Showing posts with label Organic Gardening Catalogue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Organic Gardening Catalogue. Show all posts

Saturday, 6 September 2025

The Organic Gardening Catalogue 2026


The Organic Gardening Catalogue are giving customers a chance to register for newsletters & emails and possibly win £100 of Vouchers to spend with them in an Autumn give away at www.organiccatalogue.com/autumnwin25

However at the moment that page does not exist and you get a 404 error message 

I did wonder if they had the link incorrect as all the other member of the group that have voucher giveaways this year have the URL ending  \win25autumn 

I tried that and it also gave a 404 error message. 

I have let their public relations department know, and hopefully they will fix it soon 

As always I'm interested in Whats New in the catalogues, as I like to trial new varieties of seeds, as well as sowing more traditional heritage varieties. 

Below is a list of New Seeds and items for 2026 that have been added to The Organic Gardening Catalogue.  


Page   7 434896 NEW Climbing Bean - Hacienda 
Page   9 434897 NEW Dwarf French Bean - Mendoza
Page 15 781091 NEW Cabbage - Klimaro
Page 24 411154 NEW Leeks - Jolant F1
Page 26 437325 NEW Lettuce - Sulfita
Page 31 781093 NEW Peas - Douce Provence 

(Note the page number in the catalogue are wrong on this page for Peas They should be 30 & 31)


Not 34 & 35 as above screen shot. I have informed their Public Relations department. Its likely too late to fix the paper versions but they should be able to correct it in the Adobe download version.  

Page 32 434918 NEW Peppers - Baby Jalapeno
Page 33 781092 NEW Peppers - Westland Long Red
Page 33 411161 NEW Peppers Chilli - Aroma 
Page 33 421230 NEW Peppers Chilli - Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
Page 42 781094 NEW Tomato - Golden Currant
Page 42 781095 NEW Tomato - Red Marble
Page 48 KH7071 NEW Garlic Hard neck - Sultop
Page 48 KH7069 NEW Garlic Soft neck - Topadrome
Page 48 KH7067 NEW Garlic Soft neck - Messidor
Page 50 KH7064 NEW Shallots - Yellow Moon
Page 51 KH7084 NEW Bulb Onion - Winteria
Page 52 KH7087 NEW Onion Sets - Cupido  
Page 53 KH7093 NEW Onion Sets - Rosanna Pink
Page 60 KH6114 NEW Mushroom Kit - Lions Mane
Page 60 KH6115 NEW Mushroom Windowsill Kit - Maneko
Page 61 NEW Asparagus Options too many to list here   

The item numbers without hyperlinks means there isn't a page for that item yet, I have let the Public Relations know and hopefully they will get the web master to fix their web site. 

I will come back and update the links once the missing pages have been fixed. 

Saturday, 14 December 2024

Jacky Salad Spuds from Organic Gardening

2kg of Jacky Salad Spuds which are new for 2025 were kindly sent to me to trial from Organic Gardening. They arrived yesterday and were taken to the allotment potting shed today.

  • One of the Next Generation of Late Blight resistant varieties
  • High number of stems and salad tubers
  • Vigorous and disease-resistant without compromising flavour


They were put in their insulated mushroom tray chitting stations. Nice looking and size for seed potatoes 23 in one bag and 21 in the other as there were 3 larger spuds in that bag.

44 spuds in all with 4 per bucket that's 11 buckets of salad spuds for next year.

Saturday, 5 October 2024

New Tomatoes From Organic Gardening

I have two New varieties of tomato coming from Organic Gardening to add to my seed collection and to trial next year. 


Tomato 'Ormato' (Organic) - 5 Seeds - £3.99


High yielding with trusses often branching


Plum-shaped orange fruits

Sweet and firm




Tomato 'Fraise' - 6 Seeds - £2.99


Heart-shaped tomato delights

Incredible shelf life after harvest

Resists cracking and fruit drop


Friday, 4 October 2024

New French Dwarf & Climbing Beans

Suttons Seeds have kindly sent me two packs of French Beans one Dwarf and the other a Climbing variety that they have added to their catalogue and range for 2025 to trial in my Climbing Frame Greenhouse.



Climbing French Bean 'Vine' - 40 Seeds - £3.99 

  • From the same breeder as 'Cobra'
  • Same quality and flavour as Cobra
  • But extended cropping period for even bigger harvests!



