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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

New Plot Holders Meeting Saturday 10th May at 1pm in the Hall.

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    Forms

    The new place to find all our current forms

  • Allotment plot

    Renting a Plot

    Looking to rent an allotment plot? Look here for more information

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    Trading Hut

    The trading hut is open to our plot holders and green finger members


Growing Guides

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    MINI MUNCH

    Small mini-sized cucumbers ideal for lunch boxes. An early all female hybrid of medium vigour with very little side branching. Bred for protected cropping producing multiple flowers and fruits per node. 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.

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    FRENCH BREAKFAST

    A reliable old favourite! French Breakfast 3 is a fast cropping variety, producing cylindrical red radishes, tipped with white. The roots are crisp and have a mild flavour, perfect for adding to summer salads. Sow regularly for a tasty supply of fresh picked radishes all summer long.

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    MONTELLO

    (Determinate) This vigorous variety is so prolific; producing handfuls of tasty fruit that are so easy to harvest through mid- to late summer. Delicious enough to eat straight from the plant or added to salads; they also make excellent rich Bolognese sauces and soups. Can be grown in the greenhouse or outdoors.

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    SUNDANCE

    Still considered the best sweet corn for early maturity in indifferent summers. The cobs are some 180mm (7in) long and close-packed with sugary kernels of creamy-yellow. Recommended for deep freezing.

Peas

Jobs for this Month - May

  1. Harden off and begin planting out indoor raised seedlings; protect susceptible plants from slugs and snails.

  2. Sow french beans, runner beans, carrots, cabbages, beetroots and salad crops outdoors - protected with cloches or fleece if frosts threaten.

  3. Plant any remaining seed potatoes and earth-up shoots of growing potatoe plants.

  4. Tie in peas to sticks or canes; pinch out tips of early broad beans to discourage aphids.