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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Social Event - BBQ, cakes, drinks and the opportunity to meet others on Monday 4th May (Bank Holiday)

More details will follow soon, but for now please save the date.

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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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    FASTO

    An early maturing variety which produces high quality, uniform bulbs. Ideal for long-term storage, lasting 6 months when kept in cool, dark and dry conditions.

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    CRISPUS F1

    This is an early to mid-season hybrid with good resistance to club foot. The brussel sprouts are smooth and dark green and are borne on tall plants that stand in good condition for several weeks. They have a wonderful flavour. Sow in spring for an autumn harvest.

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    BARCELONA

    The large, succulent heads of this premium quality iceberg lettuce have strong resistance to tipburn, green lettuce aphid and all known races of downy mildew. Its flavour is equally impressive!

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    SPAGNA BIANCO

    Widely grown around the Mediterranean, where it is often made into soup. Before they mature into large white beans, they can be eaten fresh as green beans. A most versatile variety.

Seedlings

Jobs for this Month - April

  1. Earth up first early potatoes and plant out second early and main crop potatoes

  2. Sow french beans and runner beans indoors in 3” pots.

  3. Transplant seedlings of leeks, onions and early summer cabbages and protect with cloches.

  4. Sow Swiss chard, beetroot, autumn cabbages, celeriac, peas, radishes, early lettuce, turnips and swedes direct outside.