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Sow now Salads and Salad Leaves
Keep sowing every 3 weeks Spring or Salad Onions, these can be sown in July right up to August, some varieties can be sown autumn to overwinter. Salad leaf mixtures, baby leaf veg and lettuce, make sowings every 2 weeks to ensure a continual supply of young salad leaves. Sow salad leaf mixtures in borders, pots, containers, seed trays and grow bags. Lettuce can be difficult to germinate in the hot weather, it is worth experimenting by sowing in a cool shaded area outdoors or even a cool room indoors if the weather is too hot.
Which magazine recognise Nickys Nursery.
Nickys seeds awarded 'Which Best buy' for the second year running, and Which Enthusiasts Choice.
Nickys Nursery Ltd achieved the highest germination rate of all the 17 seed companies tested, awarded joint 2nd place overall of all the major UK seed companies tested. Read more http://www.whatconsumer.co.uk/seed-germination-often-impossible/
Grow your own even more popular.
More and more people are turning to growing their own fruit and vegetables from seeds, many councils report a long waiting list for allotments. The advantages are endless, harvesting your own vegetables full of freshness and flavour straight from the garden. Kids love growing their own vegetables, gardening is great exercise, cheaper than buying vegetables from the supermarket. The excess you grow can always be frozen or used for making jams, pickles and chilli sauces.
You do not need an allotment to grow vegetables; you can grow your own vegetables at home even if you have only a small garden, patio, or windowsill which is ideal for some chilli peppers and herbs. You can even grow strawberries and some tomato varieties in hanging baskets. There are many vegetables that can be grown in containers on a balcony or patio these include tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, baby sweet corn, carrots, cucumbers, radish, beans the list is endless. Many of the Oriental vegetables with careful planning can be grown all year round given the right protection.
In 2008 we introduced vegetables in a smaller packet, ideal for gardeners who only have small gardens or patios, cheaper and less waste. These are the same quality seeds in a smaller packet. Following on from this we introduced a smaller packet size of our chilli peppers and now sell chilli peppers from £0.50 a packet and vegetables from £0.59 a packet, we have now noticed many seed companies are now following the trend for smaller packets.