Harvesting Maincrop Potatoes
Autumn is when you can start to dig up your maincrop potatoes. You’ll know the time is right when the leaves of the plants turn yellow and start to die…
Growing Tips and Advice
Autumn is on the way…be prepared!
Even if you haven’t been camping you may have noticed that the temperature at night is significantly cooler than it was a few weeks ago, and some of the leaves…
Double your herb patch
Autumn is a great time to divide hardy herbs, such as marjoram, chives, mint and thyme. Wait until they’ve flowered before digging them up, dividing them at the roots and…
Two tasks for tomatoes
Now is definitely the time to give tomatoes a little extra attention. Before long, as the temperature drops, they will struggle to ripen so it’s best to give them a…
There should be loads of fruit to pick!
Don’t forget to harvest fruit as it ripens this month. There should be loads happening in the fruit garden, from berries and currants to melons and kiwi fruits…. Blackberries should…
Grow a whopper for Halloween
If you’re growing pumpkins for Hallowe’en then it’s a really good idea to pinch off the growing tips of the vines to leave just 2 or 3 fruits growing. Use…
Is your plant nutrient deficient?
When the leaves of your veg plants turn yellow between the veins you can safely assume that they are deficient in magnesium or another vital nutrient. Don’t panic though, you…
Cabbage whites are on the prowl
Cabbage White Butterflies lay two to three batches of eggs each year, and they’re out in full force during mid-summer looking for the perfect plant for their eggs. You’ll probably…
Don’t let your tomatoes dry out
As tomato plants all over the country start flowering and fruiting we have one really important piece of advice: don’t let them dry out! Why? Tomatoes really suffer when the…
Tricks of the trade…encourage more fruit
This is the time of year that tomatoes, squashes, courgettes, cucumbers and beans truly spring into action. They grow like crazy. But you don’t want all that growth to produce…
Feed your veg this week for a better crop…
Fruiting vegetables (squashes, pumpkins, courgettes, tomatoes, beans, peppers, chillies, aubergines, melons etc) would really benefit from a liquid feed now to replenish the nutrients in the soil for a bigger,…
When to harvest beetroot
Depending when you planted your beetroots, they might be ready to harvest by now. But how can you tell? Well, in most cases the beetroot is fairly visible on the…