| Plant | Number | Spacing | Spacing in Rows | Notes |
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Alyssum
| 1 | 15cm | 15cm x 15cm | |
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Artichoke (Globe)
| 1 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | Goal 4-6 |
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Artichoke (Jerusalem)
| 1 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | Goal 50 plants Fartichokes! Doing well outside bathroom. |
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Asparagus
Purple
| 12 | 45cm | 45cm x 45cm | |
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Asparagus
| 14 | 45cm | 45cm x 45cm | 3 beds = plenty |
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Aubergine
Orlando
| 8 | 40cm | 35cm x 45cm | F1 Some seedlings eaten by pests, 5 remaining, Fruit in Jan. Red potato beetle attack. Pick 12cm, generous fruit, easy using banana shape and size, ex yield until frost |
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Aubergine
Delle Uova
| 6 | 40cm | 35cm x 45cm | Good g in warm T, Half eaten by pests, one plant survived overcrowding by nasturtiums, very small egg-shaped white fruit, hard skin, lots of seeds, grow in pot next time, ornamental |
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Basil
| 15 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | seed pots 20/7 basil, lemon basil - xg
directly 23/9 xg, heating pad some g, planted in pot. Planted Alita's seedlings in beds. 1/2 survived - tramped on
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Bay
| 1 | 45cm | 45cm x 60cm | Frosted down to stick in Winter. Recovered Spring. |
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Beans (Broad)
Aquadulce
| 18 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | Kirchoffs- healthier plants, small black beetle attack |
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Beans (Broad)
| 18 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | goal 1-2 beds, sown Aut, growing very well Aquadulce Mayford. First beans end of Sep, relatively small harvest. Yellow leaves early on (too much water?) Black beetle infestation, then chocolate spot. Fair harvest. |
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Beans (Dry)
Cannellini
| 21 | 25cm | 20cm x 35cm | Sown 24/9 0%g Liv Seed (Guy)
Resowed 13/11/13 - =8+ seeds - o%g |
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Beans (Dry)
Adzuki Bean
| 44 | 25cm | 20cm x 35cm | In situ 24/9 no g, Resowed end Oct, Poor germ. Resowed beg Dec 10 plants g. Gravel Gard (Guy), relatively good harvest |
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Beans (Dry)
Christmas Lima
| 16 | 25cm | 20cm x 35cm | Seeds sown directly 23/9 - 4 plants g, Guy's seed - Liv Seeds, ok harvest from Jan |
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Beans (Dry)
Spanish Black
| 21 | 25cm | 20cm x 35cm | In Situ 24/9, 6 plants g, 4 survived - Guy's seed - Liv Seeds. harvest from Jan, ex harvest |
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Beans (Dry)
Garbanzo
| 19 | 25cm | 20cm x 35cm | No germ last year, try parrafin
In situ 13/11/13, Guy's seeds - Liv Seed xg |
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Beans (French)
Yellow Dwarf Beans
| 18 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | French bean goal 2 beds
In situ 14/11/13 saved seed HL, crowded out by runner beans, own bed next time. |
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Beans (French)
Star 2000
| 40 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | French bean goal 2 beds, sown 24/9 Poor g Starke Ayres (Guy) |
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Beans (French)
Roquefort Beans
| 25 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | French bean goal 2 beds, sown in situ 17/10, Roquefort Excellent germination, vigorous producer |
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Beans (French)
Espada
| 25 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | No germination last year, try parrafin.
No germination this year either, sown 12/9, possible weeding out?
