growing in pots help please!

[Two_Sheds]

could anyone advise me as to the best and cheapest way to grow mushrooms

There's plenty of advice on here already. I dug this older thread out for you, there are dozens of others to browse at your leisure

[teengrower]

thanks still new to this not used to search function yet

[teengrower]

i grew carrots in a waste paper bin thats was about 13-14" deep but i pulled a couple of carrots yesterday and they fanged or there not just one single tap root like a shop but carrots ive been told this was because the soil is too rich it was filled with hortans multipurpose compost which was the cheapest i could find at two 120 ltr bales for a tenner was the soil the problem or was there some other cause i didnt feed them and if i was watering i gave them a real drenching the pot was screwed to two batons to help with drainage

[Sanjo]

Well done for sticking with it Teengrower. It's great when you get it right but annoying when you don't eh? Keep plodding on and you'll gain more experience. No you should not be feeding your carrots. I would have thought that multipurpose was OK but then, they've forked which is a sign of either stones (not applicable!) or too rich. Next time try compost that has already been used (spent compost - do not add feed) or mix some sand with the good compost. Watering in pots can be a problem and you just have to do the best you can. Good luck with it all.

[teengrower]

its not annoying as such not worried about it as its my first year but i think it would annoy me if it happened again next year also could anyone suggest a lettuce variety that has really big leaves seen people wrapping lettuce round burger meats but the lettuce im growing would be no where near big enough for that

[rustylady]

could anyone suggest a lettuce variety that has really big leaves seen people wrapping lettuce round burger meats but the lettuce im growing would be no where near big enough for that

So do you want big or do you want tasty?

[teengrower]

i want both preferbly but i was intending to grow small amounts of different varities of lettuce would just like one really bug leafy variety so i can try the burger thing as i want to cut down on bread

[teengrower]

any advice on what type of lettuce preferbly easy to grow

[teengrower]

hi back growing again this year yet more questions is suttons seeds any better and is it to late to put manure around rhubarb when you can just see first leaves sort of forgot about it also can cut and come againg be any varitiey of lettuce not grown to full size or is it just mixed leaves