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Archive for November, 2014
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
GreenFingers just added these new lines
 Bambi Orange 2 Seater Bistro Set £54.99
Make garden entertaining fun and friendly with this bold and colourful Bambi Orange 2 Seater Bistro Set. Ideal for small gardens patios or balconies it provides you with somewhere to sit down and eat either at lunchtime on a sunny day or in the late warmth of a summer evening. Easy to care for and clean it is a quality set that comes at a great price.Manufactured from powder coated metal making it both strong and durable this attractive bistro set will complement any style of garden and last you for years. The comfortable stacking chairs feature textilene seating which dries quickly should a summer shower strike and they are also easy to wipe clean whilst the table has a tempered glass top.Dimensions:Table: 60cm diameter x H70cmChairs: W53 x D57 x H72cmGreenfingers recommends that all furniture is protected during the winter either by covering with furniture covers or storing the furniture indoors. All Greenfingers Garden Furniture arrives flat-packed and will require some assembly.
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Filed: GreenFingers, New Products
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
Crocus has these new items today
Living ivy ball (Living Ivy ball) £29.99
Position: full sun or partial shade Rate of growth: fast-growing Hardiness: fully hardy Hang this ivy ball in place of your hanging basket during the winter months. The red ribbon provides a festive entrance to visitors. Garden care: Water well regularly during the growing season, providing a balanced liquid fertiliser each month. Keeping moist during the winter months. Plants may be pruned at any time of the year to keep the ball shape
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Filed: Crocus, New Products
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
I grew some this year from seed. They produced quite a few fruits that ripened fully and a few that didn’t.
As you can see they didn’t really have any seeds in – not a problem, they were a F1 variety anyway that wouldn’t come true from saved seeds.
I turned these into soup after roasting them in the oven for about 20 minutes.
Suttons have two types available as seeds:
Squash Seeds – F1 Hunter £3.99
An early ripening butternut variety providing a very heavy crop throughout late summer and autumn. Fruit are a lovely buff colour, with fine-flavoured orange flesh, and store well. Average fruit weight 800g – 1Kg. Trailing type, but shorter than American bred varieties
Squash Seeds – F1 Butterpie £2.99
Bred for the UK climate. A unique British bred butternut squash. Very easy to grow, producing good crops of attractive, acorn-shaped fruit with straw-coloured skin. Simply cut the fruit into convenient ‘pie’ wedges and roast! – no more difficult necky and bulbous shaped fruits to negotiate! Butterpie will easily set around four 1.5-2kg fruits per semi trailing plant.
Suttons also have gratef plants:
Commercially the grafting method has been used for some time, but we’ve developed them for the home gardener, and early adopters have had extraordinary results: Big increases in yield from larger, more vigorous plants Earlier cropping, yet with sufficient vigour to crop well later in the season Grow in the greenhouse or outdoors – little or no heating required –
Squash Grafted Plants – Hunter £4.99
Filed: Suttons Seeds
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
So many varieties you’ll be spoilt for choice.
Some suggest growing with the intention of harvesting one a month. Unless you eat tons of cabbage now then don’t over do the numbers. They do look good though – especially the savoys!
Grow a mixture. The seeds should keep for a number of years if stored in a dry cool place.
Cabbage growing hints.
They can be started in a propagator.
They need about 50cm square spare each.
Plant out into firm ground.
Protect from slugs during all growing stages until they are good sized plants when they will be able to withstand attack.
Protect from pigeons who will eat them in the winter.
Watch out for butterflies too – one net can protect from birds and butterflies.
Harvest with a knife cutting across the stem. Cut a cross in the stem and you might get re-growth!
Feed with a high nitrogen feed – they need to make leaves – this is the bit that you eat, so feed nitrogen to encourage leafy growth.
Squish any eggs you find on the leaves.
Chinese Cabbage Seeds – Hilton £1.75
Cabbage Seeds – Wheelers Imperial £1.75
Cabbage Seeds – Tinty £1.99
Cabbage Seeds – Red Drumhead £1.99
Cabbage Seeds – January King 3 £1.99
Cabbage Seeds – Greyhound £1.55
Cabbage Seeds – Golden Acre Primo (11) £1.55
Cabbage Seeds – F1 Winterjewel £1.99
Cabbage Seeds – F1 Sarmash £1.99
Cabbage Seeds – F1 Mozart £1.99
Cabbage Seeds – F1 Monarchy £2.49
Cabbage Seeds – F1 Kilaxy £2.99
Cabbage Seeds – F1 Hispi £3.99
Cabbage Seeds – F1 Dutchman £2.49
Cabbage Seeds – Durham Early £0.99
Cabbage Seeds – April £1.89
Cabbage Plants – Summer Green £5.99
Cabbage Plants – Savoy Continuity Collection £5.99
Cabbage Plants – Pointed Continuity Duo Pack £5.99
Cabbage Plants – January King 3 £5.99
Cabbage Plants – F1 Winter Jewel £5.99
Cabbage Plants – F1 Rodeo £5.99
Cabbage Plants – F1 Regency £5.99
Cabbage Plants – F1 Kilaxy £6.99
Cabbage Plants – Duchy F1 £5.99
Cabbage Collars £6.98
Cabbage Collars £3.99
Cabbage (Savoy) Seeds – Ormskirk (1) Rearguard £1.99
Cabbage (Savoy) Seeds – F1 Traviata £2.79
Filed: Suttons Seeds
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
A great selection of kales available.
