My allotments have course soil that dries out quickly but I can grow fairly good sprouts and I put this down to the varieties. I always grow F1s and find Brigitte the best early sprout that I am still picking and Wellington as the best large large, late variety. Cascade and Roodnerf also take some b...

- followed by a good dosing of lime where the blighted potatoes were growing to sterilise the soil! It isn't guaranteed to work but is a fairly effective method of dealing with blight.

Hello Westi. We were looking at the root-stock when the plants arrived. It looked like something pototo-ish - rather dahlia-like. What root stock would you propose to use for tomatoes? I intend trying grafted aubergine, butternut squash and cucumber next year as well as toms. I might try Shirley to ...

Hello to you all from this new member. Browsing through the site I found this query about French Cross tomato seeds. I used to grow this variety during the 70s and found it to be a heavy-cropper but then I discovered a similar variety called Sigma Bush and found it much better than French Cross so I...