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Plant out lettuce throughout the summer to ensure a continuous supply of salad. You can grow your own young plants from seed or buy them from nurseries and garden centres. Lettuce makes an ideal quick crop to grow between other vegetables before

they make an attractive feature in their own right.AdamSweetcorn plants grow very tall, so take care not to position them where they will shade neighbouring veg plants.Advice on growing vegetablesHow to grow courgettesPlant out leeks - video advice from

, depending on how much support is needed.Removing sideshoots is an important job which prevents the fruits being shaded by leaves. It also diverts the plant's energy into the growing fruit, so making it more productive. And it's a simple task: simply grasp