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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party June 5th from 12 noon onwards.

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    Forms

    The new place to find all our current forms

  • Allotment plot

    Renting a Plot

    Looking to rent an allotment plot? Look here for more information

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    Trading Hut

    The trading hut is open to our plot holders and green finger members


Growing Guides

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    COUNTRY TASTE

    (Indeterminate) A really meaty, beefsteak tomato. The fruits have a full, rich flavour and can each weigh up to 450g/1lb. The plants are notably disease resistant. Can be grown in the greenhouse or outdoors.

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    CARMEN

    An 'All Female' cucumber with good tolerance to cold weather and mildew and is resistant to scab and leaf spot. Ideal for late or early cropping, when disease can be a problem.

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    SWEET HEART

    Sweetheart produces reliable crops of sweet, crisp, firm heads with exceptional flavour and shows resistance to tip-burn, mildew and bolting. A good all-rounder. Full of flavour with crisp, sweet heads which are quick to mature.

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    GRISELLE

    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.

Peas

Jobs for this Month - May

  1. Harden off and begin planting out indoor raised seedlings; protect susceptible plants from slugs and snails.

  2. Sow french beans, runner beans, carrots, cabbages, beetroots and salad crops outdoors - protected with cloches or fleece if frosts threaten.

  3. Plant any remaining seed potatoes and earth-up shoots of growing potatoe plants.

  4. Tie in peas to sticks or canes; pinch out tips of early broad beans to discourage aphids.