Potato blight is a nasty fungal disease that can devastate a crop, turning potatoes into black mush unless quick treatment. Control infection organically.
Tag: On the allotment
Mildew Resistant Courgettes
Courgette can take a real hammering from powdery mildew. Here are a few resistant varieties and methods for minimising infection.
How to grow runner beans
A vegetable plot isn’t complete without runner beans. They are so easy to grow and will yield a fine crop if you follow a few simple steps.
Growing vegetables in a small garden
Here are some vegetable selections that you might want to try if you want to use the space in your garden sparingly
Sweet Pea: Lathyrus odoratus Fragrantissima
A favourite in any garden – Lathyrus odoratus Fragrantissima is considered to be one of the strongest scented sweet peas that money can buy.
Growing Courgettes
A growers guide to courgettes: Courgettes are very easy to grow and will provide you will a good, sustained crop throughout the summer months.
A Guide to Chitting & Growing Potatoes
Chitting, growing and harvesting advice for early, second early and maincrop potatoes.
Guide to Seed Potato Varieties
An allotment or vegetable patch would simply not be complete without a run of potatoes. With so many varieties to choose from, it’s a good idea to do a little research to find the best suited for your garden.
Autumn Onion Sets
Autumn is not too late to plant your early onion sets. From September right through to December, planting now will result a strong overwintered crop in May to July.
Vegetable seeds to sow in August
August need not be a quite month in the potting shed. There are still plenty of vegetables seeds to sow during August.
Vegetables seeds to sow during July
Here are a few tips and a list of vegetable seeds to try during July. Fill those wasteful gaps on your allotment this summer!
Vegetable seeds to sow in June
June offers plenty of opportunities to fill those empty spots down on the allotment. Here is a list of vegetable seeds to sow during June.
Potash for healthy growth
The importance of Potash in plant growth in your garden. Encourage larger, more colourful flowers and healthier and tastier fruit!
Tomato Blight – How to prevent
Tomato Blight is becoming increasingly common in the allotment garden, how do we prevent it from effecting our tomatoes and potatoes?
Virus Resistant Courgette Seeds
What can be rewarding than the humble Courgette? Now, it’s even easier to grow, thanks to the virus resistant Courgette Defender F1 hybrid.
No more Allotment
I’ve handing in my key to my allotment plot in New Arley – it was sad saying goodbye.
A Winter Allotment
So, cold and damp nights are on the increase. You have havested most of the vegetables from your allotment and feasting on the fruits of your labour. What can you do or grow on your allotment this Autumn and Winter?
Food Shortages! Grow your own
We will increasingly need to fend for ourselves in an overcrowded future. Make the most of your garden, window box or roof terrace – grow your own!
Cold Frames
A cold frame will protect your young plants from the worst of the cold weather. It would be wise to wait until early May before buying young tender plants.
All go on the Allotment!
It’s getting warmer fellow allotmenteers and time is creeping on! Only 5 days left to the start of spring and the weather is lovely!