Top tips for grouping & organising your plants
With so many of you planting out this month, we’ve put together a little round up of all our favourite tips and tricks for grouping plants together to keep pests…
Growing Tips and Advice
Wacth out for flea beetle this month
This May, with the dry weather, we’re anticipating that many of our gardeners will experience tiny, jumpy little bugs nibbling pin-prick holes in leaves of brassicas, mustard leaves and rocket….
Growing Sweetcorn: Corn-on-the-Cob v Baby Corn
There are two types of sweetcorn that you can grow with Rocket Gardens – Sweet Nugget (pictured above) is your normal, corn-on-the-cob, and Minipop is a baby corn. They are…
Success with tomatoes
If you’d like to get a really good crop of juicy tomatoes this season, then have a quick read of our top tips below… you can apply the same principals…
Start a Strawberry Patch this year
Mmmm, homegrown strawberries! They are arguably one of the biggest treats to harvest from the garden, and very easy to grow. Once established, your strawberry patch will give you years…
May in the Veg Patch
This is the month when planting is in full swing, and we love it! There’s no major rush – our preferred time to plant out is mid to late May,…
Success with Brassicas
Once you get the hang of brassicas, they are actually very easy to grow, and by planting them in spring and again in late summer, you can really extend your…
3 tips for newly planted plants…
Get these three things right when you plant out your veggies and it will really help them to get off to a good start this season. Make sure plants are…
New to growing? Start small…
If you’re pretty new to growing your own vegetables, we’d recommend that you start small with just a couple of raised beds or a handful of pots to tend to….
Keep Carrot Fly at Bay with Netting & Companions
Carrot Fly has an annoying habit of ruining the roots, so that instead of pulling up beautiful carrots like the ones pictured, you end up pulling up a sad looking…
Companion Planting Guide: For Bees, Aphids & more
Here’s a full guide on companion planting to help you get started with using flowers and herbs to help get the best from your veg crops. Some companion plants will…
Preparing beds and soil for a good crop
If you’re going to be growing directly in the ground, whether in raised beds or traditional beds, then now is the time to give your soil some TLC for the…