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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Next Social Event - Sun 5th July Summer Celebration

Tidy Up Site Morning - Sat 11th July 12th September

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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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    ALL THE YEAR ROUND

    A traditional favourite butterhead variety! Medium-sized butterhead (soft hearted) variety, which has great flavour and a lovely crisp texture. Plants are slow to bolt and with a long harvesting period.

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    MATADOR

    Deep green succulent leaves for a summer long crop. Ideal for sowing in succession for a constant supply of fresh leaves. A slow bolting variety.

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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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    HARRIER

    One of the quickest maturing varieties producing good yields of fruit in just over 3 months. Fruit have a sweet flesh and average 1kg in weight.

Tomato truss

Jobs for this Month - July

  1. Plant out any remaining seedlings raised in spring/early summer.

  2. Pinch out side sheets of cordon tomatoes and feed with liquid tomato fertilizer.

  3. Remove tips of climbing beans if they have reached the top of their supports.

  4. Spray potatoes and tomatoes with fungicide such as Bordeaux mixture to prevent blight.