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Vegetables at Downside Nurseries
The vegetable bench is fully stocked now – the first of the kale is ready and there are still peas and sugar peas. The last sowings of these will be the end of May. It is warm enough now for sweetcorn, courgettes and marrows to go out. All the beans...
Read moreThe importance of watering your plants
It is lovely to buy plants in full bloom – they have the ‘wow’ factor. By the look of the frantic e-mails we are getting, some of you are seriously under-estimating the amount of watering they need. Plants in flower at least double their water requirements and if they are...
Read moreHanging Baskets
We are busy making up customers’ own baskets and there are plenty of ‘off the shelf’ ones ready to go. We usually say the end of May/beginning of June is a good time to hang them up. They should be properly grown in by then and we often seem to...
Read morePatio Plants and Bedding
We had better start with apologies for absence. There will be no Torenia Blue Moon this season. This is a registered variety so we have to buy the cuttings and there is a crop failure. Also absent is Dolichos Lab Lab Ruby Moon – a minority interest but still beloved...
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