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Shred it and make mulch

Diane — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:32:35 +0000

Got hedge cuttings that are a bit too big to compost? Shred them through this machine and you’ll quickly make great compost or use the clippings a tidy mulch.
Suttons Seeds have this great machine that has a long-lasting steel cutting gear blade that will slice through branches up to 40mm (1½”) in diameter.

How to shred mulch – make sure the branches aren’t too thick and put them through this machine. Collect the shreddings and either compost them in a heap for a few weeks or apply as a 2-3″ layer of mulch immediately.
Shredded material will compost down more quickly. Intermix layers of shreddings with grass clippings and other waste for a good compost mix.

Shredding hedge clippings means they take up less space too so are more likely to fit in your compost bin!

AL-KO Silent Power 5000 Electric Gear Shredder £379.99
Shredding is a simple and environmentally friendly way to dispose of garden rubbish, and create a super organic mulch for beds and borders. The AL-KO Silent Power SP5000 shredder has a kickback-free feeder mechanism and a hardened steel gear that “pulls” the material through, crushing it silently and safely (because the material is crushed the rate of decomposition is accelerated, leading to quicker composting!). Features:â€¢ Reverse feed function to remove jammed material and ensure blockage-free operation.â€¢ Anti-friction rolling system which significantly reduces noise levels.â€¢ Long-lasting steel cutting gear blade that will slice through branches up to 40mm (1Â½”) in diameter.â€¢ A unique and extra sturdy undercarriage with larger wheels for enhanced stability and easy transport all around the garden.â€¢ 3 pin moulded plug & 6m (20′) cable. Weight 25kg.. . . . . .

Mulching mower

Diane — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:28:06 +0000

Don’t have room for a compost bin? Don’t want to fill a green bin with grass clippings?
Use a mulch mower and the lawn cuttings stay on the lawn but are finely chopped up making a useful mulch!

This mulching mower is available now at Suttons Seeds

AL-KO 40E Comfort Electric Lawnmower £159.99
With a 40cm (16″) cutting width and powerful 1400 watt induction motor, the AL-KO 40E Comfort will make short work of mowing your lawn. Attach the large 43 litre grass collector (with fill level indicator) if you want to collect the clippings, or the mulching plug to finely chop them and send them back into your lawn as a natural fertiliser. Other features include:â€¢ A convenient safety handlebar which is accessible from the top and both sides, and cable strain relief which keeps the cable out of the way during mowing.â€¢ A wedge shaped design which allows for easy mowing under bushes and shrubs.â€¢ Easy single lever 6 stage height adjustment from 28mm (1″) to 68mm (2Â¼”).â€¢ Through axles which ensure extra stability and straight running.Supplied with 16 metres (52Â½’) of cable. Weight 19kg. Some home assembly required. 1 year manufacturer’s warranty.Voted Amateur Gardening BEST BUY 2008. . . . . .

Slug gone pellets – wool mulch stops slugs in their tracks

Diane — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:25:33 +0000

Suttons Seeds has this fantastic slug control product

Slug Gone – 5 Litre Pack £9.99
A safe, NATURAL WAY OF GETTING RID OF SLUGS AND SNAILS without killing them … AND AN ORGANIC SOIL CONDITIONER TOO!These 100% pure sheep wool pellets are a chemical-free, environmentally friendly way to protect flowers, fruit and vegetables from slugs and snails. Simply scatter around plants in beds, pots or baskets and water in, and they form a barrier that slugs cannot cross. And not only that – they also:â€¢ Act as a natural, long-lasting, weed-suppressing mulchâ€¢ Absorb and retain moistureâ€¢ Biodegrade over 6-14 months, releasing organic nutrientsâ€¢ Improve the condition of your soil as it does so10 litre pack (enough to protect 30 young plants).1 x 10 Litre Pack + FREE 5 Litre Pack. 5 Litre Pack. . . . .

Slug Gone – 10 Litre Pack + 5 Litre Pack FREE £19.98
A safe, NATURAL WAY OF GETTING RID OF SLUGS AND SNAILS without killing them … AND AN ORGANIC SOIL CONDITIONER TOO!These 100% pure sheep wool pellets are a chemical-free, environmentally friendly way to protect flowers, fruit and vegetables from slugs and snails. Simply scatter around plants in beds, pots or baskets and water in, and they form a barrier that slugs cannot cross. And not only that – they also:â€¢ Act as a natural, long-lasting, weed-suppressing mulchâ€¢ Absorb and retain moistureâ€¢ Biodegrade over 6-14 months, releasing organic nutrientsâ€¢ Improve the condition of your soil as it does so10 litre pack (enough to protect 30 young plants).1 x 10 Litre Pack + FREE 5 Litre Pack. 10 Litre Pack + 5 Litre Pack FREE. . . . .

