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Welsh Branch Championships of the NVS 1999
There is no doubt that over the past few years
Staging Vegetables on the Show Bench – Peas
Peas are a good example of a vegetable that’s easily
A Late Date for the NVS Championships
The National Vegetable Society Championships have always been the highlight of my exhibiting season but they have never to my knowledge been held as late
Getting Going with the Potatoes
Once you have the potatoes to hand you should then prepare them for chitting, this is a the name given for the process of getting
Christmas – Sowing your Onions
One thing to remember is that when sowing this early in the season, you must have heat and ideally you also need artificial lights and
Winter Solstice – Shallots
The 21st of December is, of course, the shortest day and traditionally the date for planting your shallots but, as the ground conditions are often
Re-selecting Seed for Long and Short Carrots
If you have re planted your own carrot for seed production you should have chosen a specimen that has all the right characteristics to match
Seed Heads – Large Exhibition Onions
If you happen to have had a particularly good onion and you want to save it for seed do remember that if you plant it
Artificial Lighting and Heating – Leeks and Onions
The growing cabinet has been completed and this weekend all the leeks that I started away a few weeks ago will be placed there. They
Re-structuring the Back Garden
The beds were three courses of concrete blocks above soil level and the proof of the pudding came when I starting turning over the beds
Seed or Bulbils from your Stock Leeks
If by now you have removed all the seed heads containing either seed or bulbils from your stock leeks, there is one other task you
Planting leek bulbils or pips
The actual pricking out of the pips is simple – carefully remove them from the head and visually examine the root plate to make certain