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Gardening for Beginners

Gardening Guides

Whether you are a beginner gardener or slightly more experienced our guides below will have something to suit everyone. Read specialist advice on growing plants and seeds including best practices, use of fertilisers, cropping and storing, our video library and much more.

Home-grown tomatoes

Grow your own tomatoes

Homegrown tomatoes really are the taste of summer - choose from our wide range of tomato seeds and grow your own bumper crop this year! Spoilt for choice? Our tomato selector guide will help.

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Grow your own cucumbers

Grow your own cucumbers

Cucumbers come in all shapes and sizes, from the bite-sized Cucino to the unusual, golfball-sized Crystal Apple. Now is the ideal time to start sowing cucumber seeds.

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Video - how to grow raspberries

Topical video guide

Watch our 'How to grow raspberries' for some expert advice on getting the best crop from your raspberry plants.

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How to gardening guides

How to gardening guides

Whether you are new to gardening or have a wealth of experience, our handy ‘how to garden’ section is packed with articles and video guides

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Cultural instructions

Cultural instructions

Our cultural guides are designed to accompany your plants, including plugs, young plants, bare roots and fruit trees. The guides contain all your instructions.

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Healthy eating guide

Healthy eating guide

A handy, healthy eating guide to find out more about the vitamins and minerals in your vegetables. Find out why vitamins and minerals are so important.

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My top 10 of...gardening articles

Our Top 10 of...gardening articles

Sue Sanderson gives us her top 10 of various subjects from spring flowering bulbs, preparation tips for winter to money saving tips in the garden.

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Video library

Gardening video library

We've put all our easy to follow 'how to' gardening videos together in one place to make it easier for you to find expert gardening advice and tips.

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Plants for a purpose

Plants for a purpose

From cool, shady beds to dry, sunny borders, most gardeners have at least one difficult spot in their gardens and this range of articles may be just what you're looking for.

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Encourage wildlife to your garden

Encourage wildlife to your garden

Our native wildlife is under pressure like never before from erosion of habitats, climate changes and diseases. But with a little effort, we can all do our bit to help

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Choosing the right fertiliser

Choosing the right fertiliser

If you are unsure about which fertiliser you should use on your plants and when you should use it, see our Chempak Fertiliser Guide, which gives in-depth advice.

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Fruit rootstock guide

Fruit rootstock guide

When buying fruit trees online you will often see a rootstock described by a name or code such as M27. This can be particularly important when deciding what sized tree is most suitable for you...

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