Dwarf French Bean 'Quartz' - 120 Seeds - £2.49

  • Superb heat tolerance
  • Good for areas with warm summers
  • High yielding



Organic Gardening have sent me a new variety added to their 2025 catalogue 


Dwarf French Bean 'Faraday' (Organic) - 200 Seeds - £2.99


New dwarf variety

Popular with professional growers

Excellent disease resistance

Thursday, 26 September 2024

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

Organic Gardening Seeds - Swiss Chard Fordhook

Organic Gardening Seeds have sent me a pack of their Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant which has been added to their catalogue for 2024. It sells for £2.99 for approximately 100 seeds. 

Heavily savoyed leaves with a superb dark green colour and contrasting ivory stems that make an excellent alternative to spinach. 

The flavoursome leaves are thick and tender, making an appealing steamed vegetable or a colourful addition to stir fries. Swiss Chard 'Fordhook Giant' is a well established variety from the 1920’s and remains popular today. 

As the name suggests, this monster Swiss Chard grows up 60cm (24") tall, making an impressive display on the vegetable plot, or even in your flower borders! 

Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 50cm (20").

Once again the web site graphics don't reflect what printed on the actual pack. How anyone can think that you could possibly harvest the same month you sow is beyond me. Their webmaster needs to start reading the back of the packs and using their brain a little. 

Sow March to August and Harvest May to November.

Sowing Instructions 

Sow seeds thinly, 1cm (1/2") deep in drills 30cm (12") apart. Sow little and often for a continuous supply. Cloche later sowings for harvesting into December.

Sunday, 18 February 2024

Organic Gardening Seeds - Sorrel ‘Bloody Dock’

Organic Gardening Seeds have sent me a pack of Sorrel ‘Bloody Dock’ which they have added to their catalogue for 2024 and sells for £2.99 a pack that contains an average of 200 Seeds 

is one of the most attractive perennial herbs you can grow, with brilliant red veining on long, dark green leaves. It adds a fresh taste to salads, almost like a sharp, green apple with a citrus note, that works well with oil-based dressings in salads. 

  • Attractive herb with red veined leaves. 
  • Treat as a cut-and-come-again leaf. 
  • Highly ornamental and great for edging veg beds

Widely used in French cuisine, young sorrel leaves are also particularly flavoursome in fish dishes, soups, stews and sauces. 

Grow this hardy perennial herb as an annual for its colourful foliage that looks equally at home dotted throughout the front of ornamental borders as in the herb garden and vegetable plot. 

Height and spread: 35cm (14in).

The Sowing and Harvesting graphic from the web site do not tie up with what's on the package which says Sow March to May and Harvest July to November.  

Sowing Instructions 

Grow seeds in a well prepared, moist, seedbed in full sun or partial shade. Sow thinly at a depth of 1cm (1/2 inch) In drills 30cm (12") apart.

Aftercare Instructions 

When seedlings are large enough to handle, thin them to 15cm apart. Fortnightly sowings of sorrel will ensure an ongoing supply of young sorrel leaves for adding to salads. 

Friday, 19 January 2024

Parsnip Trial

I thought I had the parsnip covered for 2024. My daughters and I decided we would increase from one 2.4m x 1.2m bed using 105 hole planting membrane to 2 beds of 105 planting membrane, in fact Kelly said we should try and do another bed and we eat a lot of parsnips during the year. 

I have been sent Organic Parsnip Guernsey 1 by Organic Gardening which is a heritage French parsnip dating from 1826, that they have added to their catalogue for 2024. 

Currently being sold at £2.99 for 340 seeds

The web site states "This ‘Half Long’ variety has broad shoulders and shorter roots that are a good choice for shallow or stony soils. Good yields of smooth white roots with a sweet flavour. Excellent for roasting. Height: 45cm (18in). Spread: 30cm (12in)."


Dobies have also sent me a new parsnip to trial this year from their 2024 catalogue called Sabre F1 which is from the same breeder as the popular ‘Gladiator’, which is the parsnip I had the best results with last year and that I have already purchased in two forms 

Parsnip ‘Sabre’ is destined to be a show bench winner. Long, very white, smooth-skinned roots with a great flavour. Good resistance to canker. Height: 45cm (18in). Spread: 30cm (12in).

The current RRP is £2.49 for 200 seeds but it's currently on offer for 89p 

So my cunning plan is to germinate all three varieties and do a bit of a comparison between them in terms of germination rates and final quality of the parsnips grown.

