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Artificial Lighting – Getting ready for Chelsea and the Summer Shows
If you are using artificial lights I would switch them off totally now and remove any panels or covering that
Tomatoes – The Second Most Produced and Consumed Vegetable Nationwide
There’s no doubt that our breeders and growers produce some lovely tomatoes for our supermarkets, but they are as nothing
Sowing Your Tomato Seed for the Show Bench
As soon as you can after St Davids day, the 1st March, set aside a little time to sow your
To Rotivate or Not to Rotivate?
Whether or not to use a rotavator directly on previously un dug soil is always a contentious question and it
Keeping to Alloted Time Scale
The tasks are invariably the same annually, but I have rarely achieved them all at my percieved time scale. In
Emptying out and refilling of the Long Carrot Drums
A chore that must be carried out every year is the emptying out and refilling of my long carrot drums.
Get Yourself a Diary
If you are really keen on showing your vegetables, or even on just how well your vegetables performed on any
Preparing the Short Carrots Bed and What to Replace Gringo With
With the demise of Gringo, what carrot to grow for exhibiting when the beds are prepared is the question on
Using your Cold Greenhouse or Polytunnel for Cucurbits
The cucurbits family includes the various cucumbers that are available as well as courgettes and pumpkins and the non edible
Sowing Short Carrots – Corrie and Gringo
When I was growing the short carrot variety Corrie, some years ago by now, I used to win with it
