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What are the easiest crops anyone can
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grow in the UK? Welcome to Gardening
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with Ben. And today we're going to talk
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about what are the easiest crops you can
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grow in your garden and a lotment. So
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make a note of these and give them a
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try. If you're a new gardener, these
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will be perfect for you to give a go and
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see if you can get growing them. And the
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easiest ones I have to say personally
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myself has to be a corette plant. And
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once you get it growing, you will be
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inundated with absolutely loads of
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corettes. Now, usually the packet will
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come with about 10 seeds in it. And
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you'll probably only need about three or
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four plants. Obviously, sew them all and
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see which ones grow the best. And then
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once they're big enough, plant them
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outside once the chance of frost has
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gone. And you will have so many
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corettes. And you can grow them in pots
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as well. Obviously, one plant per pot,
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but yeah, you can grow them in pots as
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well. The other ones have to be spring
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onions. Another easier one to grow. You
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can sew them straight into the ground or
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plant them into the dis the pots what
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disintegrate and once they get big
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enough, plant the pot outside into the
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ground and yeah, you'll get a nice clump
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of spring onions. Next up is beetroot.
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Another easy one to grow and it can fill
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any gaps in in like rows and stuff like
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that in the garden. Absolutely
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lettuce. I always go for the iceberg
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lettuce. Another really easy one to
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grow. However, they all seem to be ready
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at the same time and you can't keep up
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with eating them and you have to pick
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them fast because they'll go to seed
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fast if you don't pick them fast enough.
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So, that's another easy one to grow.
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Next up are runner beans. Another one.
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The more you pick them, the more they'll
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keep cropping and you'll get absolutely
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loads of runner beans on. And you can
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grow them on a weak one or you can grow
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them along some canes or against a
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fence. Perfect for growing up fences.
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And you can grow them in a pot as well
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if you've got a nice big pot. Put the
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wigwam in the pot and grow them up the
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pot. So another one that you can grow in
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a garden if you've not got any soil to
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grow them in. Absolutely perfect. Next
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up has to be sweet corn. Really easy to
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grow. Once it gets going, there'll be no
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stopping it. And you have to plant them
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in blocks. You can't plant them in pots.
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They won't do no good in pots because
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they have to be close to one another so
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that they pollinate with one another
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when the wind blows. It will pollinate
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them and produce the cobs on them. So,
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they need to be in the ground. Sweet
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Another one has to be tomatoes. Easy,
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straightforward plant and you'll get
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absolutely loads of tomatoes on. And
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there's so many varieties now that you
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can grow outside. So, if you've not got
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a greenhouse, try growing them outside.
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I'd stick to the smaller ones, not the
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big ones because they do need a lot of
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sun to help ripen them. So, try the
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small ones if you're growing them
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outdoors. So, a fantastic one to grow.
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Cucumber, another easy one to grow. I go
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grow the market variety and always have
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great crops with them. Now, I once grew
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those outside because I've not got room
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in my poly tunnel and they grew
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absolutely fantastic. So, try the market
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more variety and you can get some great
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ones growing outside.
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What else is there? What's easy to grow
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Radishes. Another easy one to grow.
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Fastest growing vegetable around and you
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will get some great crops from it. So,
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those are my top easiest vegetables to
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grow in the garden if you're starting
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out. Great ones to try and you will get
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some great crops from them. So, let me
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know in the comments which one's your
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easiest vegetable to grow. And yeah,
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