Growing Guides

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  PASSANDRA

  The perfect choice for smaller households, this all-female variety produces a heavy crop of 6in-long mini-cues which are big on flavour and crunch. Easy to manage, the plants have good resistance to mildews and mosaic virus.

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  ROMA

  (Semi-determinate) Versatile midi-plum variety with few seeds and bags of flavour, perfect for making passata, other sauces and for soup. Shows good disease resistance to wilt. Grow outdoors or indoors.

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  TROMBONE

  Slow growing, smooth leaf spinach with dark leaves. Has a good bolt tolerance and flexibity in sowing times at both ends of the season, making it ideal for home gardeners. Use as mature leaf or as baby leaf.

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  AILSA CRAIG

  Ailsa Craig produces large globe shaped bulbs with a mild flavour beneath golden straw coloured skin. This variety makes for a good exhibition onion but does not store for long periods and should be used in early winter.