Credit Crunchy Vegetable Collection
vegetable plug plant collection
£21.99
- size:
- 60 plug plants
- available within:
- to order from spring 2011
- Position: full sun
- Soil: humus-rich, moisture retentive soil
- Rate of growth: fast
- Hardiness: tender
This collection offers great value for money. It contains most of the mainstays in the vege garden, and they come in large numbers so you will have plenty of produce throughout the summer and autumn. Perfect if you are feeling adventurous as, like a lucky dip, the final selection of what goes into making up each collection will vary. This does not mean we will fob you off with any old rubbish - they will all be great quality, top notch varieties.Add Sweet Peas to your order. Get 12 plants in 3 delicious dark colours for £7.99 - that's just 67p each
Suitable for filling a well prepared vegetable patch aproximately 3m².
The essential vegetable collection will be made up from the following - - 10 x cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli (mixed) - a great combination of goodies. An example of what you might get include; 3 x cauliflower 'Avisor' - a summer cauliflower fresh tasting, crisp white curd. Extremely versatile, with high resistance to cold and disease. 3 x cabbage 'Duchy' - a sweetheart cabbage with a sweet taste and 4 x broccoli 'Red Early' - a unique variety, as it does not need winterweather to initiate flowering. Produces succulent stems throughout thesummer months.
- 10 x lettuce (mixed) You will receive a selection of lettuce which may be made up as follows. 3 x 'Lilian' - a butternut type with firm heads that are succulent and sweet. 3 x 'Pearl' - a little gem lettuce with a delicious, sweet taste.4 x 'Rushmoor' - a red salad, with stunning oak-shaped, deep red leaves.
- 20 x leek 'Volta' - a hybrid leek ideally suited to summer harvest.
- 20 x onoins 'Takmark' - a very early, large white cooking onion variety.
- 1 x pack of carrot 'Nante' seeds - a traditional carrot originating from Venice. It has a lovely, sweet flavour and is very rich in vitamin C.
- 1 x pack of parsnip seed
Please note: The contents of this pack may vary slightly depending upon the season. - Garden care: Plant them out as soon as they arrive in a sunny spot. Make sure they are kept well watered and feed with a liquid fertiliser that is high in potash throughout the growing season. You may need to provide growing supports for the taller plants.
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