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Carrot, Beetroot, Parsnip and Swede Seeds - growing root crops such as carrots, beetroot, parsnips and swede might not be as glamourous as a climbing tomato plant dripping with fruit or courgette in full flower but the end result is just as pleasing on the tongue; especially when you crunch into a just-pulled carrot, sample the flavour a garden-fresh beetroot brings to a salad or discover your home-grown parsnips and swede put the rest of your Sunday lunch in the shade!
To help bring that unique garden taste to your kitchen table, we've carefully selected carrot, beetroot, parsnip and swede varieties and added them to our organic - Soil Association approved - seed range. We've got all the equipment - including carrot-fly screens, fleece and cloches - to give your plants every chance of success and although they might not be the easiest crops to grow (you'll find our growing guides, an example of which is below, invaluable) the anticipation of what's developing below the ground and the quality of the final produce should make it all worthwhile!
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Carrot Autumn King |
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£1.10
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These organic Carrot Autumn King seeds will produce a real king of a crop between June and October from March to August sowings and with this carrot variety carrying the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (that's the RHS's AGM if you're into your abbreviations!) you can be sure the quality will be worthy of a place on any vegetable show throne!
Autumn King is a late maturing maincrop variety with excellent storage ability, although many growers and gardeners can't resist the taste of fresh carrots and will use this popular variety immediately as the smooth tapered roots are particularly suited to slicing. Each packet contains 475 Autumn King carrot seeds. |
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Bio Seedling Stimulator |
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£3.95
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These packets of Bio Seedling Stimulator will help vulnerable flower and plant seedlings through the most difficult stage of their growth just by adding the granular Atlantic seaweed extract to water!
Greenhouse seedling fatality rates should plummet when one of the 6 x 15g water soluble Bio Seedling Stimulator packets is added to 7-10 litres of water and simply watered onto the seedlings with a fine rose. Each pack will treat up to 100 sqm giving you complete protection throughout the entire greenhouse or seed bed sowing season as the seedlings enjoy the natural growth stimulators contained in the seaweed extract. The Bio Seedling Stimulator contains a mix of N (0.7%), P (0.10%) and K (9.7%) which helps young seedlings toughen up quickly and grown on to produce healthy blooms, foliage and fruit in the garden. |
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Organic Tender and True Parsnip Seeds |
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£1.75
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Organic Tender and True Parsnips are one of the best types of Parsnips for growing at home as they are well sized, great tasting and is a source of Carbohydrates, Vitamin C and Potassium. This long rooted variety can be sown in April and May, ready for a harvest beginning i late summer and running right through to February - parsnips can stand in the soil until required. The Organic Tender and True Parsnips have good canker resistance and seeds are supplied in a packet of 500. |
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Organic Bambino Carrot Seeds |
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£1.75
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When it's pouring with rain, blowing a gale or freezing cold in the kitchen garden, allotment or vegetable patch you may wonder why on earth you grow your own produce; but it's the breathtaking taste of fresh vegetables, such as the roots produced by our Organic Bambino Carrot Seeds, which remind you exactly why you do it! The melt-in-the-mouth sensation when eating home grown baby carrots is hard to beat and the main reason why Bambino is such a popular variety. But there are others; you can sow and grow at almost any time of year (Bambino fits into early, 2nd early and maincrop schedules); you'll get a regular supply if sown in succession and the roots are a glorious deep orange colour and as smooth and slender as a supermodel's legs! Supplied in a packet of 475 seeds. |
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Organic Nantes 2 Carrot Seeds |
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£1.10
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Carrots are a shoe-in on almost every allotment, vegetable patch or kitchen garden in the country and our Organic Nantes 2 Carrot Seeds will produce the typical, tapered stump Nantes-type roots just in time for a summer harvest. Scoring highly in the texture, colour and taste stakes, Organic Nantes 2 Carrot Seeds should be sown between February to begining of August for a succession of coreless, great tasting produce which stretches into October. Supplied in a packet of 475 seeds. |
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Organic Jeanette Carrot Seeds |
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£1.10
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Rich in vitamins B and C, and packed full of carotene (which the body converts to vitamin A), carrots are a mainstay of the vegetable garden and are often first on the wish list of the grow your own gardener - and the early maturing organic F1 Jeanette variety is a popular choice. Sown as an early or second early, this Nantes type carrot develops long, smooth roots of good colour and is ideal for salads. The vigorous foliage makes pulling the crop easy and each pack contains 100 seeds. |
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Organic Flyaway F1 Carrot Seeds |
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£1.75
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Carrot fly is one biggest obstacles carrot-growing gardeners come up against, so the fact that plants grown from Organic Flyaway F1 Carrot Seeds show some resistance to this notorious pest will be well-received down at the allotment and in the potting shed. The foliage of this attractive golden orange variety is not as attractive to the egg laying female flies and the roots don't meet the standards of the larvae - good news all round for growers! Sow your Organic Flyaway F1 Carrot Seeds between spring and mid-summer for an early summer/Autumn harvest and enjoy the sweet tasting blunt-ended roots and fine skin and flesh colour. 475 organic Flyaway F1 carrot seeds per packet. |
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Organic Storuman Beetroot Seeds |
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£1.75
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Although not one of the more glamourous garden vegetables, beetroot has recently gained in popularity and has even been tagged a 'Super Food' by health experts - one good reason why organic Storuman is attracting the attention of kitchen gardeners once again. Another is the fact that not much gets wasted when growing beetroots; along with the root - which can be harvested immaturely as tender 'baby beets' - the leaves can be eaten when young, just like spinach. Supplied in a packet containing 250 seeds, beetroot can be sown throughout spring and early summer for late summer and autumn harvesting - and then you can enjoy the health benefits (anti-oxidants; folic acid, silica, cleansing and detoxifying and vitamin C)! |
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Organic Beetroot Chioggia Seeds |
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£1.75
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The Organic Beetroot Chioggia is a wonderful variety from the Venice region. It produces early, large, round red roots with alternate white and red stripes on the inside. It looks really appealing on the plate and has tasty sweet flesh. When cooked it fades to a light pink and the young leaves can be eaten like spinach. These type of beetroot can be used for both salad or as a hot vegetable with its sweet taste. These seeds are supplied in a pack of 150. |
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Organic Helenor Swede Seeds |
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£2.10
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The Organic Helenor Swede Seeds are supplied in a pack of 500 are a popular choice for growing due to their unforgettable taste and excellent flesh quality. These seeds are to be sown Mid May - June and will be ready for harvest from autumn onwards and they have great storage ability. The Helenor Swede is a very hardy plant and could survive during cold temperatures, in the light and fertile soil it prefers it still takes 20-26 weeks to mature. |
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