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How to grow awardwinning vegetables.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And today
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we're going to talk about the best
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varieties out there that you can choose
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to grow down at the a lotment and in the
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garden themselves and how we usually
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choose the best varieties out there.
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The way that I usually choose the best
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varieties to grow are from watching
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other people as well. That is one of the
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main ways of trying seeing the pot
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neighbors what they grow. Ask them what
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varieties they grow and yeah try them
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yourself if they've had a good crop from
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them. It's worthwhile trying it yourself
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and seeing if you get a good crop from
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it. And obviously I watch a lot of
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people online as well sharing what they
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do and what they're growing and that's
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how I tend to give it a go. And
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obviously when you're purchasing the
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seeds as well, it can be trial and error
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with different places. Some places will
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do good quality seeds, some not so good.
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And obviously you want to buy them at a
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decent price as well. You don't want to
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pay extortionate prices as well. So it's
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worth off trying around until you find a
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good place where you purchase your seeds
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from. Now I always used to purchase my
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seeds from Wilos but obviously then
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Wilos closed and I were like no where
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can I buy all my seeds from now and
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thankfully the range have got all the
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Wilco seeds in there now so I get all my
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seeds from Wilco and I have a good crop
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from them. Some things aren't obviously
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so good but some varieties are. So, I
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tend to stick to the same varieties that
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I grow each year. And obviously, I get a
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lot of my seeds from gardening magazines
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as I'm addicted to buying the garden
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magazines, not to read the magazines,
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but to buy the seeds, to get the seeds.
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And yeah, that is how you trial and
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error because a lot of the seeds what
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you sometimes get in the magazines are
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not ones that you go out and purchase
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yourself. Certainly not some of the
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things that I've seen. And then I'll
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think, oh, I'll just stick them in and
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give them a try. See if they could grow.
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If not, a well of nothing lost apart
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from the purchase of the magazine. And
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yeah, I give it a go and see how well
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they get on. And that's how I've learned
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from different varieties of them that I
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can grow certain varieties and sometimes
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they're even better. And that is how I
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tried growing purple cauliflower. I
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wouldn't have been out and bought it
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from the shop. I got it free in a
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magazine. So, I tried purple cauliflower
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and it grew tons better than the white
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variety of cauliflower and I was
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outstanded by it. And the same goes for
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growing melons. I've never thought of
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trying to grow melons and I got some in
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a magazine and I gave it a try and they
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did really well. So, hence the reason
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why I'm growing melons down here now.
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So, it's about trial and error and
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trying different places and seeing how
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you get on and writing down the
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varieties that you get growing. It's
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good to keep a log book of what you're
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planting, where you planted it, how it's
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grown, whether it grew well or not,
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whether it was a disaster or not, and
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keeping a name of them because sometimes
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you'll think, "Oh, I'll remember that."
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But you don't. You don't remember. And
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it's good to keep a log of what you do.
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So, if you've not got a gardening log
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book, have a look on somewhere like
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Amazon or even if you create a notepad
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on your phone just to write down
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everything that you've grown and when
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you've grown it and how well it's grown
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and especially the variety as well
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because it's worthwhile remembering
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which variety it is that you've actually
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grown. So, I hope you found that useful.
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Let me know in the comments what your
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favorite varieties are. It'll be glad to
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hear what you enjoy growing and maybe
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I'll try growing some of the varieties
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that you grow as well. So, let me know
