Every post we tagged with #fruchtgemuese. Newest first.
8 postsThe aubergine is the most heat-loving of the fruiting vegetables and succeeds here best in a pot or greenhouse. Here is how to raise it from February, harvest it at the right moment and find the right one between dark purple, striped and mini varieties.
Peppers and chillies are almost the same plant, the difference is the heat. Both need lots of warmth and a very early start. Here is how the raising succeeds from February, and how to find the right variety between the mild sweet pepper and the fiery habanero.
Thousands of tomato varieties, and you have to choose? Two simple axes bring order: the growth habit (cordon or bush) and the use (cocktail, salad, beefsteak, paste, wild). That way you find the right variety for your space and your kitchen.
The dark patch at the bottom of the tomato is not a disease but calcium shortage from uneven watering. How to recognise blossom end rot for sure, why scattering lime rarely helps, and how to prevent it reliably with even watering and mulch.
Three botanical species, four kitchen types, and why you must never eat a bitter squash. Which squash is good for what, how to grow it and harvest it ripe.
Salad or pickling cucumber, greenhouse or outdoors, and why a cucumber turns bitter. How to grow both types, train them up a support and harvest them crisp.
A sunny balcony is a full vegetable garden. Why the pot matters more than the variety, which tomatoes really crop in a tub, and how to get watering and feeding right.
Pinching out sounds like secret lore but takes thirty seconds per plant. Why only cordon tomatoes get it, how to spot the sucker, and when to hold back.
