Description
Very popular maincrop variety. This heavy yielding, long stalked variety is ideal as a good low maintenance crop.
Sowing Time: February to April.
Sowing Instructions: Sow seeds ¼in deep in 3in pots of a good free draining seed compost. Keep the compost moist until germination which takes 20-40 days at 20-25C. Once the seedlings have emerged lower the temperature and later move to a cold frame before planting out in late spring.
Growing Instructions: Plant so you don't disturb the roots, 3ft apart in a good, fertile garden soil to which plenty of compost has been added.
After Care: Once planted do not move them again Water in dry weather, top dress around the crowns with a well rotted compost in early summer and repeat each year. In the second year a light picking can be made and in subsequent years, they can be picked until mid summer.
Information provided for guidance only, as cultural practices and climatic circumstances vary.
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