Rocket Blog: Category: Planting & Growing

Winter weekends, when they are not too miserable and wet, are a good time to get some bigger projects out of the way, ready for the season ahead. Here are…

If you’ve placed an order with us for spring plants, or one of our veg patches, or if you’re about to place an order, then this article explains when you…

Here are the newest additions to our organic veg plug plant range for 2022:

If you’re growing sprouting broccoli, you may have found it to be a disappointing season! We’ve certainly experienced this, and have heard from local farmers who have found the same…

As frosty mornings start welcoming us into winter, here’s a quick guide to getting the most from your salad leaves and keeping them protected. Which salad plants need protecting? It…

Next spring we’ll be growing loads of cut flower plug plants for you to enjoy growing in your plot. They are incredibly easy-to-grow varieties, and from just a small space…

Following our Fruit Pruning Guide last week, a few people got in touch to ask what to do with strawberry plants at this time of year, so we thought we’d…

If you’re growing winter squashes or pumpkins, you should hopefully have some decent sized fruits on the plants by now and they’ve still got a few weeks to grow and…

With our Autumn Plants now available to pre-order (with delivery from late-August through to mid/late-October), we’ve received a number of queries from customers wondering if they will need to be…

If you planted early in the season, you may see some leeks starting to produce buds now after the heatwave we had the other week. If so, you might want…

At this time of year, squashes, courgettes and peas (amongst others) often start to develop a white, powdery coating. The leaves start to develop a white/grey powdery coating before they…