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What to Sow in April
Now that we have warmer and longer days Carrots & Peas can be sown outdoors. Courgettes, squashes, cucumbers and pumpkins can all be sown in individual pots undercover. Radish is a fast easy growing crop and is a good ‘catch crop’, sow direct outside, every three to four weeks, for a continuous supply throughout summer.
Below is our full range of seeds, suitable for sowing in April...
Pea 'Alderman' (Pisum Sativum) is a Heritage Maincrop. The most popular maincrop variety, a very heavy cropper of large pods containing up to 11 peas. Pea Alderman has a tall growth habit that will require support, as they can grow to over 180cm. Did you know...Round Pea seeds, like Pea...
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Chicory Brussels Witloof is a heritage variety of chicory which resembles a cos lettuce. Excellent for forcing and easy to grow, the seed is sown in spring in a shallow drill. The carrot-like roots are harvested in November and stored in a cool place. 3 or 4 weeks before...
£1.85
Chicory Palla Rossa is a traditional Radicchio type. It has firm, cabbage-like hearts with red-maroon and white leaves giving colour and crunchiness to salads. Palla Rossa has probably the best colour of all the radicchio types and can also be grown as baby-leaf for salad mixes. It matures in...
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Chicory Variegata di Castelfranco is an ancient Heritage variety developed in the 18th century in the Castelfranco region of Northern Italy. One of the best for eating quality. A very decorative variety that produces attractive, rosette-shaped heads with an appearance is best described as a large, tie-dyed cricket ball, leaves are speckled...
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Parsnip Tender and True is a Heritage variety introduced in 1887, top-quality, reliable veg that consistently produces bumper crops of long wedge-shaped roots with the classic sweet parsnip taste. Parsnip Tender and True roots are white and have a very smooth skin that is easy to clean and peel, and...
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Pea Purple Magnolia took over 15 years of work to create the first purple-podded sugar snap pea. Pick them before they grow large to enjoy them at their best, the peas are also very tasty when immature. Pea Purple Magnolia crunchy pods have a good, sweet flavour and make a...
£2.25
Courgette Atena Polka F1 is an easy to grow, low maintenance plant that produces top quality unusual dark yellow courgettes on a semi-compact plant. Yellow courgettes have a thinner skin & slightly sweeter flavour than green courgettes. Courgette Atena Polka F1 fruits are best harvested when about 15-20cm long as...
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Cucumber Mini Munch F1 is an ideal lunchbox snack when harvested at just 7cm (3in). The 8-10cm (3-4") fruits are mid-green in colour, smooth, firm and crisp with an exceptionally good taste and flavour. Sets well even in cooler conditions. Long cropping period. When growing cucumbers, harvest regularly to encourage,...
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The flowers in the Bees & Butterfly Wildflower Meadow seed mix will help you create a flower-rich meadow with a particular emphasis on species that are known to be important as sources of nectar for bees, butterflies and other insects. If you ever wondered what beekeepers sow to attract the...
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Pea Meteor (First Early)(Pisum Sativum) is one of the earliest peas for harvesting. Ideal for growing in the garden and exposed areas, as an October - November sown crop. This superb first early, round seeded variety produces an abundance of small, but well-filled pods. A superb pea for your first...
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Phacelia Tanacetifolia is a quick growing hardy annual green manure that germinates at low temperatures and is ideal for sowing from March until September. It will grow up to 1m in height and is tolerant of cold temperatures and may over-winter if it's not too cold. It suits most soil...
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Uchiki Kuri Squash also known as Red Kuri or Red Onion Squash is a little globe of orangeness. It weighs about 1.5kg and makes a useful sized dinner portion that stores well for up to 3 months in cool, dry conditions. Uchiki Kuri has a glossy red/orange outer skin with...
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Carrots are one of the best tasting veg to pick fresh from your garden. Carrot Early Nantes 2 will not disappoint as it has a lovely sweet flavour with very little core and is a blunt end variety that can reach a length of 15cm. It is a 2nd early/maincrop...
£1.55
The Hunter F1 is an early maturing Butternut Squash which has been specifically developed over the last 10 years to suit the UK climate. It is very hardy producing strong plants that will give 6 - 7 squashes. The fruit are light tan in colour with sweet, bright orange flesh,...
£2.25
Radish French Breakfast is an easy to grow and quick to crop veg that can pep up your salad (the leaves can be used in salads too!) It is a long oval type with white tips that have a flavour of medium intensity. Radishes don't need much space and are...
£1.55
Cucumber 'Marketmore' is an open-pollinated ridge cucumber that's a reliable and heavy-cropping cucumber producing a tasty harvest of dark green, cylindrical fruits from July onwards. It's the best variety to grow outdoors. Top tip:Once you see the tiny cucumbers on the plant, water with tomato food every week. The cucumber...
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Squash Queensland Blue is a fabulous ribbed, muffin top variety with a bluish green outer skin colour and inner orange flesh that has a lovely rich sweet flavour. It is a heritage variety from Australia that pre-dates 1932 where it is first recorded in a seed catalogue. This trailing vine...
£2.45
Coriander, also known as Cilantro, is an interesting little herb as the leaves are pungent and oily but the seeds for which it is also grown have a different warm, orangey taste. Coriander is a key ingredient in hot spicy food such as curries and also adds flavour to soups...
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Basil Sweet Genovese Herb Seeds, the 'Classic Italian' are the best variety of basil for Italian pesto and tastes fantastic with fresh tomatoes (home grown of course), slices of mozzarella & a drizzle of virgin oil -a perfect side salad for a balmy summer's day BBQ. Basil is the basis...
£1.85
Beetroot Boltardy is a real winner - a traditional old favourite that has well earned its place as one of our best selling veg seeds. It is easy to grow, very reliable and has rich crimson globe-shaped roots with the wonderful earthy sweet beetroot flavour. Beetroot Boltardy is a 'bolt...
£1.75