French bean goal 2 beds
Resowed bed 13/11/13 - Guy seed, Gravel Gard. |
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Beans (Runner)
Kentucky Wonder
| 26 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | goal 1 bed, sown 12/9, First harvest beg Dec, straggly and weak |
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Beans (Runner)
Lazy Housewife
| 18 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | goal 1 bed, insitu 14/11/13, saved seed, vigorous growth, generous producer |
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Beans (Runner)
Scarlet Runner bean
| 55 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | goal large area, sown 24/9 lower bed 100% g, growing well (Guy) Grav Garden, sown 17/10 upper beds - saved seed 100% g First beans picked beg Dec, Ex harvest, need tall supports or poor harvest, harvested until frost in May |
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Beans (Runner)
Chinese noodle
| 9 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | goal 1 bed, in situ 14/11/13 saved seed HL- black and light brown tiny, one very strong plant, collected seed for next year. |
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Beetroot (Multi-sown)
Detroit 2 Bolivar
| 50 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | Good germ, sowed Dec 13, gnarled beets, poor leaf growth. |
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Beetroot (Multi-sown)
Detroit Dark Red
| 51 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | In situ 17/8 block spacing, good germ, baby beet first harvested mid Nov. Dark red deep flavoured |
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Beetroot (Multi-sown)
Crimson Globe
| 60 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | Goal beet 1 bed, in situ 25/8, block spacing
100%g, Harvesting baby beet thinnings beg Nov. Firm sweet bright cerise, faint rings. Ready for harvest end Nov (3 mo) |
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Beetroot (Multi-sown)
| 2 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | |
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Beetroot (Multi-sown)
Chioggia
| 110 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | In situ 24/9, fair germ., slow to mature, beet oxideses after cooking, pretty but eat immediately, sown feb 14, poor germ |
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Bergamot
| 1 | 30cm | 30cm x 50cm | In Herb wheel, from Carol |
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Blackberry
| 1 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | |
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Borage
| 6 | 35cm | 30cm x 60cm | 3 in seed tray, 2 planted out, 1 transplant from Lisa, in situ 21/10, vigorous growth, 1 per section next time, one smothered by tomatoes. |
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Broccoli
| 8 | 45cm | 45cm x 45cm | Goal 1 bed brocc. |
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Broccoli (Purple Sprouting)
| 6 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | HL Exc g, transplanted 23/4/13 poor growth through winter aphids! Flowering started in warmer weather, also after
less seagro, Attack by small black beetles
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Cabbage
| 73 | 50cm | 45cm x 55cm | Goal 1 bed Spring, 1 bed Summer
20/7 Copenhagen 100% g poor growth, better in warmer weather.chomped by slugs and moths, resowed jan 14 good germ covered c netting,
seedling plugs planted 26/3/14 |
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Cabbage (Autumn)
Copenhagen Market
| 6 | 85cm | 80cm x 90cm | |
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Cabbage (Chinese)
| 9 | 40cm | 30cm x 60cm | |
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Calendula
| 1 | 30cm | 25cm x 60cm | sown from own seed, not great g, |
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Carrot
Yellow
| 99 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | Good g, sowed Jan 13, ex g, fat tasty carrots |
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Carrot
Purple Dragon Carrot
| 110 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | In situ 17/8, rows, 3 plants germ. Resowed down centre of bed 13/11/13 with red carrot seeds from Thandi, ex germ, good size carrots |
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Carrot
Chantenay Karoo
| 324 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | Rows 17/8, poor germ 1 plant, resowed down centre of bed with Chantenay Karoo seeds from Grav. gard, poor germ, sown Feb 14, poor g |
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Carrot
Paris Market
| 124 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | Rows 25/8 Chase Garden Seeds, Ex germ, Thinning tiny carrots beg Nov, End Nov, carrots round like beet. Harvest beg dec., creamy texture, great for julienne
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Catnip
| 10 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | No germ in seed tray, sowed in situ 17/10, if they germ then Molly must have weeded |
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Cauliflower
| 4 | 50cm | 45cm x 60cm | Goal 1 bed, Sicilian Violet did well last year, planted too close together, sown in seed beds and transplanted Jan, strong, healthy plants. |
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Celeriac
Zwolsch Krul
| 6 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | 4 Transplanted into bed 8/12/13, 2 survived, failure to produce swolled root |
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Celery
| 7 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | Goal 4, try earthing up, self seeded then transplanted mid Aug, went to seed in heat of Summer, cut down and resprouting then frosted |
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Chamomile
