pepper 'Long Red Macaroni'

sweet pepper

approx 75 seeds £1.29 Buy
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  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: humus-rich, moisture retentive soil

    These long, slim Italian-bred sweet peppers are the gourmet's choice, looking elegantly beautiful on the plant as they ripen from green through to scarlet with a mild and juicy flavour. The vigorous, productive plants can be grown in pots on a sunny patio for green peppers, but you'll need the extra warmth of a greenhouse to turn them red.

  • Growing Instructions:Sow in early spring in pots in a heated propagator or on a sunny windowsill and pot on individually, finally planting out into containers or in the greenhouse borders once plants are about 15cm tall. Support with canes as they mature and feed fortnightly with liquid tomato feed once flowers appear. When the weather starts cooling in autumn, cut plants off at the stem and hang them upside down somewhere warm like a conservatory, so fruit can continue to ripen.

  • Sow: February-April

  • Harvest: August-September

  • Approximate quantity: 75 seeds.
tomato Red Alert

tomato 'Red Alert'

cherry tomato

Heavy trusses of large, sweet cherry tomatoes

£1.49 Buy
approx 25 seeds within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Giant easy polytunnel cloche

Giant easy polytunnel cloche

Giant easy polytunnel cloche

Giant Poly Tunnels are ideal for winter and early spring vegetables

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Kitchen garden cloche

Kitchen garden cloche

Kitchen garden cloche

A sturdy, high quality, long lasting and stylish growing cover.

£29.99 Buy
single pack within 2-3 days excludes weekends
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Timber grow bed

Timber grow bed

Grow your own fresh vegetables.

£39.99 Buy
Timber Grow Bed within 2-3 days excludes weekends
rocket cultivated

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rocket

Easy to grow. Milder and meatier flavour than wild rocket.

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approx 5000 seeds within 2-3 days excludes weekends
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lettuce 'Romaine Bionda'

lettuce

Great for making Caesar salads!

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approx 4800 seeds within 2-3 days excludes weekends
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chilli 'Padron'

chilli

Medium to long flat, conical light green fruits, turning red when ripe.

£2.49 Buy
approx 150 seeds within 2-3 days excludes weekends
 

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