De-leafing tomatoes (advice from horticulturalist Peter Whyte)

De-leafing is one of the tasks that beginners to tomato-growing have to learn.  It’s a simple task, and knowing why you need to do it makes it easier still.  Basically, you take the lowest leaves off single-stemmed vine tomato plants as they grow upwards.  It’s harder and less profitable to do it on bush-type plants [...]

Christmas potatoes

Normally anyone who mentions the C-word at this time of year risks being lynched, especially if they mention the number of shopping days left!  But if you want to grow new potatoes for then you need to start in July or August. Dig up new potatoes of an early variety, or use left-over seed potatoes [...]

Horticulturalist Peter Whyte gives some advice on shading

In hot sunny weather opening all available doors and vents may not be enough to cool your greenhouse, especially if there’s no breeze.  Plants suffer from stress if the temperature goes above 25-27°C (77-81°F): they wilt if they fail to get water from the soil and up to their leaves as fast as it evaporates [...]

Bloom Show Coming UP

We are looking forward to participating at the Bloom Show in the Pheonix Park in Dublin next week.  It is on from Thursday 29th to June 2nd inclusive.  Bloom is a great day out for all the family.  Our stand is number 35 and we will have the lovely Helios Victorian 34 that we had on [...]

Garden Ireland Show

We will be exhibiting at the Garden Ireland Show at Antrim Castle from Friday to Sunday this week (9th to the 11th of May).   On display will be a black Helios Victorian Greenhouse.  The radio station U105FM will be broadcasting again from our Greenhouse on Friday and Jonathan Pyle (a Director of Polydome) might be interviewed.  Last year [...]