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Talkback: Choosing vegetable varieties

Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
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Ha ha, I feel for your plight! I just got my very own allotment and at first I thought it was huge! but now i think I'll be needing another to fit in all the veg I want to grow!
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  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    You can order quite a few Vegetable and seed catalogues completely free from a website called http://www.catalink.com
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I've clearly gone about this all the wrong way. We moved house a year ago and dug in a small veg plot earlier this year. We grew courgettes, sweetcorn, tomatoes and carrots. There's no way we can go back to supermarket veg.

    I then got carried away and bought about 30-40 packets of seeds in a garden store sale. I'm now desperately trying to redesign my corner plot to fit them all in - it's currently grass and borders. I have no idea where to start! All I've managed to do is set up a spreadsheet so I can record which varieties work and taste good!
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Over the last few months Pippa has done a series of trials on various vegetables and gives her personal rating on each variety. Does anyone know whether this information (or a summary) is available online so that I can download it and refer to it when I come to select my varieties in future years?
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    could someone please tell me the best first early potato to grow that has a waxy consistancy to it? I grew some for the first time about four years ago and being the effeciant new gardener discarded the lable, only to forget the name. your help would be appreciated.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Having recently moved to a bungalow with only a patio to grow edible plants on,is there a book that I can get with details of vegetable plants, containers etc suitable for a S.E. aspect situation??
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    This helpful and useful blog gives great tips and information on growing your own tasty vegetables. From picking your seeds, preparing and sowing, feeding, watering to harvesting and storing. Check back regularly for constant updates and info.

    http://pro-gardensolutions.blogspot.com
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I am going to plant vegetables in my garden where we have only ever planted potatoes before. Is there a bag of some sort of compost I should be putting down first.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    A waxy potato, well my favourites would have to be Charlotte, largely grown as a salad variety, but gorgeous if eaten in just about any way !

    Cat : I'd not bothe rincorporating bagged materials unless you have no other option - if possible start your own home composting system, that works brilliantly and does not cost a penny, you could also use compost taken from seasonal containers etc, then add some general fertiliser or some well rotted manure to increase the nutrient content.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    LOL...there is never enough room in your garden or time to work it!

    Plant a Seed
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    OK, I hear a lot about composting but I'm single not home much but garden, what is the simplest or easiest way to do this - buy it at the recycling centre?
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