Best buy for your allotment – nemaslug

Diane — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:12:51 +0000

Suttons Seeds just added these new items

Nemaslug Slug Killer £24.99
Slugs outdoors.Simply mix with water and apply with a watering can. The nematodes that they contain are naturally occurring microscopic organisms that seek out and kill the pests. Long-lasting and weather-proof too! Decimate slugs before they decimate your plants. Apply March-October (whenever the soil temperature is above approximately 5Â°C/40Â°F). Within a week the slugs die beneath the soil. One application will last for up to six weeks! (40mÂ² Pack.) Pack contains living organisms, and should be kept refrigerated on arrival, and used before the expiry date, approximately 3 to 4 weeks from date of despatch. Please allow 7-10 days for delivery. (Only sent March-October.) (Please note: This product is not available in Eire.). 100mÂ² Pack. . . . .

Nemaslug Slug Killer £12.99
Slugs outdoors.Simply mix with water and apply with a watering can. The nematodes that they contain are naturally occurring microscopic organisms that seek out and kill the pests. Long-lasting and weather-proof too! Decimate slugs before they decimate your plants. Apply March-October (whenever the soil temperature is above approximately 5Â°C/40Â°F). Within a week the slugs die beneath the soil. One application will last for up to six weeks! (40mÂ² Pack.) Pack contains living organisms, and should be kept refrigerated on arrival, and used before the expiry date, approximately 3 to 4 weeks from date of despatch. Please allow 7-10 days for delivery. (Only sent March-October.) (Please note: This product is not available in Eire.). 40mÂ² Pack. . . . .

Nemasys Vine Weevil Killer £32.99
Simply mix with water and apply with a watering can. The nematodes that they contain are naturally occurring microscopic organisms that seek out and kill the pests. Long-lasting and weather-proof too! Vine Weevil is a nightmare pest whose larvae kill plants by eating their roots, and adults decimate foliage. Apply when the larvae are active: March-May and July-November (whenever the soil temperature is above approximately 5Â°C/40Â°F). (12mÂ² Pack.) Pack contains living organism, and should be kept refrigerated on arrival, and used before the expiry date, approximately 3 to 4 weeks from date of despatch. Please allow 7-10 days for delivery. (Please note: This product is not available in Eire.). 100mÂ² Pack. . . . .

Nemasys Chafer Grub Killer £29.95
These nasty pests attack grass roots, creating unsightly yellow patches on lawns. Apply to moist lawns during August and early October (whenever the soil temperature is above approximately 12Â°C/54Â°F). Pack contains living organism, and should be kept refrigerated on arrival, and used before the expiry date, approximately 3 to 4 weeks from date of despatch. Please note – this Biological Pest Control product will only be delivered shortly before or during the stated application periods. Please allow 7-10 days for delivery. (Please note: This product is not available in Eire.). 100mÂ² Pack. . . . .

Nemasys Caterpillar and Codling Moth Killer £24.99
Caterpillars/Codling Moths outdoors.Cabbage White Caterpillars can decimate veg. especially brassicas, Gooseberry Sawflies strip the leaves of fruit bushes and Codling Moth Caterpillars burrow into the fruit of apples and pears in summer. To kill caterpillars apply as soon as they are first seen, from spring to autumn; to kill Codling Moths, apply to/around trees September-October. 40mÂ² pack (or 20 trees).Pack contains living organism, and should be kept refrigerated on arrival, and used before the expiry date, approximately 3 to 4 weeks from date of despatch. Please note – this Biological Pest Control product will only be delivered shortly before or during the stated application periods. Please allow 7-10 days for delivery. (Please note: This product is not available in Eire.). 40mÂ² Pack. . . . .

Nemasys ‘Grow Your Own’ Multiple Pest Killer £12.98
A unique mix of nematodes to target a broad range of pests including carrot root fly, cabbage root fly, leatherjackets, cut worms, onion fly, ants, sciarid fly, caterpillars, gooseberry sawfly, thrips and codling moth. Just follow the application programmes, which targets the pests when they are active, from April to October. 60mÂ² pack (or 16 trees). Buy 2 SAVE Â£1.00!Pack contains living organism, and should be kept refrigerated on arrival, and used before the expiry date, approximately 3 to 4 weeks from date of despatch. Please allow 7-10 days for delivery. (Please note: This product is not available in Eire.). 2 x 60mÂ² Packs – SAVE Â£1.00!. . . . .