To harvest: Pick leaves, wash and soak briefly in water with a little salt added. Rinse again and they’re ready to cook.
Cooking suggestions: lightly steam and throw on a little butter and black pepper.
Smaller leaves can be used raw in salad. Dehydrate leaves to create kale crisps which are utterly delicious.
Kale Plants – Continuity Collection £6.99
A selection of three different kales (Red Russian, Nero di Toscana and Green Curled Afro) to provide you with delicious, highly nutritious leafy pickings from late autumn through to early winter. The plants are extremely reliable and will withstand the most adverse weather conditions. Collection contains 21 plants (7 of each variety).You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Kale Plants – Reflex F1 £6.99
A full flavourerd modern, high yielding variety. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Harvest May-December.
Kale Seeds – Black Magic £2.99
A new variety of the Italian black cabbage, bred to perform better in our climate, with improved cold tolerance, colour, leaf shape and bolt resistance than current Italian varieties. Also ideal as a cut-and-come-again crop, picking leaves over a long period as required.
Kale Seeds – Black Magic £2.99
A variety of the Italian black cabbage, bred to perform better in our climate, with improved cold tolerance, colour, leaf shape and bolt resistance than current Italian varieties. Good cut-and-come again crop.
Kale Seeds – Fizz £2.99
The result of British breeding in new brassica leaf shapes and textures, Fizz is a fast growing, upright, deeply lobed variety. Ideal for salad leaves, or, if grown at wider spacings, will be more productive with larger leaves that can be used for cooking. Mature plants are very winter hardy.
Kale Seeds – Mix £2.99
A selection of different kales, tried and tested in the UK climate, offering a wide culinary use. The major benefit to gardeners is providing delicious, highly nutritious greens when the weather is far too cold for other vegetables. Varieties in mix: Fizz, Dwarf Green Curled, Black Magic.
Kale Seeds – Scarlet £1.55
Try these deeply curled, crimson/purple leaves in salads, cooked or as an ingredient in soups. The colour, flavour and texture is outstanding! Recommended for freezing.
Filed: Suttons Seeds
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
Can’t decide what to order? Some people find the decision making too hard – all those types of cabbage, broccoli and carrots – too much hard work planning which to grow?
Then buy a complete vegetable seed collection!
Complete Early Starter Collection £34.93
The Early Starter Collection contains 176 superb vegetable plant varieties (22 each of eight varieties), long-lasting multi-use mulch film and fleece. (Please note: Vegetable plants, Mulch Film and Fleece are available individually.)Beetroot Boltardy – Top seller! Resistant to bolting and highly recommended! RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Great beginner variety. Harvest May-June. Kohl Rabi Korist F1 – A very early white-skinned variety with a flattish globe shape. Harvest April-May.Broccoli (Calabrese) Marathon F1 – A good crop whatever the weather! Harvest July to September.Cabbage Duchy F1 – The first of the season, ready 69-77 days after planting. Harvest May-July.Kale Reflex F1 – A full flavoured modern, high yielding variety. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Harvest May-December.Leaf Beet Bright Lights – The most ornamental of swiss chard. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Harvest May-October.Lettuce Little Gem – Quick to mature, dwarf and compact. Harvest May-July.Lettuce Mix – A bumper crop of delicious freshly produce! Harvest late April-July.Long-lasting Multi-use Mulch Film – Long-lasting mulch film that is 100% biodegradable, gradually disappearing over time and helping to enrich the soil! 1.3m (4’3) x 8m (26’3).Fleece – Our non-woven polypropylene fleece is ideal for all types of crops, humidification. 2m (6’6) x 10m (33′) roll.
Gourmet Chef’s Vegetable Collection £29.99
Straight from the kitchens of expert culinary chefs come the premium vegetable varieties that make up our Chefs Selection Vegetable Collection. From trend-setting tastes to classic sides, these easy-to-grow, high yielding vegetable plants and seeds will provide you with all you need for elegant and savoury meals! Chosen for their amazing tastes or looks, they are expensive to buy in the shops (if you can find them!).Comprises: 11 Beetroot Multicoloured Mix, 11 Leaf Beet Bright Lights, 11 Cauliflower Trio, 11 Brussels Sprout Flower Sprout Petit Posy, 6 Tomato Collection (2 Heartbreaker, 2 Sweet & Neat Yellow, 2 Sweet & Neat Red), 3 Inca Berries, 3 Cucamelons PLUS packs of seeds (1 of each) of Bean Carminat, Carrot Rainbow, Radish Mix, Rocket Dragons Tongue, Pea Shoots Twinkle. All varieties will be individually labelled.
