home cultivation

royforster

I've discovered that there are several small enterprises selling seeds on Ebay. I've found the quality and service to be excellent and the prices are much lower than buying from shops or garden centres. If you buy several packets at once the postage is the same as for a single packet.

SJ_Jones

Professional_complainer wrote: »

IHe has an idea that if you can eat it don't grow it!

In theory I agree, but on my balcony, in London, there's not many flowers around to attract butterflies & bees, which are useful for pollenation... So I grow poppies & some other wild flowers to help attract them.

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royforster wrote: »

I've discovered that there are several small enterprises selling seeds on Ebay. I've found the quality and service to be excellent and the prices are much lower than buying from shops or garden centres. If you buy several packets at once the postage is the same as for a single packet.

I second that. My very best seeds have been from a seller who only charges 59p postage. Germination rates have been very very high and he/she has a massive varietyy

jenie_2

Moreveg are also very reasonable.

gillian62

kittie wrote: »

I second that. My very best seeds have been from a seller who only charges 59p postage. Germination rates have been very very high and he/she has a massive varietyy

I second that!! I have a great variety of seeds that I have bought from them that have been excellent.

Also impressed with Moreveg too.

faithless

gillian62 wrote: »

I second that!! I have a great variety of seeds that I have bought from them that have been excellent.

Also impressed with Moreveg too.

Can someone give the name of the seller,I need some more seeds.

I'm also looking to get blueberry bushes and some raspberry canes, any tips?

LadyGrey

Two years ago I bought a chilli plant for 99p, which I kept on the kitchen window-sill and was rewarded with dozens of small chilli peppers. Most of the leaves fell off the plant during the winter, but the following spring new leaves sprouted and I got another year's worth of produce (including enough dried chillis to see me through the winter). It is now on its third year of service... not bad for a 99p investment

chris_mann1981

I started growing in pots on my balcony nearly 2 years ago...gonna say that there hasn't been much financial saving for me, but I have had some very fresh fruit and veg, I've know exactly what it has had done to it, and it has provided a lot of enjoyment.

To keep track I write a blog...it's too easy to forget where you otherwise. Google Elevated Agriculture if you fancy a mooch, feel free to pinch any ideas/advice.

diddly74

chris_mann1981 wrote: »

I started growing in pots on my balcony nearly 2 years ago...gonna say that there hasn't been much financial saving for me, but I have had some very fresh fruit and veg, I've know exactly what it has had done to it, and it has provided a lot of enjoyment.

To keep track I write a blog...it's too easy to forget where you otherwise. Google Elevated Agriculture if you fancy a mooch, feel free to pinch any ideas/advice.

Hey Chris - I enjoyed your blog, and thought you might find inspiration from these guys http://www.verticalveg.xylene.com/. They managed to produce over £700's worth of veg on their balcony in London last year. Facinating!

jannyannie

Diddly74

Vertical veg looks so lovely, am lucky to have a huge garden but it's amazing what you can do with so little space

Jan x