{"id":28,"date":"2013-01-26T08:46:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2013-01-20T08:18:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:18:49","slug":"tips-for-growing-mini-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/tips-for-growing-mini-vegetables\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Growing Mini Vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small fresh vegetables taste nice and often have a superior texture. The supermarket versions are expensive and often have lots of food miles attached to them so try growing your own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mini Veg Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can plant them close together as they will be picked earlier, &#8211; <\/li>\n<li>Harvest early and often, even small varieties will get bigger as they bage &#8211; <\/li>\n<li>Choose seed that is appropriate look for baby, mini or patio in the title- <\/li>\n<li>Turnip, fennel andkohl rabi can produce spindly roots if the soil is not kept moist<\/li>\n<li>Carrot varieties to try include &#8216;Nantes&#8217;,  &#8216;Amini&#8217;,  &#8216;Mignon&#8217;, &#8216;Minicor&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Cut courgettes and squash when small  at least 3 times per week, to increase yields.         <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3954607803\/\" title=\"Onions on show by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3512\/3954607803_ae4e591a0b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\" alt=\"Onions on show\"><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nTry small veg in your salads for something a bit different. Micro leaves are the new fad in designer restaurants. They are easy to grow in small spaces or on windowsills. <\/p>\n<h3>Special Plant Ideas<\/h3>\n<p>Try several leeks in the same hole<br \/>\nCherry tomatoes can be a bountiful crop. Micro Tom, Tina or Gemma Tomatoes are new varieties to try.<br \/>\nEarly picked baby beetroot don&#8217;t have time to get woody and hard.<br \/>\nExtend the season of Courgettes and Cucumbers by picking often and small. Try: &#8216;Ambassador&#8217;,  &#8216;Moreno&#8217;, &#8216;Peter Pan&#8217;, &#8216;Storr&#8217;s Green&#8217;, &#8216;Sunburst&#8217;<br \/>\nAlpine Strawberries never get very big.<br \/>\nTry growing Shallots as opposed or as well as onions. Onion sets can be picked as young spring onions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small fresh vegetables taste nice and often have a superior texture. The supermarket versions are expensive and often have lots of food miles attached to them so try growing your own. Mini Veg Tips You can plant them close together as they will be picked earlier, &#8211; Harvest early and often, even small varieties will get bigger as they bage &#8211; Choose seed that is appropriate look for baby, mini or patio in the title- Turnip, fennel andkohl rabi can&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/tips-for-growing-mini-vegetables\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}