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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

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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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    HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS

    (Determinate) Perfect for baskets, window boxes or raised patio containers, the vigorous, easy-to-grow, cascading plants live up to their name, producing literally thousands of sweet, juicy, bite-sized tomatoes throughout the whole summer. Small cherry fruited varieties for basket or container growing outdoors.

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    MARKETMORE 76

    A great choice for outdoor cropping, where it will produce plenty of 20cm/8in long, dark green-skinned straight fruits with a proper cucumber flavour. The plants show some resistance to powdery and downy mildews.

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    SNOWBALL

    "Snowball Cauliflower is a highly suitable variety for the home garden. It is a regular favourite that has stood the test of time. It produces dwarf compact plants which can be set closer than others. "

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    CHERRY BELLE

    Cherry Belle, much like their name are cherry shaped and cherry coloured. They contain a pure crisp white flesh which is slow to go pithy and woody . Popular, early cropping variety, mild flavour and crisp texture. Cherry Belle is quick growing and stays fresh over long periods.

Lettuces

Jobs for this Month - June

  1. Plant out tender crops such as courgettes, squash and pumpkins.

  2. Sow successional carrots, beetroots, lettuces and radishes.

  3. Continue to earth-up shoots of growing potatoe plants.

  4. Harvest early lettuces, radishes and new potatoes.