Excellent Follow On Crops for Pots…
If you’ve already harvested spring onions, lettuces, beetroot and even potatoes from pots and containers, then there is still time to plant up again for a quick second flurry of…
Growing
Quick Growers for Summer Planting
To make the most of the summer, pop some quick growing veg plants in the ground or in pots in the next week or two. Some, like wild rocket and…
How to feed plants over summer
As we come into the full swing of harvesting season, with tomatoes forming, beans and peas cropping, sweetcorn cobs developing and so on, it’s time to start feeding plants regularly….
Harvesting Onions (and Shallots)
If you planted onion plugs in spring, you may find that they are ready for harvesting in July. Here are a few tips to help you get them ready for…
Courgettes & Squash – Male Flowers Come First
When Courgette, Squash, Pumpkins and Cucumbers start to flower, they normally produce male only flowers for a week or so… The male flowers, which you will recognise as there is…
When to harvest baby sweetcorn
One question we get at this time of year is about growing and harvesting baby sweetcorn and whether or not they can be treated the same as regular sweetcorn. In…
Possible problems with potatoes
Potatoes do not always look perfectly formed when you dig them up – in this article, we look at scab (pictured) and a few other things that you may encounter…
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 –…
Growing Beans? Check the leaves
Beans are very good at showing you when they’re not happy – their leaves change very quickly. If you’re growing them at the moment, give them a checkover to make…
5 tips for giving plants a good start
After you’ve planted your veggies, it only takes a few weeks for them to get well established and a little more self-reliant. Up until that point, you can really help…
Plant tomatoes deep
If you’ve ordered upright tomatoes (all our varieties except Tiny Tim are upright varieties) then it is a good idea to plant them deep. This’ll help them to build a…
Protecting New Seedlings from Cold/Wind
We have started shipping some of the hardier veg plants now, but obviously, we can’t guarantee the weather being warm and sunny, so here’s some advice for keeping them protected…