Ultimate Starter GROWBox
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Our ultimate starter selection to get your GIY journey really started
This large sized GROWBox is our ultimate starter box for the beginner GIYer who really wants to get stuck in. This is a box full of possibility – imagine yourself tucking in to bountiful tomatoes, nutritious beetroot, crunchy carrots, sweet garden peas and delicious oriental salad leaves. But before you get there, you’ve got to grow them.
Our accompanying online course - the Ultimate Starter Course is available to buy now.
What’s in the GROWBox?
- Seeds x 10 - Beetroot (Detroit Globe), Carrots (Autumn King), Tomatoes (Sungold), Salad (Mixed Oriental Greens), Lettuce (Baby Gem), Peas (Greenshaft), Chilli (Basket of Fire), Rocket (Wild), Squash (Crown Prince), Courgette (Defender).
- 1 Pencil and notepad and plant labels – always a good plan to jot down your sowing dates, progress and good intentions; and to label pots.
- Pots/Trays for sowing some of your seeds in to:
- Rice Husk pots: 2 x 9cm and 2 x 1L
- Coir pots: 8 x 8cm, 2 x 10cm
- Coir seed trays x 3
- Compost Discs x 6 – they bulk out when you add water
- 250g bag Seaweed Feed - for feeding your soil
- A little grow your own Guide (stuffed with loads of stuff we’ve learned about growing)
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Where to grow them:
You might have a 2 acre field, or a tiny apartment, a suburban back garden or allotment. Most veg (with the exception of the carrots) benefit from being started off in a smaller pot or tray and then transplanted when they get a little bigger. We recommend sowing the seeds on a windowsill inside your house or apartment to start. When the seedlings get a little bigger, we will be moving them in to bigger pots to grow them either inside or outside on your balcony, terrace, patio or veg patch.
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At a Glance
Veg
Variety
Seeds Per Pack
When to Sow
Germination
Harvest in
Beetroot
Detroit Globe
275
February to July
10-14 days
12 weeks
Carrots
Autumn King
2000
March to July
2-3 weeks
8-11 weeks
Tomato
Sungold
10
January to April
8-10 days
20 weeks
Mixed Oriental Leaves
Green Mix
200
All year around
2-3 days
3-4 weeks
Lettuce
Baby Gem
1400
February to July
7-10 days
10-12 weeks
Peas
Greenshaft
350
March to early June
10 days approx.
15 weeks
Chilli
Basket of Fire
10
February to April
5-7 days
22 weeks
Rocket
Wild
500
March to October
2-3 days
3-4 weeks
Squash
Crown Prince
6
April to June
6-12 days
20-24 weeks
Courgette
Defender
10
April to June
7-10 days
16 weeks