Re-selecting Seed for Long and Short Carrots
If you have re planted your own carrot for seed
Re-selecting Seed for Long and Short Carrots
If you have re planted your own carrot for seed
The Horticultural Show Handbook
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Chitting Parsnips and the Onion “Toughball”
My parsnips this year were sown on the 5th of
This year my display is sponsored by Suttons, and having already had two gold’s the pressure is much greater when
Most show schedules have classes for beans of some description and all are usually well entered in, particularly the broad
Not so many years ago, the class for small onions or onions under 8 ounces as they used to be
A lot of hard work and preparation went into the onion beds this year, they were initially all forked over
This year more than ever it’s important to grow varieties that are going to fit the judging criteria of the
If someone asked me which vegetable I dislike judging the most then the answer would more than likely be the
I am growing two types of blanch leeks this year in the three long beds in the bottom polytunnel. Two
Onions – All my beds have been built up using concrete blocks to a height of around 600mm, this means
To get top quality exhibition long carrots for the August shows they have to be sown before the end of
Once the pots are filled they are placed side by side into a furrow or trench the width of the
Hello. I’m Medwyn Williams – Thirteen times Gold medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show, Past Chairman of the Royal Horticultural Society Fruit Vegetable and Herb Committee and President of the National Vegetable Society.