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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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    JAZZY

    As normal it has large yields of over 30 small, waxy tubers per plant when we harvested. Incredibly versatile, it's suitable for boiling or steaming and eating hot or cold, or for mashing and roasting. Packed with flavour, plants show good disease resistance and superb garden performance.

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    HISPI F1

    This RHS AGM variety is a strong and uniform pointed type, with a beautifully sweet flavour. Cabbage 'Hispi' has good bolt resistance and needs little growing space so it is ideal for growing in small gardens where space is at a premium.

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    HUNDREDWEIGHT

    Enormous exhibition-worthy vegetables excellent for entering into competitions. The orange/yellow-skinned pumpkins are high in flavour too - perfect for pies and soups.

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    AMAZON

    Fast growing, for baby leaf or mature plants. Dark green colour. Resistant to downy mildew, slow to bolt.

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.