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maize

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Sweet corn has been the principal cereal in Mexico, Central America and many South American countries since pre-Colombian times. It is now the most important cereal grown in tropical and warm areas, for human and animal food, cooking oil, also made into beer and spirits. Its milled flour is made into dough; crushed grains are known as hominy grits. Forms with hard endosperm explode when heated to produce popcorn (variety praecox. Plants should be established in blocks with approximately 35cm between plan...

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horseradish

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A better-quality crop can be produced by root stripping. When the top growth reaches 20-30cm in height, remove topsoil and rub off side shoots, leaving those at the lower end undisturbed. Repeat six weeks later. Bohemian or Maliner Kren are all vigorous with bare white roots. Big Top is a recent introduction with good disease resistance. Hybrid and Newcastle Ivory are other improved cultivars. Variegata : leaves splashed cream or white. If you like this website and want one of your own contact.

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cauliflower

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For high-quality curd production, plants must maintain strong growth and should be kept well watered and if necessary given a top dressing of nitrogen fertiliser. Harvesting should take place when curds are still firm, since if left too late they will become loose and discoloured. Additional protection of the developing curd can be given by bending a larger inner leaf over it. If you like this website and want one of your own contact.

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avocado

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kale

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Although kale will tolerate poorer soils than other brassicas, it does best in a nutrient-rich, well-cultivated soil, well manured during the previous autumn. A topdressing of a nitrogen fertiliser in the spring will encourage new shoot growth, and is particularly beneficial when heavy leaching has been brought about by winter rainfall. Pests and diseases are similar to those of other brassicas although kale is less densely affected by club root than others of the group.

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aubergine

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Brinjal, eggplant, garden egg). Solanum melongena. Pests and disease are similar to those described for tomatoes grown in greenhouses. Diseases of particular importance in the US include verticilllium wilt, phomopsis blight and fruit rot. If you like this website and want one of your own contact.

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asparagus

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Are grown for their fine, feathery foliage, often used in bouquets and floral arrangements, although the hardier species, which are grown easily in any good garden soil, give attractive textural contrasts in the flower border. Asparagus. Species vary considerably in hardiness, from those tolerant of temperatures below 20ºC, Asparagus pseudoscaber. And almost as hardy Asparagus trichophyllus. To more tender Asparagus filicinus. Needing warm glasshouse conditions, 13-16ºC. Asparagus densiflorus. Site selec...

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celery

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leeks

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Germination is optimum at soil temperatures between 11-23ºC but is drastically reduced at soil temperatures below 7ºC and above 27ºC. Cool conditions favour optimum growth and day temperatures greater than 24ºC may reduce yields. Under these temperature conditions leek does not develop a conspicuous bulb but under extreme long-day conditions (greater than 19 hours) at high latitudes bulbing may occur, particularly at a temperature of 15-18ºC. If you like this website and want one of your own contact.

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cucumber

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The species that are cultivated for food are Cucumis sativus. Cucumber), and Cucumis anguria. West Indian gherkin). True Cucumis sativus. Originated in Sino-Himalaya, where it is now very rare. Cucumis anguria. Is a cultigen probably derived from the African Cucumis longipes. The Kiwano or horned cucumber, of tropical African origin, has been developed as a commercial fruit in New Zealand. The fruit, 10cm long and orange when ripe, is oval and covered with short conical protruberances. Although r...