| 1 | 30cm | 25cm x 40cm | |
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Chicory
Rossa Di Treviso
| 11 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | xg |
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Chicory
| 16 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | Red leaf chicory, very successful, frost hardy, great winter salad addition. Didn't work for forcing chicory |
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Chicory
Cicoria Catalogna
| 11 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | |
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Chilli Pepper
| 1 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | |
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Chives
| 1 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | Herb wheel |
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Comfrey
| 1 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | Existing |
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Cornflower
| 10 | 20cm | 20cm x 20cm | sown in tomato bed 23/9, 0%g, resown, 1 plant g, grew well |
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Cosmos
| 3 | 20cm | 20cm x 20cm | 1 plant |
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Courgette
All green bush
| 5 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | Casserta, no germ, so sowed agai with All Green Bush, Chase Gard Seeds - Guy, 3 plants germinated not enough, slow producing until frost |
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Cress
| 27 | 10cm | 10cm x 10cm | 5/8 Cress |
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Cucumber
| 1 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | |
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Cucumber
Ashely
| 2 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | Goal 4-5, Pickling goal 6
20/7 Ashley 30%g planted 17/10 powdery mildew, Parisian Pickling xg
5/8 Boston Pickling 65% g, continuous fruit, powdery mildew |
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Cucumber
Boston Pickling
| 4 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | Dec first fruiting, continuous, , powdery mildew |
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Dill
| 1 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | Self seeded in sun room bed, good yield |
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Echinacea
| 1 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | sown in situ -0%g |
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Fennel
| 4 | 30cm | 25cm x 35cm | whole LS packet sown, 3 plants waterlogged bed? |
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Fennel (Herb)
| 1 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | |
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Fruit Bush
| 3 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | Blackberry, Youngberry, red currant, black currant |
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Garlic
| 133 | 15cm | 10cm x 25cm | Plant shooting garlic next time. poor germ, |
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Gooseberry
| 1 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | xg, planted seedlings, harvest jan onwards
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Grape Vine
| 1 | 1.50m | 1.50m x 1.50m | On patio, no pruning, better harv |
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Kale
| 40 | 40cm | 35cm x 45cm | Goal 1 bed, exc germ, poor growth ?? aphids |
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Kohlrabi
| 25 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | 20%g ants?. Harvested a few, tasty eaten raw, seed sown in situ 26/3/14 2 germ |
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Lavender
| 1 | 40cm | 35cm x 50cm | |
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Leek
Varna
| 60 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | Seeds from Guy - Organic Gardening Catalogue, sparse g |
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Leek
| 626 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | Goal 7 beds, self sown seeds do well |
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Lettuce (Headed)
Nevada
| 8 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | Gravel gard (Guy) Sown in situ 18/11/13 |
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Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
Baby Mixed Leaf
| 72 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | ok g, mostly oak leaf removed Jan |
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Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
| 213 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | goal continuous 6 at a time, every 2 weeks
IS: 20/7 Baby Leaf 10%g
5/8 Speckled lettuce,Four Seasons xg st
Oak leaf poor g st, |
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Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
Four Seasons
| 32 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | xg, little gem GG also xg, resowed mid Feb |
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Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
Little Gem
| 22 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | xg |
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Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
Speckled Lettuce
| 10 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | xg |
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Mangetout
| 173 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | IS: own saved seed 100%g, sown 12/9, 100%g, mixed sugar snap and mangetout. Excellent producer. |
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Marigold
| 45 | 20cm | 20cm x 20cm | Bean companion - sown between beans and peas. ex g, thin hard, giant plants. Next time sow in seed bed and transplant as needed or sow on edges of tunnel, not in between beans. |
