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New products at Suttons Seeds

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

New items at Suttons Seeds

Chive Cha Cha Plant

Chive Cha Cha Plant £14.97
This beguiling development, with its punky head of spiky chive leaves, where flowers are normally formed, provides a very unusual but tasty talking point for the herb or ornamental garden. Flowers are replaced by a charming head of miniature chives which can be plucked and used as a garnish or incorporated as an element in a posy bouquet. When the ‘Cha Cha’ plants have concluded the production of the ‘mini chive’ heads, normal chive leaves continue to grow throughout the summer. Plus it’s cold hardy and very resistant to pests and diseases! Supplied in 9cm pots. Limited stock available.Entered for the Centenary Plant of the Year Award at RHS Chelsea 2013.

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New products at Suttons Seeds

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Suttons Seeds just added this new item

Sweet Potato Potted Plant

Sweet Potato Potted Plant £7.99
Even more versatile than potatoes, simply boil, steam, bake or mash! The tubers can even be grated raw into coleslaws and the leaves when cooked have a spinach like flavour. Sweet potatoes have traditionally been grown from slips, but quality can be poor and results disappointing. Weve been working to supply a better product, and hence the introduction of our 10cm potted plant variety.

New products at Suttons Seeds

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Suttons Seeds has these new items today

Rhododendron Duo Plant

Rhododendron Duo Plant £29.99
Our stunningly beaustiful Rhododendron plants come in two delightful colours. These large established plants will produce masses of white and pink flowers and would look perfect on your patio or in your garden Rhododendrons are a genus of flowering plants found primarily in the northern hemisphere and introduced to Britain in the late 18th century. Grown for their spectacular flowers usually flowering in the spring from May to June. Plant in a sheltered spot in dappled shade for best results.Mixed flower image and pot for illustration purposes only, potted and held plant is what you will actually receive.

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New products at Suttons Seeds

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Suttons Seeds has these new products today

Tomato Powerfood

Tomato Powerfood £9.98
A unique balance of rapidly soluble nutrients, with natural seaweed extract to promote heavy, healthy crops of full flavoured tomatoes. NPK 10:10:24 plus magnesium, calcium trace elements & seaweed extract. 750g pack to make 900 litres of liquid tomato feed.

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New products at Suttons Seeds

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Suttons Seeds has this new item today

Geranium Horizon Offer

Geranium Horizon Offer £14.99
A must for every summer garden, this stunning mixture includes all the traditional, bright geranium colours, perfect for filling beds, borders or patio containers. These supurb value plants are ready to plant in the garden as soon as you receive them! Majestic plants laden with big mop head blooms, this robust and vigorous variety of F1 hybrid produces consistently high quality flowers to satisfy any gardener. Happy in the sun or shade.

When to sow vegetables

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

When to sow vegetables

Month by Month guide of what to sow – Sutton’s have made it so easy!

Spring onions

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

These are a must for salad lovers! They’re very tasty!


Onion (Salad) White Lisbon Seeds
 £4.55
An ever popular Spring Onion very quick growing, with silvery skin and mild flavour. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. ‘FOURFOLD’ PACKET.

Salad – Organic Seed Tapes
 £2.85
This collection pack contains seed tapes impregnated with organic seed for easy growing – just roll them out and water them in! Salad contains tapes of 3 separate varieties:Radish Saxa 2 – An early radish, producing flavoursome round red roots.Onion Ramrod – A flavoursome white spring onion with tall upright leaves.Lettuce Ice King – A quick-growing crispy lettuce with a solid heart.

Red Salad Onion Seed
 £2.85
Onions are the starting point of many a meal: First chop up an onion. Furio is a versatile variety that can be cropped young as a spring onion or it can be left in the soil to bulk up. Onions originated in Central Asia, and in many cultures have been highly regarded for their antiseptic properties as well as flavour.

Spring Onion Seed Tape – White Lisbon
 £2.85
White Lisbon is an ever popular spring onion, very quick growing, with silvery skin and mild flavour. No thinning required. (355 seeds)Do you have trouble handling small seed and getting an even distribution? Sometimes it’s not easy when the seed is the same colour as the soil! When the seedlings emerge, do you find thinning them out a real chore?If the answer is yes – then Suttons Groweasy Seed Tapes are just the thing for you.Pre-spaced seed in a tape – less thinning out! 5m (161/2′) of bio-degradable tape per pack.Simply prepare your soil, draw out a groove, roll out your tape, cover with soil, water well and watch your seedlings grow!

Onion Ramrod Organic Seed
 £1.99
A flavoursome white spring onion with tall upright leaves.

Onion (Salad) White Lisbon – Winter Hardy Seeds
 £1.85
Sow in September for us in the following spring. Very hardy. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.

Onion (Salad) White Lisbon Seeds
 £1.65
White Lisbon is an ever popular Spring Onion, very quick growing, with silvery skin and mild flavour. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.

Speedy Veg Seed – Onion Apache
 £1.49
A fast maturing red spring onion (or salad onion if you prefer!) which keeps its colour when peeled. Ready to eat in just 6-12 weeks.These excellent ‘baby’ vegetables are bred to be at their sweetest and most nutritious whilst still small in size. They are ideal for gardening in small spaces such as the patio.

