Vegetable Plants
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£2.50The foliage and branches are purple, with the leaves almost appearing mottled. The fruits start purple and ripen to red with a hot heat and are usually about 1 – 2″ (2.5 – 5 cm) long and oval in shape. The plant reaches approximately 24″ (60 cm) so is fairly compact. Best grown in pots in greenhouses or polytunnels. Medium Hot heat (thought to be 5,000 – 30,000 SHUs). Height: 60cm (14″). Spread: 30cm (12″).
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£2.50A beautiful chilli plant with stunning black leaves, purple flowers and fruits that start black and ripen to blood red. These chillies ripen early in the year so are a good one to get you started for the season with. Fruits approximately 4″ (10 cm) long. Plants reach approximately 2 feet (60 cm) tall. Best grown in pots in greenhouses or polytunnels. Heat: Medium – approximately 14,000 SHUs. Height: 60cm (14″). Spread: 30cm (12″).
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£2.00Courgette ‘All Green’
Bush varieties are the easiest courgette plants to manage, easy to grow & heavy cropping. These tiny French delicacies are the highlights of the vegetable year. Fine traditional variety with long dark green & speckled fruits produced over a long period, best grown outside.
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£2.00An easy to grow, low maintenance plant that produces top quality unusual dark yellow courgettes on a semi-compact plant. Yellow courgettes have a thinner skin & slightly sweeter flavour than green courgettes. Best harvested when about 15-20cm long as the skin is still thin and the flesh is still creamy inside. It is very productive and gives a heavy yield over a long period and will just keep cropping if fruits are regularly picked when young (from early July till October frosts). Plant 70cm apart.
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A wonderful Italian variety – ‘Black of Milan’ is named after its very, very dark green, almost black, skin. Regionally found in the Lombardian area of Italy, it is a very productive plant with an open habit that makes it ever so easy to harvest & keeps the likelihood of disease low. Medium early, slightly ribbed, about 18-20cm in length, a superb allotment variety. Restaurant quality courgette. Superb, outdoor crop. Allow 90cm between plants in a sheltered, sunny position. Harvest regularly.
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Cucumber ‘Burpless Tasty Green’ produces crisp, delicious fruits with no bitterness, and as the name suggests, are easy to digest. The 25cm (10″) long cucumbers are packed with flavour and have a very high vitamin content. Grow this ridge type trained against a support either outdoors or in the greenhouse. Height: 3m (9′). Spread: 45cm (18″).
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£2.00Each fruit is the size of a small apple, hence this commonly being known as the ‘Apple Cucumber’ – but as its fruit is a pale yellow in colour when ready to eat it’s actually called ‘Crystal Lemon’. Reputed to be more digestible than many other cucumbers, this has a mild sweet flavour and is very juicy – just make sure the cucumbers don’t get too large or take on a more golden colour as the skins will become bitter. This is also an excellent variety for pickling also. The habit of the plant can be quite sprawling but they can be tied into a trellis or something similar. There is no need to remove male flowers on this variety. Recommended by the RHS to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects. Plant two per growbag.
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A Ridge-type cross that can be grown as either Greenhouse or Outside. First grown in Mr. Lows of an Uxbridge nursery in 1889, a cross between Purley Pink Hero & Verdant Green. A good beginners or amateur’s cucumber, from 6 to 8 inches in length, somewhat thick, smooth, perfectly straight & short neck, very easily grown. Leave the flowers on. Keep them picked and they’ll keep producing. Height – up to 300cm.
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Also known as Soy Beans, these have become a new favourite with restaurants. Each short, little, hairy pod contains up to three green beans, full of goodness and high in protein. The beans should be cooked before eating. They have a lovely nutty flavour and are commonly served salted. They are best picked before they are fully ripe as they tend to be sweeter and are best eaten fresh because after the first ten hours their flavour decreases (so what better crop to grow yourself!). They can also be blanched and frozen. Plant out approximately 6″ (15 cms) apart. Crop late summer/early autumn. Reach approximately 3 feet (90 cms) tall. Like a sunny position.
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Cornet de Bordeaux is one of the hardiest varieties that can be used for constant cutting. Lovely tangy flavour. The main use is raw in salads but can be cooked – try braising it! Can be grow in the open or under protection. Space 20-35cm apart.
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Old Italian American cultivars & a relative to Chicory, having similar taste & culture. Leaf shapes range from triple-cut Frisée, Narrow, finely pinnate & dissected, often crisped or ruffled, for a frilly fluffy effect in a Salad (Endives), to large romaine-like wrappers, Broad, smooth, slightly ruffled leaf, for full-sized, well-hearted heads (Escaroles). Cold-tolerant, early spring sowing & summer harvest or late summer sow & autumn picking, can be cooked or used raw in salads (with varieties ‘Pancalieri’ & both ‘Scarlet Giant & Fine maraichere’) Plant 20-30cm apart.
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Very high quality with a long harvest period. Long, round pods which remain very straight and have a bright green, smooth surface. This attractive mauve flowered bean makes a delightful addition to the flower border as well as the vegetable plot Especially developed for the fresh market, pods are 20cm, the variety is black-seeded with very good vigour. Stringless. RHS award. Height Up to 180cm (70.9in) Spread Up to 30cm (11.8in).
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