Learn how to grow vegetables
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Best practice is to use crop specific information on how to grow vegetables; soil preparation, rotational position, sowing/ planting, care/ maintenance and harvesting.

Learn the specific requirements and techniques for particular crops as there are aspects that can trip the unwary if done wrong - a good crop comes when best practice is implemented.

• Learn the best fit for each vegetable in the crop rotation


• Discover how best to prepare the soil for a particular crop: some like it fine and loose, some like it tight, for some you have to dig deep and over all the planting area, where-as in other cases you can just plant straight in or dig planting pockets.


• Pick up the best ways to sow and plant a crop: some can be sown early indoors others are best outdoors, some need heat to germinate, some will need transplanting or protection.


• Follow advice on the seed packet combined with best planting times as although some can be sown over a long period, others have specific best times and care needs to be taken to avoid frost.


• Care for your crop carefully: watering, weed control, fertilizer use, disease and pest management are all important aspects.


• Enjoy your produce at it's best by harvesting in the right way/ time.

• How to grow Asparagus


• Growing Broccoli


• How to grow Carrots


• Growing Cucumbers


• Growing garlic


• How to grow lettuce and other salads


• Growing Potatoes


• How to grow Tomatoes

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