How to produce compost more quickly

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

The simple process of adding more air into a compost pile can speed up the process as the rather lovely aerobin shows. however the aerobin is a bit pricier than many people have budget for so here are some of the cheaper options available.

Rotating or rolling the compost container can aerate the compost materials, mix them all together and get hot composting process started. This means you’ll get good quality well rotted compost much mroe quickly.
You will have to check you have the right amount of moisture in the compost materials though by adding a mix and if it’s too dry then adding some water.

These are available now at Suttons.


Tumbleweed Compost Maker
 £119.99
A very popular design of compost maker, where, with a simple tumble, the contents are dropped from one end to the other, hitting the stainless steel breaker bar in the middle on the way. This means it gets well mixed and properly aerated, which means you get excellent quality compost in a short period of time! It’s one of the strongest bins available, with a tough UV treated polypropylene body, robust galvanised steel frame and reinforced pivots. A ventilated lid at each end ensures the compost gets properly aerated without getting soggy, and it’s easy to fill and to empty. Instructions provided for quick and easy home assembly. Assembed size: 65cm (26) wide x 85cm (34) deep x 117cm (46) high. Capacity 220 litres.

Rota Composter
 £99.99
Recycle garden and household waste into rich compost with this rotating composter. It has two chambers for efficient batch composting – fill one side with fresh waste while the other side is maturing. Made from robust UV-stabilised plastic, it has built-in churning paddles to break down and mix the contents for faster, more efficient composting, adjustable vents which allow variable airflow and a sliding door for easy loading and emptying. Capacity 198 litres (7cu.ft.). Flat packed for quick and easy home assembly. 71cm (28) wide x 66cm (26) deep x 93cm (361/2) high. Please allow 14 days for delivery.

CompoSphere
 £94.99
The CompoSphereR is a great new way not only to make your own top quality compost, but also to transport it around the garden. Its unique spherical shape and a tread with gripped ridges makes it easy to roll around, mixing the contents, and accelerating the speed at which the waste inside turns into compost. The, when you come to use the compost, you can roll it straight to where you need it! Made from tough, 100% recycled, UV-protected plastic, its two halves ‘nest’ inside each other for easy transport or storage (fixings included to secure the hemispheres), and it has an easy-to-use twist lid. 5 year manufacturers warranty. Diameter 1.3m (4’3). Capacity 315 litres. Please allow up to 14 days for delivery.

Rollmix Composter
 £19.99
Home composting has never been easier, quicker or more fun than with the RollMix(TM) Composter. Simply add the specified mix of organic waste and water as detailed in the simple ‘how-to’ instructions and (the fun part) give it a regular roll. The polyethylene fabric traps heat, helping to create a rich, nutritious compost in as little as 6 weeks! 68cm (2’2) long x 54cm (1’8) diameter. BUY 2 SAVE £5.00!

Fast compost from the aerobin

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

It is every gardener’s dream (or should be) to make compost fast! If you can make compost quickly then you can take up less space with composting bins and containers and return goodness to soil more quickly.

This is rather more than perhaps many people would expect to pay for a compost bin. After all you can make just a heap on the ground of material and it’ll eventually rot down.

This is the king of compost bins though.

Because it’s insulated it’ll carry on composting all year round. When normal bins slow down because they’ve got wet and cold. It’llheat up quickly and break down organic waste into good quality compost.
The system ensures that air gets to the compost throughout which speeds the process.


Aerobin
 £259.99
The Aerobin uses a patented lungR within an insulated bin to promote quick and efficient aerobic breakdown of organic matter (this aerobic process helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions). And it’s so easy to use – just open the lid, drop in organic waste and close. After a very short time, without any turning, it will become top quality compost that can be accessed from both sides as and when you need it, together with an invaluable liquid fertiliser that can be accessed via a tap at the base. Thermal insulation stabilises temperature, which is beneficial to microbial action year round, and the modern design is also vermin and pet resistant. Easy to assemble. All materials used are recyclable. 74cm (29) x 74cm (29) x 120cm (4′) high. Capacity 400 litres. Please allow up to 14 days for delivery.

In rural parts of the world tall sticks are used in the middle of the pile and rotated regularly to ensure air gets to the middle of the pile to speed the process up. This aerobin has a special aeration system built in.

Growing lovage

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Lovage is an erect, herbaceous, perennial plant growing to 1.8–2.5 m tall. I’ve got some seeds which I’m going to sow shortly.

Thompson and morgan sell the seeds:


Lovage – Duchy Originals Organic Seeds – 1 packet (75 seeds)
 £1.99
Perennial herb lovage has a distinctive flavour that combines the savoury tastes of celery and anise. ‘ Use the young leaves in soups, stews and salads or cut the stems for crystallizing. ‘ Aromatic lovage seed can also be harvested for adding to savoury baked dishes. ‘ This tall hardy herb makes a useful addition to the back of borders and kitchen gardens. ‘ Height: 2m (79"). ‘ Spread: 1m (39"). ‘

And from suttons


Herb Seed – Lovage
 £1.85
A perennial whose leaves, stems, roots and seeds can all be used in salads, stews and casseroles.