Rocket Blog: Category: Planting & Growing

As we come into colder weather, here’s a quick guide to looking after any winter veg plants (and herbs/fruit) that you’ve got growing. Veggies that will benefit from the cold:…

You can actually grow your own fruit in quite a small plot quite successfully, even just using a few large pots. The key is to choose the right varieties and…

With a set of ten strawberry runners to plant up over the winter months, it can be quick and easy to get a strawberry patch on the go for next…

Growing fruit can sometimes seem like a minefield with lots of pruning jargon out there, but actually it is possible to keep things nice and simple. This article covers some…

We’re coming up to the planting season for bare-rooted fruit, which happens while the plants are dormant over the winter. It’s a good time to plant up raspberry canes to…

If you’re keen to plant up some of our bare-rooted fruit this winter, then planting into pots and containers is a good idea as long as you use the right…

For anyone who has planted out young veg plants this autumn, or who has mature veggies still growing in their plot, here are 3 ways to make sure they grow…

Celeriac is a shallow rooted and thirsty plant, and if it doesn’t get enough water during the growing season, it may not have started swelling at all, or may seem…

Although we’re no longer shipping vegetable plug plants, we are not in full hibernation at Rocket Gardens. We will soon have bare-rooted fruit plants available for winter planting, and for…

If you’ve still got some chillies growing in a greenhouse at the end of autumn then why not give them a prune and bring them indoors to overwinter. You’ll be…

Whether you are planting up again to keep growing over the colder months, or winding your veg garden down for winter, this time of year is a great opportunity to…

With the right plants, you can quite easily have a supply of healthy homegrown greens that’ll keep you going from November through to March/April. Here are our top suggestions for…