Filed: Suttons Seeds
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
Filed: Suttons Seeds
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
Filed: Suttons Seeds
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
When it’s too wet and miserable to go out on the allotment then it’s nice to think about what you’re going to plant next year.
Some accessories you might find useful:
Potato Fork £36.99
The bayonet-shaped prongs of our traditional Potato Fork will help you to avoid damaging the potatoes when you lift them! It has a solid forged head and cap and ferrule socket for extra strength, four hardened and tempered prongs and an ash handle with T grip. Length 111cm (43).
Hessian Sacks £16.99
Store your potatoes and other crops in the traditional way – in a hessian sack. They’re robust enough to use time and time again, and have the advantage over plastic sacks that they let the contents breathe – helping to keep them in tip-top condition for much longer. Size 50 x 79cm (20 x 31), each sack will hold up to 25kg of potatoes.Pack of 10 hessian sacks.
Potato Harvesting Scoop £19.99
This handy tool from Burgon and Ball is a re-interpretation of the popular 19th Century potato ‘grate’. Made from stainless steel, the bar across the end of the tool prevents accidental stabbing of the potatoes, whilst the tines’ spacing and shape allows the crop to be sifted safely from the soil. Length approximately 50cm (20). Manufacturer’s 5 year guarantee.
Potato and Fruit Fertiliser £12.99
An organic based granular fertiliser with a high potash formula (in the form of Sulphate of Potash to promote superior flavour and colour), plus added Magnesium which is ideally suited to the needs of both potatoes and fruit crops. The granules ensure a slow release effect which will result in higher quality crops. N-P-K 7-5-12. 5kg.Note: Please order fertiliser with your potatoes as they will be packed and sent together.
3 Growtubs plus 3 Potato Buckets £38.90
Giant Potato Buckets – Grow a bumper crop of potatoes – even on a patio! Potato Buckets are the perfect size and shape (plant 2-3 tubers near the bottom and keep topping up the compost as they grow) and colour (absorbing the sun’s heat) to quickly produce a really heavy crop. Simply tip them out at the end of the season. Great for growing runner beans too. Height 40cm (153/4); diameter 40cm (153/4) & Growtubs – The Growtub is a complete growing unit with a built-in plant support system, reservoir and moisture retaining lid, which seals in water and helps keep the planter moist. A unique 3 cane support system can hold the heaviest and most abundant cropping plants, whilst its robust polypropylene construction ensures your Growtub stays in tip-top condition all year round. Diameter 28cm (11); height 23cm (9). Canes not included.
The Potato Book by Alan Romans £16.99
Gardening books are always a treasure as well as a great gardening resource. Sharing his ‘overwhelming enthusiasm for the humble spud’ and a lifetime’s experience in the seed potato industry, Alan Romans combines an engaging account of potato growing with an expert guide to over 150 potato varieties currently available and shows just how easy potatoes are to grow! It traces the history of the potato from its beginnings in South America to the development of variety breeding and explains all aspects of growing from choosing seed potatoes, planting and maintenance, to harvest, storage, and pests and diseases. 144 pages. 150 colour illustrations. Hardback.
I’m going to grow some potatoes in sacks again this year but have them nearest the water barrels on my plot. This will make it easier for me to water them. The potatoes are lovely from bags. I used muck and comfrey leaves last year in the bags and dropped a few potatoes in each sack and then added more manure. I think it worked well and I figured out that you can leave the sacks to dry out when the haulms die off and then you can store the spuds like that .. fold the bags over and they stay dry!
Filed: Suttons Seeds
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
Van Meuwen just added this new item
 Fuchsia ‘Hardy Potted Collection’ – 6 fuchsia plants in 9cm pots – 1 of each variety £29.94
This superb collection of hardy fuchsias will produce a succession of super weather-resistant blooms every summer, returning year after year in ever increasing numbers. With bushy upright habits and an abundance of dangling blooms which bob on the summer breeze, Fuchsia ‘Hardy Potted Collection’ is ideal for patio containers or garden borders. Supplied in 9cm pots.Collection comprises:Fuchsia ‘Display’ - vibrant, deep pink sepals recurve slightly to reveal a single layer of delicate rose-pink petals. Height: 75cm (30"). Spread: 50cm (20").Fuchsia ‘Garden News’ - one of the biggest flowered hardy fuchsias with blousy blooms comprising pastel pink sepals and bold magenta-orange petals. Height and spread: 50cm (20").Fuchsia ‘Snowcap’ - full skirts of apple-blossom white petals topped with contrasting, elegant pink sepals. Height and spread: 90cm (35").Fuchsia ‘Dollar Princess’ - double flowers in shades of cerise pink and purple. Height: 45cm (18"). Spread: 60cm (24").Fuchsia ‘Genii’ - small, single flowers with narrow, up-curved cerise sepals, slender cerise tube and reddish-purple petals. Height: 75cm (30"). Spread: 50cm (20").Fuchsia ‘Herald’ - single flowers with scarlet tube, short spreading scarlet sepals, and red-veined purple petals. Height and spread: 50cm (20").Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.
Filed: Jersey Plants, New Products
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