Nemasys Vine Weevil Killer £9.99
Simply mix with water and apply with a watering can. The nematodes that they contain are naturally occurring microscopic organisms that seek out and kill the pests. Long-lasting and weather-proof too! Vine Weevil is a nightmare pest whose larvae kill plants by eating their roots, and adults decimate foliage. Apply when the larvae are active: March-May and July-November (whenever the soil temperature is above approximately 5Â°C/40Â°F). (12mÂ² Pack.) Pack contains living organism, and should be kept refrigerated on arrival, and used before the expiry date, approximately 3 to 4 weeks from date of despatch. Please allow 7-10 days for delivery. (Please note: This product is not available in Eire.). 12mÂ² Pack. . . . .

Nemasys ‘Grow Your Own’ Multiple Pest Killer £6.99
A unique mix of nematodes to target a broad range of pests including carrot root fly, cabbage root fly, leatherjackets, cut worms, onion fly, ants, sciarid fly, caterpillars, gooseberry sawfly, thrips and codling moth. Just follow the application programmes, which targets the pests when they are active, from April to October. 60mÂ² pack (or 16 trees). Buy 2 SAVE Â£1.00!Pack contains living organism, and should be kept refrigerated on arrival, and used before the expiry date, approximately 3 to 4 weeks from date of despatch. Please allow 7-10 days for delivery. (Please note: This product is not available in Eire.). 60mÂ² Pack. . . . .

Club Root resistant swede

Diane — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:58:37 +0000

Club Root resistant crops are something most of us will be interested in. This Club Root resistant swede is well worth a look if you’d like to grow swede.

This is a strong-growing, Club Root resistant swede.
Winter hardy. Also has Powdery Mildew resistance.
Culture: To avoid foliage mildew sow early May in North and late May in South (20-24 weeks maturity).

HEALTH BENEFITS: Good source of vitamin C, Calcium, Potassium and Magnesium.

Cooking – peel and chop into chunks into stew, or boil and mash with carrots for a lovely side dish. Delicious with haggis and red cabbage.

Garden herbs offer from Suttons

Diane — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:09:23 +0000

Kitchen Garden Herb Kit
Grow Your Own Culinary Herbs All Year Round!
A superb ‘All-You-Need’ kit including the most essential kitchen garden
herbs for year-round harvesting!

This fantastic value kit contains everything you need to make your windowsill,
patio or balcony a handy herb-growing space.
Cooking with herbs cut fresh from the garden is cheaper and more convenient
than buying from a supermarket, and the flavour’s even better too.

Why Buy The Kitchen Garden Herb Kit:

5 types of winter hardy herb.
Supplied as Garden Ready Young Plants measuring 5-10cm tall.
Year-round harvesting.
Ideal for the windowsill, patio or balcony.
FREE Harvesting Snips with every kit!
Order today for delivery in late-May and start your herb harvest this year!
Read more about the Kitchen Garden Herb Kit.

1 Kit (5 plants, planter and compost + FREE Snips!)
£14.95

Grafted vegetable pack

Sarah — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:25:20 +0000

I was first told about tomato grafting by the oldest allotmenter on my old allotment site. Norman told me he’d been grafting tomatoes for years after a friend showed him how. His friend worked at a commercial tomato growing site where it’s done to increase yield!

It’s not just tomatoes that can be grafted – they’ve been doing it for years with fruit trees too but also now you can buy these grafted veg plants:
Suttons Seeds have:

Vegetable Grafted Plant Taster Pack £9.95
Pack contains 3 grafted pot ready plants (1 of each variety):Sweet Pepper F1 Magno – A first-rate, strong-growing variety that ripens from green to orange, shows good resistance to cracking and skin blemishes, and tastes superb! Cucumber Quatro – A first-class cucumber producing crisp,tasty fruits of 9-11cm in length. Plants are vigorous, and ideal for growing under glass or outdoors, in soil or containers.Tomato Conchita – A superb large cherry tomato with fine flavour. Gives huge crops on trusses bearing as many as 20 fruits.Grafted ‘Turbo’ vegetable plants! For your best ever crops! We’ve taken the best varieties available and grafted them onto an extremely vigorous-growing root stocks. Commerical crops have been grown in this way for a while and have been shown to:Be more vigorous, producing larger plants. Have greater resistance to pests and diseases. Have less susceptibility to nutritional disorders. Perform well with less heat in your greenhouse. Yield top quality fruit earlier and over a longer period compared to normal plants.Our trials have shown that grafted plants are incredibly healthy and give rise to larger, strong-growing plants giving earlier, heavier crops. They’ll perform well outside but are particularly recommended for greenhouse growing, where they will fulfill their full potential and allow you to get plants off to an early start in spring without paying a fortune on heating your greenhouse.Kitchen Garden Magazine have recommended our grafted veg plant to their readers!. Pack of 3 Grafted Pot Ready Plants (1 of each variety). Full growing instructions included.. . . .

