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June, July and August in the UK is the Summer season. June is the month for first fruit and vegetables harvests and finally some sun and heat which will suddenly boost your plants growth. Any seeds you sow in June will germinate quickly so it’s worth sowing seeds in the soil directly. Try peas, beans, lettuce, beetroot, spring onions and radish for quick crops in the next 1-3 months. It’s also your last chance to get your Winter Cabbages sown as they take 6-8 months at least to grow! I always forget this but I love a savoy cabbage, so this year I am making a concerted effort to sow winter cabbage. Visit the Seed Sowing HQ for June to see Jobs to do, veg garden updates, harvests. Busy Life Vegetable Growing – What do you want? Quick results, eating in 6-8 weeks = Sow French Beans direct into the soil. Even Quicker results, eating in 4 weeks = Sow Radish direct into the soil, To pick leaves all summer & Autumn = Sow Perpetual Spinach, Colour that loo...

Why Is Morning Sunlight Best for Indoor Plants? Morning sunlight is a blessing for indoor plants. Many gardeners aren’t aware of this and always keep their plants indoors all the time. Yes, you read that right — morning sunlight benefits all indoor plants, whether they bloom or not. In this post, I’ll share some important facts about why you should expose your indoor plants to morning sunlight for at least 2 to 3 hours, twice a week. Morning Sunlight Blessing for Indoor plants   Fact 1: Plants cannot grow without sunlight No plant can grow and survive in complete darkness. This is absolutely true – plants need sunlight to survive. Indoor plants grow slowly so they need less light. But if we keep them in the morning sunlight for some time, their growth improves significantly. Fact 2: It boost flowering in plants Flowering is not possible without direct sunlight. In some indoor plants, direct morning sunlight encourages blooming. Indoor plants like Aglaonema, Peace Lily, ...

Sweetcorn has been growing successfully in my raised beds for the past 3 years. Yes, you can grow your own Sweetcorn in Raised Beds in a small garden. Sweetcorn – 12 plants with calendula flowers Sowing Sweetcorn It’s May in the east of the UK and time to sow Sweetcorn and I’ve got to be quick and sow it before the end of May. Sweetcorn takes 4 months to grow from seed to harvest. Last year I soaked the sweetcorn seed before planting to get a quicker germination time and it’s worked, so I’ll be doing this again this week. I sow my sweetcorn in Root Trainers which are deep cell trays and they give the roots a lot of room to form. Strong roots = healthy plants. Root Trainers are great for Sweetcorn as it hates having its roots disturbed when planting outside in the ground. If you haven’t got root trainers, use a 9cm diameter pot. One pot per seed. In May, soaked seeds can be sown directly into the ground, but I never seem to have much luck with this method, so I’ll be sowing in...

Indoor Plant Care Guide: Tips to Keep Your Houseplants Healthy & Green:   Essential tips that should be followed to ensure the healthy and optimal growth of your indoor green friends. Indoor Plant Care Guide 1. Understand the location and sunlight Requirement of the plant Indoor plants thrive best when placed in areas where they receive at least one of the three types of light: bright light, indirect sunlight, or direct sunlight. They are not suitable for dark, enclosed spaces like bathrooms or kitchens where natural light is limited. In bright light conditions, you can keep popular plants like the snake plant, spider plant, ZZ plant, lucky bamboo, and syngonium. These same plants can also do well in indirect or even direct sunlight, and you can expand your collection with options like the areca palm, dumb cane, peace lily, satin pothos, golden money plant, aglaonema, rubber plant, betel leaf plant, monstera, and more. It’s important to note that plants won’t survive in c...

Which Fertilizers and Tonics To Give in Summer Season:  Do you know that when we give fertilizers in the soil then some gas is released. I mean, we can say that ” when we give fertilizer in the soil – some heat is produced”.  Nowadays, one common question or query is being asked a lot that “ Which fertilizers and tonics to give in summer season to keep plants healthy and green?”  This question is very genuine and important.  Why plants struggle in extreme heat? Generally, in summer season when the temperature is high, fertilizer should not be given to the plants.  When temperature increases, our plants go into stress. You may observe the leaves of Tulsi (Holy basil), Hibiscus, and other plants become dull and starts turning yellow and brown. Their growth slows down and flowering also stops.  In such condition – we often feel to give or add something to our plants so that they can recover and become healthy. But it is important to be careful here. N...

May is the time for established green growth and time to sow seeds for Summer and Autumn. Veg Garden Update Raised Bed 1 – Shallots, Garlic, Cabbages & Cauliflower. Raised Bed – Shallot, Garlic, Brassicas, Rosemary & Calendula. Veg Highlight – Shallots The Shallots were started in cell trays last November and look at them now! This is how a Shallot makes extra bulbs on the side, it’s one shoot has now grown into lots of shoots which each produce a bulb at the end of them, to make lots of little milder onions. Raised Bed 2 – Onions from Seed, Carrots, Beetroot, Lettuce & Spinach Here we have Lettuce and Spinach which were sown at the beginning of March, planted out mid April and now in Mid May harvesting it. Beetroot failed to germinate sown directly into the soil. I have sown again in the same place, adding extra compost this time. Veg Highlight – Lime Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce is a great flavoured lettuce and it comes with the added value that yo...

Indoor Plant Care | 5 Common Mistakes That Are Killing Your Indoor Plants If your indoor plants are looking a bit wilted or not looking vibrant, maybe it’s time to change the way you care for them. Let’s take a moment and see what’s going wrong and what common mistakes we make unknowingly – so that we can give our green friends the care they truly deserve.   Indoor plants like the Areca Palm, Aglaonema, Dumb Cane, Peace Lily, ZZ and others don’t require constant attention, but they do need the right care to thrive. Our gardening expert,  Mrs. Sudeepti Bajpai (founder of Voice of plant Website and  YouTube channel ) , has shared some common mistakes which gardners do while caring Indoor plants. So, let’s get started! Mistake 1: Outdoor and indoor plants need the same care This is a common misconception among gardeners and plant lovers—that indoor and outdoor plants require the same kind of care. This is completely incorrect. Outdoor plants thrive in natural outdo...