Thursday, 18 January 2024

French Bean called 'Sunshine'

I found this New climbing French Bean called 'Sunshine' for 2024 in the Organic Gardening catalogue which produces long golden pods that reach up to 180mm (7"). The slender pods are stringless and stand out nicely against the bright green foliage. Cost at time of post 50 Seeds - £2.99

With regular picking, the web site states one can expect heavy yields of tasty beans from July right through to October. and that it's "a most attractive variety from the same breeder as the ever-popular Climbing Bean ‘Cobra’." which is one I have not heard of before but I'm going to look into.

Now that I have the Climbing Frame Greenhouse on the plot I want to exploit the structure to the max in 2024, and as my eldest daughter loves French Beans rather than Runner Beans and it's stringless, and is a new variety it ticks my checklist. 


The 
Organic Gardening web site states "This eye-catching French Bean makes a decorative addition to the vegetable plot and is even pretty enough to grow in the flower border. Height: 180cm (70in). Spread: 30cm (12in)." That's another good reason to grow it in the Climbing Frame Greenhouse.

Thursday, 22 December 2022

New Tomatoes for 2023

Tomato Buffalosun F1 - Suttons - 6 seeds - £4.99 - Cordon - Item Code 100303

Tomato ‘Buffalosun’ has heirloom looks and aroma combined with the benefits of hybrid vigour. This meaty, beefsteak tomato has the typical ribbed shape but is an unusual amber colour with a red blush and an attractive marbled interior which makes for a colourful salad tomato. 
The 4-inch fruit has sweet, tender flesh. A productive tomato with good resistance to late blight. Height: 1.8m (6’). Spread: 50cm (20").


Bite Size - Suttons - 6 Seeds -  £2.99 - Cordon - Item Code 100304

Awarded an RHS AGM for its excellent garden performance, Tomato ‘Bite Size’ is super-sweet and delicious! In fact, it has a higher sugar to acidity ratio than most other cherry varieties. The small cherry tomatoes, each weighing 8-12g, are borne in long trusses. 

This vigorous variety will produce up to 6kg of fruit with regular side-shooting, giving you more than enough tasty tomatoes for your family’s salads, snacks and lunch boxes.

This cordon variety is perfect for containers or planters in the greenhouse or on the patio, but can also be planted in a sunny spot in the garden. Height: 200cm (79"). Spread: 50cm (20").


Tomato Red Pear
 - Organic Gardening Catalogue - 48 seeds - £3.99 Item Code 780615 - Cordon.

Producing large trusses of sweet, unusual pear-shaped cherry tomatoes, Tomato 'Red Pear' is high-yielding and vigorous variety ideal for either greenhouse or outdoor growing. You won't be able to resist eating the fleshy fruits straight off the plant! Height: 180cm (6ft). Spread: 50cm (20in).
Producing large trusses of sweet, unusual pear-shaped cherry tomatoes, Tomato 'Red Pear' is high-yielding and vigorous variety ideal for either greenhouse or outdoor growing.


Merrygold F1 - Mr Fothergill's - 10 seeds - £2.80 - item Code 32585

The world’s first blight resistant orange fruited variety. Plants are high yielding, producing a mass of brightly, rich orange toms.

Taste is sweet with a slight tangy flavour, making them perfect for summer salads. Indeterminate.



Red Bodyguard F1 - Mr Fothergill's - 10 seeds - £3.35 - Item Code 25462 
Large crops of tasty, fleshy fruit, shows some resistance to blight. Indeterminate (needs support), outdoors or greenhouse. Excellent source of vitamin C and antioxidants.
This tomato gets its name from a book! "The Red Bodyguard: The Amazing Health-promoting Properties of the Tomato" by Ron Levin. Ron's daughter-in-law Sarah Levin contacted us to see if a new tomato might be named in honour of her father-in-law's 90th birthday. It is an indeterminate, early cropping, high yielding, new strain, with some resistance to late blight, which produces medium-sized, juicy fruits.  


(Standard) Paoline F1 - 
Mr Fothergill's - 10 seeds - £ 4.45 - item Code 39185

Always scoring highly in taste tests, the plants are highly productive and show good resistance to blight. Indeterminate, (needs support) grow outdoors or in a greenhouse.






