Onion pest and disease. Identify, treat and cure.
Check that the onions are receiving a regular supply of rain water - watering may be required in dry periods up until mid August. From then on, do not provide any water, it may delay the maturing process. Weeding will also be necessary, because ... [... more]
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Vicia faba 'Express'
This is one of the fastest maturing broad beans. It can produce up to 34 good pods per plant. 'Express' has several other winning qualities - it's winter hardy, outstanding for freezing, as it does not discolour, and it's particularly tender and ... [... more]
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Seed Potatoes
If you don't have a lot of space you can grow spuds in containers. Fast maturing early varieties like Nicola are ideal and when it comes to a container you want at least 30cm wide and 30 cm deep with some really good drainage holes at the bottom. ... [... more]
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JULY IN THE FRUIT AND VEG GARDEN
Tomatoes - the most widely grown vegetable (or fruit) on earth Red and white currants - why not grow them in your garden? Ready for Rosemary? gardenaction shows you how Carrots (quick maturing) Prepare for Japanese onion seed Lettuce (1st half of ... [... more]
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Onion Red Baron F1 Hybrid Seeds
 A mid to late maturing variety with flattish-round bulbs of a beautiful dark red colour. An excellent cropper producing attractive firm well flavoured bulbs which keep well and are perfect for salads and roasting. Sow from March to April in a firm [... more]
£1.99
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Broad Bean Express Seeds
This is the fastest maturing variety of any broad bean and an early spring sowing will outyield all others. Up to 34 good pods per plant! It is a good bean for freezing as it does not discolour. Sow the seed any time from late winter to early summer 5cm [... more]
£2.29
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Parsnip Gladiator Seeds
World's first hybrid parsnip. Fast maturing consistent high quality flesh silky-smooth white skin. Very good disease resistance and a superb sweet crisp-tasting vegetable. Parsnips are much underrated mainly because of a lack of imagination in cooking. Fr [... more]
£2.09
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Crested Buckler fern
A virtually evergreen fern producing a shuttlecock of arching lance shaped fronds with crested tips. The foliage is pale green when young maturing to dark green. The most handsome of the many cultivars. Height and spread: 90cm Pot size: 2LT [... more]
£7.50
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Tomato Shirley F1 Hybrid Seeds
A popular early maturing heavy cropping variety for cold or slightly heated greenhouses with excellent quality fruit. Recommended for growbag culture with an open growing habit and resistance to TMV Cladosporium ABC and Fusarium 1 and 2. Sow in lat [... more]
£3.49
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Daucus carota 'Rocket'
Find out how to grow Daucus carota 'Rocket' 'Rocket' is an early maturing variety which can be sown in frames or under cloches from February. Bright orange, cylindrical roots are produced, the young ones are excellent in salads. Carrots are ideal ... [... more]
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Brassica oleracea Capitata Group 'Greyhound'
Find out how to grow Brassica oleracea Capitata Group 'Greyhound' The popular summer cabbage 'Greyhound', maturing a little after the earliest kinds such as 'Kingspi', is a pointed variety, as most early kinds are - later varieties are round and ... [... more]
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Daucus carota 'Amsterdam Forcing 3'
Find out how to grow Daucus carota 'Amsterdam Forcing 3' Cultivar: 'Amsterdam Forcing 3' 'Amsterdam Forcing 3' is an early maturing variety with excellent quality carrots which have blunt-ends. Sow in frames or under cloches from February, and ... [... more]
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