Sowing forecast for July

Vit is a dark green, compact corn salad with round, short stemmed and clearly veined leaves. Well-proven market garden variety. Resistant to downy mildew.

Vitella is a slightly conical Nantes-type carrot with strong upright and healthy foliage. Early maturing, potentially high yielding and uniform variety. For a Nantes variety it stores well. Smooth skin, easily cleaned. Fine flavour that improves with...

Curly endive Wallonne (Frisée) is a very robust variety for autumn production in the open ground. Vigorous grower, withstands damp weather and the early frosts. Recommended for Baby Leaf production. Selected for a filled centre.

Wasabino is an oriental salad with light green leaves and semi vigorous growth. Leaves broad, feathery and with a prominent tongue-like curl. Relatively bolt-resistant variety. Strong, sharp Wasabi flavour.

A low growing white clover variety, well suited for undersowing. Bulks up well and has a rapid regrowth. Minimal winter dieback. Up to 15 cm of fine root growth. For grass leys down for more than one year. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

White Silver/Brilliant is a strong growing swiss chard with very broad white leaf stems and dark green leaves. Well-filled core of the rosette and therefore a high individual plant weight. Relatively resistant to powdery mildew. Also available as cal...

Perennial wild flower mixture which includes many different wild Swiss species for the odd corners of the garden. The plants should be cut twice a year (in June/July and if necessary in September/October). The mixture needs 2-3 years to fully establi...

An annual, inexpensive mix for flowering strips with plants to attract and specially designed with the market gardener in mind. Contains: Buckwheat, phazelie, sunflower, borage, lupin, Egyptian Clover, Persian clover, summer vetch, serradella, mother...

Perennial wild flower mixture which includes many different wild Swiss species for the odd corners of the garden. The plants should be cut twice a year (in June/July and if necessary in September/October). The mixture needs 2-3 years to fully establi...

Perennial wild flower mixture which includes many different wild Swiss species for the odd corners of the garden. The mixture needs 2-3 years to fully establish itself by which time it should be weed-free. Only available in portion size.

The variety Wilde Rauke is a finely serrated, rosette type wild form of the garden rocket. It grows more slowly. It can be cut time and again and keeps significantly longer than Ruca. Wild Rocket can be cultivated in a cold greenhouse like corn salad...

Winterriesen/Verdil is a large leaved, second early spinach variety with rather tender leaves. Particularly suitable for autumn and winter cultivation. Very characteristic leaves with pointed tips at the lower end. Flavour is particularly aromatic an...

Round, yellow beet Wintersonne has healthy foliage and upright leaves. The exterior colour is orange, while the interior is yellow with faint white rings. It grows slightly slower than red varieties and has smooth skin. Particularly suited for fresh ...

Very quick growing, undemanding and leafy catch crop. A late flowering variety that copes fairly well with drought. Rapid ground cover plant that suppresses weeds. Should not be grown before Brassica crops. Sowing depth: 1-3 cm.

Yorokobi is a low growing, compact, dense Pak Choi of a medium to light green colour. Very broad, tender midribs on well placed leaves. Recommended for autumn cultivation. Good flavour, mild and sweet.

Chicory sugar loaf Zuckerhut forms long shaped and pointed heads. A winter salad with a more delicate taste than endive. Can withstand light frosts. Firm heads can be stored until ca. January. The leaves have spicy-nutty, slightly bitter flavour....

The beetroot variety Ägyptische plattrunde is short topped and early with dark red flesh. Specially good for early cropping. Speciality for amateur gardeners.