VEGETABLE PLANTS

 (Scroll down to see our monthly veg tips)


ALL YOU NEED TO G.Y.OVegetable Plants in Greenhouse

Plants

A huge choice of vegetable plants grown in our own Victorian Greenhouse. Click here for a full listing

Seeds

100's Vegetable seeds.

Compost

To suit all GYO requirements incl tomato & strawberry grow bags.

Feed/sundries

A huge variety of GYO plant feed/netting/bamboo/slug pellets.


 

 


veg plants1VEGETABLE PLANTS


Our Vegetable plants are in the usual packs of 9 or 12 plants, however we also offer some in single pots, enabling you to mix and match as much as you wish.

We offer a greater variety of vegetable plants than most & hope this will encourage  you to experiment with different varieties & flavours.

Sue is our resident expert & has chosen all our vegetable plants based on their taste & variety.

Click here for a list of veg plants & availability.


 


 


Veg demo area

G.Y.O DEMONSTRATION AREA


4 raised beds

 Full of  vegetables that we have grown ourselves.  

Pot demo area

Our GYO pot demonstration area will show you just how easy it is to grow veg in pots. This area is especially useful if you have limited space in your garden. 


Tips

Both deomonstration areas have notices offering tips on planting & bug control. 

Advice

Please just ask one of our staff members if you have any specific questions. 




 



 

 

 

 

MONTHLY VEGETABLE TIPS 


January


  • Buy seed potatoes and set up in trays to chit at the end of the month.
  • Buy onion & shallot sets - TIP : Plant in cell trays in a greenhouse to root ready for planting out in February, when ground conditions are more favourable (sets planted directly into the ground may rot before rooting if the soil is too wet)
  • Prepare the veg patch ground (if conditions allow) & add manure where necessary.
  • Plan what veg you are going to plan this year & then buy seeds.
  • Sow maincrop onions in a little heat.
  • Sow sweet peas, summer cabbage, broad beans, early peas in a green house.
  • Plant garlic.



February


  • Sow Broadbeans, parsnips, radish if weather conditions are favourable outside.
  • Sow peppers, aubergines, Tomatoes in heated propagator or on a window cill later in the month.
  • Sow Beetroot, broad beans, summer cabbage, summer cauliflower, lettuce, carrots, round seeded peas, salad leaves & spinach in a green house/under glass. TIP : multi sow in modules to plant out in March.
  • Plant early varieties of potatoes in large pots for 'early earlies!'
  • Prepare trenches for runner beans about 45cm deep & carefully fill with organic matter e.g. vegetable waste & torn newspaper to form a water retentive 'sponge'.
  • Continue setting potatoes up to chit (the end with the most 'eyes' uppermost).
  • Plant out onion & shallot sets.



March

 

  • Plant or transplant asparagus, jerusalem artichoke, summer cabbage, summer cauliflower, Rhubarb offsets & towards the end of the month globe artichokes.
  • Sow outside - early beetroot, broadbeans, early carrots, lettuce, parsnips, peas (wrinkled varieties), first early potatoes, radish, rocket, shallots, onion sets, spinach, turnips & spring onions.
  • Sow under glass or in an outside seed bed - brussel sprouts, summer cabbage, summer cauliflower, calabrese, chives, kale, leeks, parsley, lettuce & salad leaves.
  • Plant out salad leaves from modules under fleece or cloche, for early cut & come again crop.
  • Plant out broad beans & peas from early sowings under fleece or cloche if frost imminent.
  • Plant out summer cauliflower under fleece.

 

April

 

  • Plant asparagus crowns, summer cabbage, cauliflower, globe artichoke, spinach, onion seedlings (sown in january), lettuce, beetroot (from modules), salad leaves, celery (early sown), calabrese.
  • Plant any remaining onion sets by the end of the month.
  • Transfer tomatoes into a green house.
  • Sow under glass - broccoli, summer cabbage, cauliflower, outdoor cucumber, melons, marrow, pumpkins, courgettes, runner beans, dwarf beans, squashes, sweetcorn, outside tomatoes.
  • Sow outside -Early beetroot, broad beans, maincrop peas, carrots, cauliflowers, broccoli, calabrese, florence fennel, kale, leeks, summer lettuce, parsnips, salad leaves, radish, early turnips, summer spinach, perpetual spinach, brussel sprouts, autumn & winter cabbage.
  • Keep on top of the weeds by hoeing regularly.
  • Watch the weather - protect vunerable plants from frost using horticultural fleece.
  • Keep on top of pest control, ideally using organic methods.
  • TIP : Don't be tempted to plant out tender plants even if the weather appears to have turned as late frosts can catch you out. It is best to delay until all risks of frosts have passed.