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Marjoram
| 1 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | Herb wheel |
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Melon
| 2 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | 5/8 Loofah, own saved seed 1/4 g, all died
In situ 2g, own saved seed, smothered by nasturtiums and died. |
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Melon
Tigger
| 2 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | planted out 17/10, died |
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Melon
Watermelon Crimson Sweet
| 4 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | planted out and seed sown 17/10, 6 + plants, two fruit, one rotten in rain. other harvested March 14. Small but sweet and delicious, two lter fruit didn't ripen before frost |
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Mint
| 1 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | Rockery and strawberry beds |
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Mizuna
| 20 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | rewarding, mild brassica
xg st, sowed in situ 18/11/13 Grav Gard (Guy) |
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Mustard
| 198 | 15cm | 15cm x 15cm | Self seeds readily, used as green manure, BUT brassica :-( |
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Nasturtium
| 19 | 30cm | 30cm x 30cm | Aphid trap crop, vigorous, sow sparingly |
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Onion
| 175 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | Goal 3-4 beds 365d, planted young allium shoots in place of beets as gaps formed. Early Dec 13. Not sure if leek or onion. leeks - very poor, lack of care |
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Onion (Red)
Red Creole
| 54 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | Started flowering beforethey were fully formed - too hot? Too dry? Starke Ayres - Guy |
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Onion (Red)
| 51 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | April purplette xg,
5/8 Red Creole xg st, good in seed bed, small onions, goodcrop, need one bed per month, sown top beds, poor germ |
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Oregano
| 1 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | vigorous in herb wheel. |
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Other (Small)
| 1 | 10cm | 10cm x 10cm | |
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Pak choy
| 2 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | |
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Parsnip
Hollow Crown
| 18 | 20cm | 20cm x 30cm | Sowed block spacing 20cm between remaining spring onions 16/8, sowed with sparkler radish to mark. xg, Resowed down centre of bed 13/11/13 with saved parsnip seed from last year (orig Thandi) ex g |
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Parsnip
Cobham
| 20 | 20cm | 20cm x 30cm | 17/8 sowed in rows xg, resowed down centre of bed 13/11/13 with collected seed from last year
(orig Thandi), then good germ beg Dec |
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Pepper
| 8 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | 20/7 California Wonder 80%, Mayan Love pepper 60%g, Malawi pepperdew 60%g, Tobasco xg, Papri Queen xg Thandi long 60%g
5/8 California Wonder, Serrano chili |
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Pepper
California Sweet
| 8 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | Some eaten by pests. 4 remaining, commercial prolific fruit until frost. 4 plants enough for eating, not for freezing |
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Potatoes (Early)
Mondial
| 14 | 40cm | 35cm x 50cm | Ex germ
First harvest - mostly babies 12 on one plant with more babies to follow, good yield, large potatoes |
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Potatoes (Maincrop)
Mondial
| 26 | 45cm | 35cm x 75cm | Ex germ, ex crop, great eating |
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Potatoes (Maincrop)
BP1 (Living Seeds)
| 13 | 45cm | 35cm x 75cm | 2.5kg box of seed potatoes = enough for 3 beds, ex g, low yield , small potatoes- possibly too little water during growing season |
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Potatoes (Maincrop)
| 6 | 45cm | 35cm x 75cm | Goal 5-6 beds, 2 beds 13 ea 25/8 |
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Pumpkin
Wit Boer Pampoen
| 6 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | Goal 20 plants,
20/7 white flat 30%g tp 24/9Harvest 2 in Dec, 6 in Jan,
green saved seed xg.
5/8 Small p'kin own seed xg, is 24/9 |
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Pumpkin
Atlantic Giant
| 8 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | Successful under pine tree 2011, goal 1 plant 20/7 100% g, lost many (cat) planted out 2 on 13/10, then 3-4 more, Produced at 5 giant p'kins |
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Radish
Purple Plum
| 27 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | |
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Radish
Cherry Belle
| 23 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | Very tiny, didn't do well over winter |
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Radish
| 78 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | Continuous, careful :-( brassica club root? sowed some with parsnip seeds |
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Raspberry
| 12 | 70cm | 60cm x 90cm | fruiting Jan, shoots fruited until may. needs plenty of water |
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Rhubarb
| 6 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | transplanted well in Autumn, all up early, transplanted 2 end Aug, need good water |