Perfect starter plant pack for allotmenters or gardeners

Sarah — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:13:42 +0000

New product at Suttons Seeds

‘Must-have’ Veg Collection £9.99
A bumper crop of delicious, nutritious veg! Nothing beats the delicious taste of freshly-harvested veg, and in this collection we have put together a selection of ‘must-have’ varieties.
Comprises: 86 plants (18 Plug Plants of Beetroot Boltardy, 9 Cabbage Frostie, 9 Cauliflower All Year Round, 25 Leek Musselburgh, 25 Onion Santero) plus packs of seeds of Broccoli Purple Sprouting, Runner Bean Armstrong, Carrot Resistafly and Parsnip Tender & True.. .
Full growing instructions included..
Delivery will be in May.

Why I think this is a great buy for gardeners.
It offers you a variety of plug plants ready to plant out just as the last frosts are coming. It takes all the effort out of trying to grow plants from seed indoors. It’s a great idea for anyone with limited windowsill space or no coldframe or greenhouse. It’s ok starting seeds off on a windowsill but when they need potting on you need more room. This is why this plant and seed pack is so good. It’ll all arrive in May – so gives you plenty of time to prepare the soil for the plants.
It removes the stress of buying several packets of seeds and having to start them all off, and if you’ve not got a heated propagator then it’ll save you worries about seeds getting too cold too! It’s an effective and efficient way of gardening. Let the experts start your plants off for you.
The carrots and parsnips can be sown straight in the ground. The runner beans can be started in pots or planted out to grow but will need a bit of cover if a frost threatens.
If you’ve always wanted to grow more plants then this is the way of discovering just how easy vegetable growing can be.

Gardening is easy if you have a little help and advice from friends and experts. On most allotment sites there will be at least one person who’s been growing vegetables for years. Experience brings with it the advantages of knowing how many seeds to plant to feed a family with a particular vegetable, dealing with pests and problems and spotting things that need to be done.
Most people on allotment sites are happy to share their info and some will even share excess plants they have. Years of experience also mean plenty of equipment like heated propagators, cold frames, and greenhouses which mean they’ll be growing more seed earlier than most other people.
You don’t have to ask them for plants anymore though! You can buy a simple pack of plug plants that will be delivered in May to your door and enable you to enjoy growing vegetables after someone else has done all the hard work of starting them off.

Unusual to grow – Sweet potato

Sarah — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:11:41 +0000

More common in supermarkets now, but rarely grown.

Sweet potato offer at Suttons Seeds

Sweet Potato Beauregard Plants £12.99
Traditionally sweet potatoes have been grown from ‘slips’, but quality can be poor and results disappointing.
At Suttons They have been working to supply a better product, hence the introduction of Pot Ready Plants, produced on their nursery from virus-free stock.
These are well-rooted and actively growing, they are a significant improvement on traditional ‘slips’.
Simply pot and grow on in a frost-free environment until June, then either re-pot or plant into the garden and you should be harvesting your very own sweet potatoes this autumn!Beauregard can produce good crops of medium sized tubers in British growing conditions. The tubers have that distinctive salmon-orange flesh with a sweet pronounced flavour packed full of vitamins and iron. Simply boil, steam, bake or mash for a delicious meal.
Pack of 10 Pot Ready Plants. Full growing instructions included.. . . .

Sounds a fab way to get started growing these rather lovely vegetables. So sweet sometimes you should just pour a bit of cream on them and eat them out of the skins as dessert!
I like roasting them. Give them a wash and dry, then prick all over with a fork. Put in a roasting tin. You can tell how sweet they are as they cook and the juices come out and caramelise. I serve them as veg but you can mash them and use them in other recipes too.

Shallots

Sarah — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:08:13 +0000

Nice selection of Shallots available at Suttons Seeds.
Easy to grow and many people think they’re better to grow than onions. PLant in a fine tilthed bed of soil that hasn’t been manured recently.
The shallots grow in bunches around the original set. You can store them like that after lifting until you want to use them.
Perfect for pickling.

Pete Platt’s perfect pickled shallots – a few hints: Dry the shallots in the sun or the loft for a few days. Salt, rinse and pat dry. This makes them extra crisp. Add a little sugar to the vinegar. Use unspiced vinegar and spice it yourself.

