The Nickys Nursery website lists Imai:

http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/seeds/pages/veg-on.htm

And Seeds by Size lists both:

http://www.seeds-by-size.co.uk/onion98.html

HTH

I've read about, but not used, enviromesh - supposed to keep out lots of creepy crawlies. Would that work for keeping out flea beatle?

That's a good tip about the tennis balls Thank you!

Thanks Maz, Lizzie, Wellie and Allan for the extra comments. Personally my first priority is to provide our small household with all the veg (and some fruit ) we can possibly eat, so I will need to look at ways of storing things. Allan - I don't have a greenhouse or polytunnel - will those over wint...

Thanks all for the replies - lots of useful info there. Guest – thanks in particualar for the recommendations of winter salad crops. I will definitely look more into those. I take your point about potatoes, but they are a particular favourite of mine (OH would say obsession!) so they’ll have to stay...

Help... I've got at 10 pole allotment, which I started part of last year. This year I want to make the most of it and grow a good selection of veg all year round (or as much of it as I can). I've divided it up into equal areas, so I can rotate crops each year, got my compost bins going etc... But ho...

Edwin Tucker also list them.

Sorry, can't seem too do a direct link. From that page go to:

>catalogues
>section two
and then go to page 111.

(AFAIK the potatoes link doesn't seem to get you to the actual potatoes for sale! Or maybe I missed it?)

Waitrose are selling what they called Echalion Shallots. They are long and large (4-5" long) so I guess they are also banana shallots then? I'm going to try growing them - certainly easier to peel one large shallot than several smaller ones Any tips on growing shallots anyone? Best time to plant, be...

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