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Richard decided to try and grow giant pumpkins this year; he could not have timed it worse – late frosts...
Bare-root and Root-balled hedging
We have started to get availability lists for bare-root and root-balled hedging. Lifting will not start for a week or...
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We have plenty of colour – pansies, violas, Bellis and cyclamen. We carefully choose pansies and violas which will flower...

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Vegetables

Posted in: Vegetables, Which? Gardening | March 10, 2017 at 14:50 , by Downside Nurseries

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Tomatoto Plants at Downside Nursery Cropped WEB

We shall be producing our usual comprehensive range of vegetables this year. Most of our tried and trusted varieties will be available but, alas, nothing ever stays the same for long and a few old favourites are no longer available: Cabbage Hispi – a spring and summer pointed cabbage has...

Vegetables

Posted in: Vegetables | July 10, 2016 at 10:27 , by Downside Nurseries

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Runner Beans in May at Downside Nurseries 012 web

We have been trying some new varieties of runner beans. Lady Di, advertised as an early, has not really come to much, and will crop at the same time as our standard Achievement, an old favourite and a good flavour. The dwarf runner Solitaire on the other hand has been...

Confusing Curcubits – Cucumbers

Posted in: Salad, Vegetables | June 3, 2016 at 09:28 , by Downside Nurseries

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Bright yellow flower of cucumber and ripe vegetable behind

Cucumbers can be very bitter if they are pollinated. In the old days, gardeners had to be vigilant and remove the male flowers as soon as they appeared. Nowadays, we have F₁, varieties that only have female flowers, so you do not have to worry. These are much more vigorous...

Vegetables at Downside Nurseries

Posted in: Salad, Vegetables | May 28, 2016 at 10:25 , by Downside Nurseries

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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...

Tomatoes

Posted in: Salad, Vegetables | April 7, 2016 at 12:31 , by Downside Nurseries

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There have been several warnings in the press recently about the tomato variety “Gardeners’ Delight” having broken down. As far as we can tell, this is due to just one batch of bad seed from a generally rather unreliable supplier. So far we have had no trouble with our tomatoes....