Kitchen Garden

IN THE GREENHOUSE

WHAT TO DO IN APRIL

■ Feed tomato plants weekly with a high potash fertiliser to encourage flowers and fruit development.

■ Basil germinates much better in warm conditions, so now is the perfect time to sow in pots or cell trays.

■ Sow pak choi in modules and start them off undercover to produce young plants ready for planting out in July.

■ Cucumbers grow quickly at this time of

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