By: Termite - Low Impact Construction
Garden Build: 17.03.07 - 22.03.07
Planting: 22.04.07 & 02.05.07
Dwarf French Green Beans
Cultivation: Keep moist. Water copiously when plants are flowering.
Harvesting: pick young beans. Plant will produce more beans after being picked.
Runner Beans
Cultivation: Keep moist. Pinch out tips when they climb to top of support. Water copiously when plants are flowering.
Harvesting: Pick beans as soon as ready. Picking beans will promote further bean production.
Sprouting Broccoli
Cultivation: water in dry spells. harvesting: pick springs when the buds are formed. Don’t let them flower because this will stop the production.
Cauliflower
Cultivation: Water well during dry spells.
Harvesting: harvest as soon as ready
Cabbage
Cultivation: Water well during dry spells.
Harvesting: Harvest as soon as the heart of the cabbage is solid.
Carrots
Cultivation: Maintain low but constant level of moisture.
Harvesting: Water soil before easing carrots out of soil with a garden fork.
Beetroot
Cultivation: Shouldn’t get too wet or too dry. Keep constant moisture.
Harvesting: Loosed soil with a fork to prevent damage and then gently pull out .Harvest when size is between golf and tennis ball.
Tomato
Cultivation: Feed with liquid fertiliser on weekly basis. Keep well watered.
Harvesting: Pick as tomatoes ripen.
Courgette
Cultivation: Pinch out tips when they climb to top of support Feed with liquid feed approximately every couple of weeks. Keep well watered.
Harvesting: Harvest by cutting fruit off with a sharp knife.
Chilli Peppers
Cultivation :Keep well watered. Feed with liquid feed weekly.
Harvesting: Pick when fruit is green to encourage more to come.
Rocket
Cultivation: Keep watered in dry weather. harvesting: Pick young leaves or cut off top of the plant. Leaves will resprout after cutting.
Giant Red Mustard
Cultivation: Keep well watered. harvesting: Pick or cut according to needs.
Lettuce
Cultivation: Keep well watered. : Cut away loose-leaf types as needed. Cut headed lettuce when they feel solid and appear to have a heart.
Spinach
Cultivation: Don’t let spinach dry out. Give liquid feed every two weeks. Harvesting: Pick outside leaves. Don’t take more than 50% of plant to let it recover.
Mizuna
Cultivation: Keep well watered.
Harvesting: To keep supply of young leaves foe many months harvest every day.
Rhubarb & Rainbow Chard
Cultivation: Keep moist.
Harvesting: Break or cut off the outer leaves, as needed leaving the rest behind. Try to avoid damaging the inner leaves.
Onions
Cultivation: Keep well watered until established. After that only water when they start to wilt.
Harvesting: Lift bulbs when foliage dies back.
Spring Onions
Cultivation: Water in dry periods.
Harvesting: Pull them as required.
Potatoes
Cultivation: Keep moist but not too wet. If weather is very dry drench every couple of weeks.
Harvesting: When flowers open potatoes are ready.
