Slow Growing – Notes from a Seasoned Grower
Well, here’s my verdict on the growing season so far, on June 12th 2025. It’s a slow one! My potato plants have been doing well, and spinach, chard, beetroot and…
Author: Rocket Gardens
Watch out for caterpillars
Even if you are growing your brassicas under netting, it’s worth doing a check for caterpillars as we move through summer. Be sure to look at all your brassica plants –…
When to Harvest Potatoes
If you are growing potatoes, they should be a fairly good size by early summer, and hopefully are looking healthy and green, with perhaps one or two flowers showing already….
3 top tips for growing mint
If your mint plants have grown to the sides of your pot, leaving a bare patch in the centre, or if it’s almost flowering and you’re wondering whether to cut…
Can I harvest strawberries in the first year?
Yes! We often receive queries from customers asking whether or not it is okay to harvest strawberries from first year plants, but you absolutely can. If you planted earlier in…
Growing Aubergines – Notes from a Seasoned Grower
I’ve never had much luck growing aubergines. My theory is that I need a good greenhouse with an open window or two, and to grow them in really good compost…
Summer Planting: What & When
There are so many great veg plants that you can grow really well by planting over the summer. You’ll need to be quite speedy for some, but others can be…
Looking after tomato plants – pests & diseases
Whether you’re growing in a greenhouse or outdoors, in pots or in raised beds, tomatoes are a plant worth looking after well to get the best crop. Here are some…
Growing potatoes? Top tips for the summer
Some ‘earlies’ may be ready for harvesting in the next few weeks, other ‘maincrops’ can stay in the ground for a couple more months. Here’s a guide to growing, harvesting…
Top Tips for Drought
Here are some top tips for looking after your veg patch when water is scarce… Water early in the morning, or at dusk – If you can water at these…
My Weed Nemesis: Bindweed – Notes from a Seasoned Grower
What’s your weed nemesis? Mine is undoubtedly bindweed. Honestly, it would gladly take over the entire garden each summer were it not for my attempts to restrict its growth. It…
Slug damage on sweetcorn plants?
The above photo was the sight met after those strong winds from the other day – sweetcorn plants snapped off at the base and blown around. At first, you might…