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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Social Event - BBQ, cakes, drinks and the opportunity to meet others on Monday 4th May (Bank Holiday)

More details will follow soon, but for now please save the date.

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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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    PASSANDRA

    The perfect choice for smaller households, this all-female variety produces a heavy crop of 6in-long mini-cues which are big on flavour and crunch. Easy to manage, the plants have good resistance to mildews and mosaic virus.

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    CHARLOTTE

    This is a very popular high yielding variety with long yellow tubers and waxy, tasty flesh. Excellent for salads and general use. Stores well and can be used as baked, mash, roast or salad.

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    OCTAVIOUS

    An outstanding green celery which produces thick, succulent, pale green stems of medium length and good flavour. The vigorous plants are high yielding and slow to bolt.

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    HUNTER

    Produces a good crop of good sized fruits that average approximately 800g in weight. Bred for the British climate for early maturing. Fruit have an excellent flavour.

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.