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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Knit and Natter Friday 10th April, 2-4 pm in the social hall.

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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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    TRIOMPHANT

    This cauliflower is just for Christmas and January too. The dense, pure white curds remain well protected by foliage. If you like the idea of home-grown cauliflower as part of your Christmas lunch look no further than this outstanding variety.

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    JAGUAR

    British-bred and most reliable in UK conditions, Jaguar is an excellent variety with which to make successional sowings to secure a long-lasting supply of delicious peas. Its pods, which are produced in pairs, each hold up to nine peas. The plants are resistant to several common diseases, ensuring they remain healthy throughout their life.

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    SPITFIRE

    Produces small fruits which are ideal for roasting, use in a pumpkin pie or carving for Halloween decoration. The plants are highly productive producing numerous bright orange pumpkins with firm sweet tasting flesh.

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    CHERRY FALLS

    (Determinate) Grow something different and really tasty in those hanging baskets and windowboxes. The gently cascading habit produces plenty of delicious 'cherry' tomatoes and it is earlier than most greenhouse varieties. Can be grown in the greenhouse or outdoors.

Seedlings

Jobs for this Month - April

  1. Earth up first early potatoes and plant out second early and main crop potatoes

  2. Sow french beans and runner beans indoors in 3” pots.

  3. Transplant seedlings of leeks, onions and early summer cabbages and protect with cloches.

  4. Sow Swiss chard, beetroot, autumn cabbages, celeriac, peas, radishes, early lettuce, turnips and swedes direct outside.