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Hello, I'm new to planting veg. So far I am growing- Pea's, Carrots, Potatoes, Onions and Tomatoes. What else is good to plant in May and what is the best way to grow it (apart from in the ground)? Thanks for your help Carl Start sowing french

that also contains chalk. Is there anything that can grow in those conditions? Mainly I've used big plastic tubs filled with organic compost. Depending on the weather, I've grown onions, spring onions, lettuces and radishes. Carrots and parsnips have

frame, and planted out once well rooted and growing strongly.It’s not just garlic that suffers in wet weather. Onions can succumb to a disease called mildew. If you’ve been troubled by this, I recommend growing a new variety for 2013, called 'Santero

on how to grow hearbs why is there no information at all Ynot,The last couple of years have been awful for blight, sadly I find that a greenhouse is the only pretty well fool-proof way to avoid it! With your onions or garlic, make sure that you avoid

the better. Frank. Thanks frank, thanks for the help, it's my first time growing onions

beans and courgettes, which produce inedible, gargantuan produce at the earliest opportunity.I must grow more vegetables that are suitable for storing. Potatoes, butternut squashes, onions and shallots are great storers. They're no trouble to grow

I am growing shallots from sets for the first time. Planted out in early April and making good growth. This week flower buds are starting to appear, should they be removed so that all the energy is concentrated in the bulbs or left to mature? Your

herbs to bring into a porch or grow on the window sillSow broad beans and hardy peas for early crops next yearCheck pears regularly to harvest when perfectly ripeVegetables to sow now include winter radishes, lettuce and salad leaves, spinach, spring

Hi all, can anyone advise me on useing wood ash, i have a few buckets of good quality ash and the coming year for the allotment is just  the basic vegetables, i know not to use it on shrubs  but are there any common veg that dont like it im growing

Verdun, Yes, the shallot bulbs will send out several shoots each and slowly 'split' with usually 6-8 new bulbs forming in a circle, so I grow them about 8-10 inches apart.  Like onions, they're greedy plants so give them plenty of feed.  I usually trowel