Rubylicious F1 - Dobies - Cordon - 20 seeds - £2.99  item code 411053 Cordon

This incredible new cherry tomato is the perfect blend of modern disease resistance and good, old fashioned flavour! Tomato 'Rubylicious' boasts superb blight resistance, so your plants won’t be struck down in their prime. What makes this variety so special is its incredible sweetness and rich, tangy flavour. Each truss produces up to 12 orangey-red, cherry tomatoes weighing around 15g per fruit. This indeterminate variety is sure to become a favourite for salads, snacks and lunchboxes!

This cordon variety is perfect for containers or planters in the greenhouse or on the patio, but can also be planted in a sunny spot in the garden. Height: 200cm (79"). Spread: 50cm (20").


Rapunzel F1 - Suttons - Cordon - 6 Seeds - £3.99 Item Code 100305

Best grown in the greenhouse, tomato ‘Rapunzel’ is a new indeterminate variety producing incredibly long, cascading trusses, each loaded with up to 40 glossy red cherry tomatoes! The irresistibly sweet fruits are perfect for snacking straight off the plant. An impressive variety producing huge yields of tomatoes over a long period. Height: 180-200cm (71-79in). Spread: 50cm (20in)


Brandywine Red Beefsteak - Seeds To Suit - 5 Seeds - 59p

An American heirloom beefsteak variety. the large vines produce heavy crops of deep red fruit weighing 200-400g. Sow seeds 2mm deep. 

keep the seeds moist and use a propagator or a warm windowsill. 

Minimum temperature 18 - 20C. 

Days to Germination 6 - 14 days. 

Transplant when seedlings are large enough to handle. 

Plant out when 200mm Acclimatise to cooler conditions if planting outside.

Keep moist and feed with a liquid fertilizer fortnightly when the first fruits appear. 
 


A lovely sweet and mild flavoured pear shaped yellow tomatoes. 

A vigorous plant that gives a great crop. Needs pinching out.

Sow seeds 2mm deep. keep the seed compost moist and use a propagator or a warm windowsill.

Minimum temperature 18 - 20C. 

Days to Germination 6 - 14 days. 

Transplant when seedlings are large enough to handle. 

Plant out when 200mm Acclimatise to cooler conditions if planting outside.

Keep moist and feed with a liquid fertilizer fortnightly when the first fruits appear. 


(Plum) Alfresco - Mr Fothergill's - 10 seeds - £ FREE SEED - Item Code 39211

No Photographs as Free Seed and not on their web site yet! A compact bush type, tolerant of variable temperatures and resistant to verticillium and fusarium, ideal for cooler climates. Determinate, (bushy habit) best grown outdoors. 



Tuesday, 29 November 2022

More Basil in 2023

If you are a regular visitor to manVslug.uk then you will know that I've not really been into herbs until earlier this year when I grew Basil Ganovese supplied by Joe as part of the Joe Mills - Grow With Me for 2022. Now I'm hooked and in 2023 I'm trying two additional varieties of basil that are New for 2023 to Suttons and Organic Gardening Catalogue.

New
for 2023 Code 70 00 15 Basil Loki - Organic Gardening Catalogue - 140 Seeds - £1.99

Basil Loki is a new generation of Genovese basil armed with improved resistance to mildew and is the ultimate selection for organic growers. 

Downy mildew is a common problem with basil, and it can rapidly spread through neighbouring plants. Basil ‘Loki’ resists infection and has also been bred to adapt to our cooler UK climate, producing crops of bright green, healthy leaves throughout the summer. 

Sow under glass - Feb-June
Plant out              - May - June
Sow Outside        - June
Spacing                - 250mm x 250mm
Harvest                - June - October 

Sow in a propagator on a windowsill, cover with 5mm compost. Germination 14-21 days. Grow on, plant out after frosts 200 - 250mm apart. Can be sown direct outside in June. 
 
Height and spread: 300mm (12").


New
for 2023 Code 10 02 82 Basil Purple Ball - Suttons 15 Seeds - £3.99 

Basil ‘Purple Ball’ is so ornamental, it can even be used as a foliage filler alongside brightly coloured bedding in a container or window box. 

A Greek-style variety, it bears small, highly flavoured, purple leaves which naturally grow into a dense ball. Wonderful for edging veg beds or as a decorative addition to the kitchen window sill, this clove-flavoured culinary herb is indispensable for tomato-based dishes. Height and spread: 300mm (12”).