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Avoiding Malformed Shallots
There’s no doubt that the eventual shape of the shallot is dependant on when the plant was harvested, the important
Vegetables – Celery & Parsnips
Of all the 20 pointed vegetables, Celery must surely be one of the most difficult to grow to perfection as
Peppers and Egg plants
Two vegetables that deserve to be listed in many more show schedules than they are now are the Capsicums and
Large Exhibition Onions – Pests, Mixture, Form
The large exhibition onion plants are now in 3″ pots and really motoring away and very shortly they will have
Howling Gales and Power Failures
We really took a chance to venture out with the howling gale around us, but what do you do when
Soil Analysis – Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium
All plants require the following major or macro nutrients to be freely available in the soil and ready to be
Growing onions for the under eight ounce class or 250 grams class
Growing onions for the under eight ounce class, or is it the 250 gram class?, is the first vegetable seed
Artificial Lighting and Leeks
For the first time ever I have different varieties of blanch leeks growing away under lights in my propagating unit
Quality of Judging
There doesn’t appear to be many topics that can stir so much emotions at show time than perceived poor judging
Pointing System in Classes of Mixed Entries
A few weeks ago I wrote about the percentage judging system where a top quality dish of the lower pointed