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Fruit and veg job checklist - week 15

On 23/11/2011 in Fruit and veg checklists

Sow sweetcorn in deep modular seed trays under cover to plant out in early JuneFeed fruit trees and bushesPlant out onion sets grown in pots under glassOrder vegetable plug plants from mail-order suppliersWarm soil with cloches or sheets


Around the garden checklist

On 23/11/2011 in Around the garden checklists

Empty glazed pots that aren't frost-proof, and move under coverSend off for mail-order seed catalogues and start planning seed ordersScoop fallen leaves and rotting plant debris from pondsOrder summer-flowering bulbs such as lilies and gladioliGet hold of some


Air layering

On 14/09/2007 in Glossary

This technique encourages the production of roots from a stem in order to propagate a plant. Usually involves making a shallow cut in the stem and surrounding it with a sleeve of polythene, which is taped above and below the cut and packed


Toscana Strawberries

On 04/04/2013 in forum

I ordered some of these last night as I found a fairly good special offer and they're supposed to be ever bearing. Has anyone had any experience of growing them and is there anything I should know? I have just bought some, mail order, for the first


Subscribers' club discounts

On 01/07/2012 in forum

I liked the look of this month's free plant offer (36 lavenders, £4.90 P&P), so went over to T&M's website and added them to my basket. The printed order form in the magazine reminds you to use the subscribers' discount code from a later page, so I


Online vegetable plan recommendation

On 17/04/2013 in forum

Hi I would like to refresh my fruit and veg plants and looking for a good online seller to order plants and seeds from Any recommendations?  Looking for quality plants at good value prices Many thanks CJ Hi CJ7, www.rocketgardens.com is a great


Free offers and discounts

On 02/03/2013 in forum

to cope?  Are they offering too many free plants to readers? I havent ordered anything from them, but someone posted this on another thread a little while ago ("As for T&M I would be jailed if I were to post on here about the quality of their plants


fruit trees

On 28/10/2012 in forum

We have a few fruit trees to put in the ground and then hopefully watch them grow over the coming years. Just wondering if there is any particular order we should plant them in? Snow Quen Nectarine, Victoria Plum & Turkey Fig trees. Any


Blanching

On 06/09/2007 in Glossary

Used in gardening to refer to the technique of excluding light from the stem and/or leaves of plants, in order to reduce the green chlorophyll they contain. The technique may involve wrapping plants with paper collars (as for celery), earthing up


Greenhouse job checklist - week 1

On 23/11/2011 in Greenhouse checklists

to the glazing barsOrder seeds and young plants from mail-order companies or onlinePrune greenhouse grapevines once they're dormant and the leaves have fallen


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