What to Plant Now
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Mibuna
£5.99
(10 Plants)Cut & come again salad leaves
If you love wild rocket and mizuna, then mibuna is an excellent plant to add to your salad patch crops. It is a little more mustardy in flavour. Great for sun or shade, and perfect for pots as you can grow them close together, about 10-15cm apart.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: Mibuna (organic*)
In the kitchen: Use in salads, or cook lightly (chuck it in a stir-fry just before serving, or toss it through cooked rice/pasta so that it lightly steams)
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Mizuna – Red Knight
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Attractive and easy to grow, a tasty addition to your veg patch
Mizuna is an attractive and delicious cut-and-come-again salad leaf with deeply cut spicy flavoured leaves. It is easy to grow and well worth having in your veg patch. Growing from our plug plants is very easy – just pop them in your veg plot when your plants arrive and keep them well watered – a complete growing guide is provided with every plant delivery.
Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Red Knight (organic*)
In the kitchen: Delicious in salads and also great for stir-frying.
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White Cabbage – Golden Acre
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)A classic variety of firm, white cabbage
This cabbage variety will give you crisp thick leaves, with a crunchy texture when shredded. Firm the plants in really well when you plant the cabbage plug plants, and keep the plants well protected from slugs, pigeons and butterflies. Keep them well watered during dry spells as they will produce better cabbages if kept cool. The plug plants will come with complete growing guide to help get you started.Number of plants: 10
Variety: Golden Acre (organic)
In the kitchen: A versatile vegetable, white cabbage can be enjoyed steamed, boiled, braised, stir-fries or eaten raw in a salad.
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Celeriac – Giant Prague
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)Celeriac plug plants make it easy to grow
If you love celeriac, then you have to try growing it! Suitable for raised beds and traditional plots – dig in plenty of compost when planting. The key to growing celeriac is to keep the plants well watered throughout the growing season, as this will help the root to swell so that you have a decent size celeriac to pull up over the winter months. Our organic plug plants arrive in plastic-free packaging and come with a complete growing guide to help you get the most from your vegetable plants.Number of plants: 10 plug plants
Variety: Giant Prague (organic*)
In the kitchen: With its celery-like flavour with nutty overtones, celeriac is great mashed, boiled or roasted. Use it in slow cooked dishes or make a deliciously hearty soup.
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Gourmet Brassica Collection
£21.99
(60 Plug Plants)Loads of cabbage, broccoli, kale & cauliflower plants to grow
This collection includes a great selection of plug plants that can be can be planted in early spring for an autumn harvest, or in mid to late summer to grow over autumn and harvest in winter. Brassica plants grow particularly well in raised beds – we’d advise growing them all in one or two raised beds together, so that you can cover them with mesh netting to keep pests at bay. There is plenty of growing advice in the growing guide that comes free with the plug plant collection.Number of plants: 60 (organic)
Space required: An area measuring approx 1.5m x 5m
In the kitchen: Packed full of flavour and nutrients, most brassicas are delicious when lightly steamed, roasted or stir-fried until tender. A little melted butter makes them taste all the more luxurious…
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Spring Cabbage
£5.99
(10 Plug Plants)An easy growing, loose-leafed cabbage
This is a dwarf variety that can be planted quite close together (25-30cm). When planted in spring you can expect to harvest it from July through to September. Alternatively, plant later and you can harvest later! You can harvest them as delicious, small, tender cabbages or a little later on once the heads have matured. A very useful plant to grow if you struggle to get other cabbages to form a firm heart. Our plug plants make it easy to grow, just follow the advice in the growing guide that comes with the plants.
Number of plants: 10
Variety: April (organic)
In the kitchen: Enjoy spring green cabbage in stir-fries, steam it, boil it and all sorts. We rather like it cooked up in tasty bubble & squeak with a poached egg on top.
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Quick Growing Salad Collection
£32.99
(90 Plug Plants)Cut and come again salad to enjoy all summer
If you are keen to begin harvesting tasty salads in just a couple of weeks after planting, then this easy to grow little pack of salad plug plants is perfect. The plug plants are so easy to grow, just pop them in the ground, water well and keep protected from slugs. Suitable for growing in pots or beds, and will do well in light shade. All our vegetable plug plants are delivered in plastic-free packaging and come with a complete growing guide.You’ll receive various different salad plants, with 3 types of lettuce, as well as spinach, rocket, mizuna, endive, chard and beetroot.
Number of plants: 90 (organic)
Space required: An area approx 120cm x 150cm
In the kitchen: Pick a few leaves from each plant to make your own mixed salad and ditch the supermarket salad bags this summer.