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Rocket
| 61 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | grows like weed, self sowing, transplanted |
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Rosemary
| 1 | 20cm | 20cm x 20cm | 5/8 xg |
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Salsify
| 18 | 15cm | 10cm x 30cm | xg last yr, try again, mark well
Sowed Sep/Oct 13. Resowed mid Nov 13
Scorzonera Black salsify Franchi (Guy) |
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Shallots
| 1 | 15cm | 10cm x 15cm | Last year's - waiting to collect seed |
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Spinach
Matador
| 9 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | Planted out 23/9, only 3 plants survived. Early bolting. Delicious, more tender than chard, Zorzi (Guy), Gone to seed by Dec 13
Sowed in situ mid Nov 13 xg |
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Spring Onion (Multi-sown)
White Lisbon
| 185 | 10cm | 10cm x 10cm | HL Guy - ex g, good producer |
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Spring Onion (Multi-sown)
Slender Star
| 90 | 10cm | 10cm x 10cm | Commercial, 100%g, Good producer. 21/3/13 |
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Spring Onion (Multi-sown)
| 135 | 10cm | 10cm x 10cm | Exc germ, |
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Squash (Winter)
Gem
| 4 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | Goal 3, 20/7 Rolet xg
5/8 Rolet, planted out 23/9, prolific fruit, mildew from Jan, produced until frost |
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Squash (Winter)
| 1 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | |
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Strawberry
| 22 | 50cm | 45cm x 60cm | yield not great |
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Sunflower
| 6 | 30cm | 30cm x 50cm | Seed collected frm field giants resulted in piddly flowers |
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Sweet Potato
| 10 | 45cm | 45cm x 60cm | Potatoes from Spar, very slow germ, good g, lush leaves, lovely big potatoes, harvested and runners covered with compost for next year, plant more next time |
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Sweetcorn
Transkei Mielies (bi-colour)
| 14 | 35cm | 30cm x 45cm | In situ 13/11/13 Grav Garden (Guy)
Sowed 40+, 3 plants, poor yield, yellow maize |
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Sweetcorn
Sweet Corn Mini Pop
| 24 | 35cm | 30cm x 45cm | In situ 27/11/13.Sweetcorn F1 mini pop, Chase Garden Seeds, Guy, minimal germination, small cobs, pale corn, harvested too late - hard kernels. |
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Sweetcorn
Black Aztec
| 32 | 35cm | 30cm x 45cm | Goal 40-50 ea maize, sown 17/10 Gravel Garden (Guy) Harvest mid March. Low yield - old seed? Beautiful. |
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Sweetcorn
Strawberry Popcorn
| 62 | 35cm | 30cm x 45cm | Goal 40-50 ea maize
seeds sown 23/9, Good g, doing well, harvest End Feb |
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Swiss Chard
Fordhook
| 14 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | Some seeds sown, 3 plants transplanted, some seedlings planted in gaps 17/10 Starke Ayres , transplanted chard bolted in dry heat, cut and cook weekly produces vigorous growth, respinds well to good water |
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Swiss Chard
| 14 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | 20/7 Giant fordhoek xg |
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Tansy
| 2 | 40cm | 30cm x 50cm | Transplant, invasive if not controlled, some developed mildew |
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Thyme
| 1 | 30cm | 30cm x 40cm | |
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Tomato (Cherry)
| 13 | 50cm | 45cm x 60cm | 20/7 Blondkopfchen xg, White Currant xg, Black Cherry 100%g 5 planted, Little Wonder xg, Yellow Pear 100%g 1 planted, Sweetie 100% 2 planted tiny tasty red
5/8 Black Cherry purple prolific juicy large cherry, Blondkopfchen 3 planted prolific med yellow cherry pretty yellow taste good
Planted out 17/10 |
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Tomato (Regular)
| 25 | 50cm | 45cm x 60cm | 2 beds -
20/7: Roma 25%g 0 surv, Marmande 100%g 0 surv, Heinz 100%g determinate prolific until Jan drought or blight killed tasty sauce tom early Feb, Copia xg, Moneymaker plantedx1 23/9 small red tomatoes plant died blight or drought, Tigerella 50%g one plant died jan blight or drought 2 fruit, Hillbilly 50%g one plant tasty, juicy pink and yellow, Beafsteak xg, Cherokee Chocolate 50%g plantedx2 23/9 good fruit tasty orange green, Purple Calabash 50%g, Large Belgian xg.
5/8 Estlers Mortgage Lifter90% big ribbed red tomatoes delicious raw or cooked juicy removed mid Feb , Golden Monarch 20% prolific vine enormous yellow ribbed tomatoes savoury taste best disease resistance, Ultimate Giant, Costoluto Genovese 10% plantedx1 susceptible to disease small ribbed reddish most delicious of all 23/9 harvest from Jan to ** large juicy pleated tomatoes. |
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Tree (Large)
| 1 | 4.00m | 4.00m x 4.00m | |
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Turnip
Snowball
| 24 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | Exc g, good prod, oval mostly white,
tender |
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Turnip
Early Purple Top
| 11 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | Sown autumn, did poorly in winter, tiny bulbs, went to seed early spring |
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Turnip
| 63 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | Goal 1 bed, seed sown in situ 26/3/14, ex g |