Onion (Japanese) Senshyu Semi-globe Yellow produces a good crop of round of straw coloured bulbs by early July.
Onion (Japanese) Senshyu Semi-Globe Yellow
Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.
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Spacing: 3″ (75mm)
Per Square Foot: 9 – 3″ spacing
Earth box:
Germination:18-24 days
Time to Harvest/Flower: 42-46 weeks
Seed Storage:
Sowing:
Indoor Sowing: N/A
Outdoor Sowing: Aug [...]
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Accent Potatoes are a first early potato seed.
Accent Potatoes are a long yellow skinned potato variety with pale yellow flesh and a waxy texture remains firm on cooking. They have an excellent flavour and good all round cooking quality whether boiled or steamed
Accent is superb as a new potato hot or cold and does not [...]
Cabbage – April. Compact, uniform habit, and small to medium sized dark green pointed heads which mature early. Ideal for close spacing hence a good chose for raised beds and square foot gardening
Cabbage – April
Sowing:
Direct Sowing: -
Indoors:
Sow thinly July/August direct into a finely raked seedbed for Apr/May Harvest.
Can be sown March to May into [...]
Kale – Dwarf Green Curled. This curly kale is a very reliable winter hardy which greens at a time when fresh and nutritious vegetables can be in short supply. Reliable to grow in most UK soils. Dwarf Green Curled Kale has dark, tightly curled leaves of excellent quality, it is very cold hardy and good [...]
Description
Leek Autumn Giant 3 – Albania. Is a top quality leek variety for a long season of production, giving high yields of flavoursome, medium sized stems averaging 20cm-23cm (8″-9″) in length with little or no bulbing. Good tolerance to extreme weather. Autumn maturing.
Leek Autumn Giant 3 Albana
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Spacing: 9″
Per Square Foot: 9″ [...]
Description
Parsnip F1 Gladiator This is a long tapering, wedge shaped parsnip with high quality flesh, silky smooth white skin. The Gladiator has considerable canker resistance. Parsnip F1 Gladiator is the world’s first hybrid parsnip. It is fast maturing. Very good canker resistance and “true” sweet parsnip flavour.
Highly recommended for both the table and exhibition use.
Parsnip [...]
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Aubergine F1 Moneymaker. Is an outstanding early and productive variety of aubergine with good sized fruits in greater quantities than ordinary types. Good sized fruits can be picked when they are a uniform deep purple.
Aubergine F1 Moneymaker
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Spacing: 1.5ft – 2ft
Per Square Foot: Nil – grow in Green house
Earth box: Nil – [...]
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Cauliflower – All The Year Round. Is an old favourite for sowing in all seasons under glass or outdoors. This cauliflower is white, with well protected with large curds and is popular for summer shows. All the year round cauliflowers are good for freezing or used fresh straight from the garden.
Cauliflower All The Year Round
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Cauliflower – Snowball A. This is a compact and very early cauliflower with solid pure white heads (up to 20cm across) of superb quality. Can be sown as early as January and also during the autumn. This cauliflower has a delicate flavour and is excellent raw with dips
Cauliflower Snowball A
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Family: Brassica
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Summary Record of Planting, Sowing and Harvest for January 09.
This month I have sown a larger than normal number of squares of each type of vegetable.
Couple of reasons for this:
1. Beds cover in cloche so easier to take cloche of once sown and forget.
2. It is dark before I leave work so any Garden work [...]
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