The bedding and vegetable seedlings are thriving in the propagation tunnel.
The first lot of tomotoes will be out for sale tomorrow. This year we have 8 varieties of tomatoes! 3 varieties of trailing tomatoes – great for containers and hanging baskets, 2 varieties of cherry tomotoes – Gardeners Delight and Sun Gold, plum tomato – San Marzano, Tigerella and Ailsa Craig.
The first lot of courgettes have germinated and should be ready for sale in 2 weeks time (weather permitting of course) – we have a green bush variety and yellow variety.
Some brassicas and vegetable seedlings are out for sale now and ready for planting out: Cabbage ‘Derby Day’, Cauliflower ‘Snowball’, Calabrese ‘Marathon’, Brussels Sprout ‘Bedford Darkmar 21’, Red Cabbage ‘Red Drumhead’, Onion ‘Red Baron’ and Broad Beans ‘ The Sutton’ and ‘Witkiem Manita’.
We are gradually bringing out some bedding plants and hardening them off in the sales tunnel.
Our popular sweet peas are out for sale now and going fast! We have 2 varieties – ‘Incense Mixed’ – ‘a selection of the world’s most fragrant sweet peas’ and ‘High Scent’ – strongly fragrant flowers of cream with violet edges.