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What vegetables to plant in june
27/05/2026

What vegetables to plant in june

The best mulch is the one that matches the crop 🍓🍅 A simple switch in mulch type can help with moisture, weeds, and heal...
26/05/2026

The best mulch is the one that matches the crop 🍓🍅 A simple switch in mulch type can help with moisture, weeds, and healthier roots.Newrootsgardening

25/05/2026

Stack Three Buckets, Grow 20 Peppers Newrootsgardening

Tomatoes love a deep planting start 🍅⬇️ Burying part of the stem helps build stronger roots and a sturdier, more product...
24/05/2026

Tomatoes love a deep planting start 🍅⬇️ Burying part of the stem helps build stronger roots and a sturdier, more productive plant.Newrootsgardening

Clean pruning is about more than sharp blades—it’s about smart cuts too ✂️🌳 Good technique helps plants heal faster and ...
23/05/2026

Clean pruning is about more than sharp blades—it’s about smart cuts too ✂️🌳 Good technique helps plants heal faster and stay healthier.Newrootsgardening

Some plants don’t stop after one harvest 🌱Cut them the right way, and they’ll keep growing back — sometimes producing ag...
22/05/2026

Some plants don’t stop after one harvest 🌱
Cut them the right way, and they’ll keep growing back — sometimes producing again and again before the season ends.

Not every “regrow from scraps” trick actually works long term, but these are the ones that truly deliver.

🌿 Easy crops that regrow fast:
• Green onions — regrow in water or soil within days
• Romaine lettuce — fresh leaves grow back from the center
• Bok choy — quick second growth when placed in water
• Celery — new stalks emerge from the base
• Basil — root cuttings in water and create endless new plants

🪴 Grocery store foods that become full plants:
• Lemongrass — roots easily and grows into a permanent supply
• Ginger — one rhizome slowly turns into a harvestable clump
• Sweet potatoes — grow slips that become entire new plants

🌱 Some plants regrow from existing roots for a quick second harvest, while others create completely new plants that can keep producing for months.

The grocery store can become a garden center when you know what to grow ✨Newrootsgardening

Four companion planting combinations that earn their place in any British kitchen garden or allotment plot. 🌿Tomatoes + ...
21/05/2026

Four companion planting combinations that earn their place in any British kitchen garden or allotment plot. 🌿

Tomatoes + Basil: a classic pairing with a practical basis — basil may help deter aphids and whitefly from tomatoes, and both thrive in similar warm, sheltered conditions. Grow basil between tomato plants once the risk of frost has passed.

Carrots + Spring Onions: the traditional claim is that each crop's scent confuses the other's main pest — carrot fly and onion fly. The evidence is mixed, but interplanting does create a more complex growing environment that can reduce pest pressure. Sow in alternating rows.

Strawberries + Garlic: garlic planted between strawberry rows may deter slugs and reduce the risk of grey mould (Botrytis) — both significant problems in the British strawberry bed. Plant garlic cloves in autumn for spring growth alongside the strawberries.

Cucumbers + Dill: dill flowers attract hoverflies and parasitoid wasps that feed on aphids, and the flat flower heads provide a landing platform for beneficial insects above the cucumber canopy. Allow dill to flower rather than harvesting it continuously.

All four pairings are well-suited to raised beds and work within the British growing season. 🌱

20/05/2026

Your container tomato isn't underperforming — the container is 🍅

Most gardeners plant a full-sized tomato variety in a standard bucket and wonder why production stalls by midsummer. The roots fill the pot, run out of room, and the plant responds by slowing down. It's not a fertilizer problem. It's a volume problem.

A root-bound tomato can't pull enough water or nutrients to keep setting fruit through the season. Adding more fertilizer to a small pot doesn't fix it — the roots need space, not concentration.

🌿 How container size changes the outcome:

- A standard bucket works for bush varieties — Roma, Patio types, and other determinates that stop growing on their own. They're compact by nature and produce a single concentrated harvest. The pot matches the plant

- Vining types — cherries, slicers, and paste tomatoes that keep growing until frost — need a much larger container. The difference in production between a small pot and a large one is dramatic. More soil holds more moisture, buffers temperature swings, and gives roots room to feed heavy fruit loads all season

- Fabric grow bags in larger sizes work better than solid plastic for big tomatoes. The fabric lets roots air-prune at the edges instead of circling the pot wall, which keeps the root system active instead of matted

🌱 If you're growing in containers:

- Match the pot to the growth type first. A vining Cherokee Purple needs the largest container you can manage — the harvest scales directly with the soil volume you give it
- Water deeply and consistently. Large containers dry slower, which is the real advantage — the soil stays evenly moist instead of swinging between soaked and dry twice a day
- Use a potting mix with compost blended in, not straight peat-based mix. Compost holds nutrients and moisture longer, which matters more in a container than in any in-ground bed

The tomato isn't the limit. The pot is 🌿

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The tomato suckers you're pinching off and throwing away are free plants.Every shoot that grows in the joint between the...
19/05/2026

The tomato suckers you're pinching off and throwing away are free plants.

Every shoot that grows in the joint between the main stem and a branch is genetically identical to the parent. Drop it in a glass of water and it roots within a week or two. Each rooted sucker becomes a full plant — same variety, same fruit, no cost.

🌿 How to root a tomato sucker:

- Let the sucker grow to a few inches before removing it — too small and it doesn't have enough energy to survive on its own
- Pinch or snip it off cleanly at the base. Strip the lowest leaves to expose bare stem
- Set the bare stem in a glass of water in a bright spot out of direct sun. Change the water every few days
- Roots appear fast — often within a week. Once they're a couple of inches long, transplant into a pot of moist soil, burying the stem deep. Every inch of buried stem grows additional roots

🌱 Two details most people miss:

- Suckers rooted in early summer still have time to produce a full harvest before frost — they grow fast because the root-to-canopy ratio is high at transplant
- The rooted sucker is a clone. If the parent is an heirloom, the new plant produces the same fruit. This is the free way to multiply a variety you can't easily find at a nursery

The parts you prune away are the start of the next row 🌿Newrootsgardening

Self - Seeding Flowers That Don’t Need DeadHeadings Newrootsgardening
18/05/2026

Self - Seeding Flowers That Don’t Need DeadHeadings Newrootsgardening

Many of the herbs that have been used in American and European home gardens for centuries are still among the most effec...
17/05/2026

Many of the herbs that have been used in American and European home gardens for centuries are still among the most effective natural wellness tools available today.
Here's what each one is best known for:

🌼 Chamomile — a gentle nervine that promotes relaxation and helps with sleeplessness; best used as a tea
🍋 Lemon Balm — reduces stress and anxiety noticeably; also great for upset stomachs
🌸 Echinacea — widely studied for shortening the duration and severity of colds
🌿 Peppermint — soothes digestive discomfort and relieves tension headaches when applied topically
🟠 Calendula — one of the best herbs for skin; used in salves for cuts, rashes, and dry skin
💜 Valerian — a stronger sleep aid; the root is used in teas and tinctures

All six grow well in USDA zones 4–9 and most can be started from seed or small transplants.

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