Shallot Sets Yellow Moon £3.79
An attractive and tasty, round, yellow dutch shallot, with excellent skin quality and a low sensitivity to bolting, enabling early planting. Produces a good crop of healthy shallots. Plant from December onwards.. 400g Pack. Unpack on arrival, and spread out in a cool, light place. Plant from the suggested dates onwards as weather conditions permit. Allow approximately 30cm (12″) between rows and 15cm (6″) between bulbs. Lift crop when leaves turn yellow, dry in sunshine, and store under cool, dry frost-free conditions. 400g of shallots (approximately 15-20 bulbs) will plant a row of about 3m (10′). Full growing instructions included.. . . .

Shallot Sets Golden Gourmet £3.99
This superb variety will consistently produce heavy crops of good flavoured shallots that keep well for several months. Plant from February onwards. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. A great beginner variety.. 400g Pack. Unpack on arrival, and spread out in a cool, light place. Plant from the suggested dates onwards as weather conditions permit. Allow approximately 30cm (12″) between rows and 15cm (6″) between bulbs. Lift crop when leaves turn yellow, dry in sunshine, and store under cool, dry frost-free conditions. 400g of shallots (approximately 15-20 bulbs) will plant a row of about 3m (10′). Full growing instructions included.. . . .

Shallot Sets Red Gourmet £4.49
An early-to-mature, red-fleshed variety with a spicy taste, excellent for use in salads and cooking. Plant from February onwards.. 400g Pack. Unpack on arrival, and spread out in a cool, light place. Plant from the suggested dates onwards as weather conditions permit. Allow approximately 30cm (12″) between rows and 15cm (6″) between bulbs. Lift crop when leaves turn yellow, dry in sunshine, and store under cool, dry frost-free conditions. 400g of shallots (approximately 15-20 bulbs) will plant a row of about 3m (10′). Full growing instructions included.. . . .

Shallot Sets Mikor £4.99
A first class round variety, with reddish gold skins, and deliciously flavoured, pink-tinged flesh. Each bulb yields 8-10 bulbs at harvest. Plant from February until April.Grown in Brittany, in the heart of France’s main shallot growing region, these superb certified varieties are of superior quality and will produce an outstanding crop for you.. 400g Pack. Unpack on arrival, and spread out in a cool, light place. Plant from the suggested dates onwards as weather conditions permit. Allow approximately 30cm (12″) between rows and 15cm (6″) between bulbs. Lift crop when leaves turn yellow, dry in sunshine, and store under cool, dry frost-free conditions. 400g of shallots (approximately 15-20 bulbs) will plant a row of about 3m (10′). Full growing instructions included.. . . .

Shallot Sets Pesandor £4.99
A superb variety, producing elongated bulbs with copper-coloured skins and flavoursome pink flesh. Each bulb yields 6-8 bulbs at harvest. Plant from mid January onwards.Grown in Brittany, in the heart of France’s main shallot growing region, these superb certified varieties are of superior quality and will produce an outstanding crop for you.. 400g Pack. Unpack on arrival, and spread out in a cool, light place. Plant from the suggested dates onwards as weather conditions permit. Allow approximately 30cm (12″) between rows and 15cm (6″) between bulbs. Lift crop when leaves turn yellow, dry in sunshine, and store under cool, dry frost-free conditions. 400g of shallots (approximately 15-20 bulbs) will plant a row of about 3m (10′). Full growing instructions included.. . . .

Shallot Sets Jermor £4.99
An excellent, slightly elongated shallot, with copper-coloured skins and great tasting pink-tinged flesh. Each bulb yields 6-8 bulbs at harvest. Plant from mid January onwards. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Grown in Brittany, in the heart of France’s main shallot growing region, these superb certified varieties are of superior quality and will produce an outstanding crop for you.. 400g Pack. Unpack on arrival, and spread out in a cool, light place. Plant from the suggested dates onwards as weather conditions permit. Allow approximately 30cm (12″) between rows and 15cm (6″) between bulbs. Lift crop when leaves turn yellow, dry in sunshine, and store under cool, dry frost-free conditions. 400g of shallots (approximately 15-20 bulbs) will plant a row of about 3m (10′). Full growing instructions included.. . . .

Shallot Griselle £5.99
A robust spicy taste that will not disappoint! Best planted October to mid December, it multiplies well to give a good crop of long, grey-skinned bulbs in June. Use green or dried for storage well into winter.. 400g Pack. 400g of shallots (approximately 15-20 bulbs – size varies) will plant a row of about 3m (10′). Full growing instructions included.. . . .