Hiya, 

Please could you advise me on the recommended planting times for both the spring and winter gro boxes.  This will help me to decide which will be more suitable as presents. 

Thank You

Helen

Hi Helen

Wonderful to hear from you,

Our Winter Groboxes can be planted up until January 2011, and have  very cold temperature varieties which are early flowers, vegetables or herbs  Our Spring Varieties can be planted up until March 2011 and have a selection of cold temperature varieties which are a little later flowers, vegetables and herbs

Hope this helps, here at GroBox we are here at a drop of an email, to help you grow your flowers, vegetables and herbs.

Have a great week

Dear Sir/Madam

I have purchased 5 groboxes through OXFAM to give as Christmas presents. However I am unsure of two things. Firstly I am not sure which of your groboxes I have actually purchased and secondly, I can’t believe that the box can be planted outside at any time of the year as the instructions suggest. please advise so I can send the boxes with a better idea of what to do with them when.

Regards

Nick Brown

Hi Nick

Wonderful to hear from you

Just as an indicator, are you GroBoxes, Vegetable, Herb or Flower. Our GroBoxes can be planted any time of the year as the flower selection is a cold climate selection (Puschkinia, Chionodoxa, Snowdrops) The Vegetable is a winter seed collection that can withstand cold e.g., Broad beans Peas and others. The box and planting medium act as an insulator so as soon as the soil temperature  rises to above freezing (in tubs pots etc) your gardens grow. So you can plant your GroBoxes in any plastic tubs, pots or garden, just open the lid cover with compost and water, once your GroBox seedling grow you can thin out the seedlings to the number you need. The thicker seedlings are the beans and peas and will happily support each other as thy grow taller. The grass like seedlings  are onions leeks and garlic.

Hope this helps and if you require any more information we are here to help

Have a wonderful weekend

Dear Jayne

Once my I have harvested all my vegetables over the summer what do I do with my plants?

Thank You K

Hi K

Great to hear from you, great to hear you had a  bumper crop this Summer, it might have something to do with all the Rain plumping up all beans and peas. Just cut down your Spinach, Green’s and Lettuces, these will sit very quietly and produce smaller leaves you can use in salads and soups. I always try to keep behind some peas and beans and dry them in brown paper bags to resow them for next year. At the moment I am sowing last years peas and beans in my pots and baskets with my Winter grasses, as they fix nitrogen in the soil they feed the other plants as they grow so saving me a job of feeding my hungrier plants.  So get ready to plant your Winter Groboxes for wonderful colour and Organic vegetables to feed you all through the winter months.

Enjoy your garden

Jayne

Hi

I have purchased the vegetable box (think it’s the spring ) – pic of radishes and carrots and tomato on front.The instructions are a bit confusing – it says leave lid shut and just push through holes in top, but website says open the lid.Also how deep should it go in the ground?

And finally, will I need to do any transplanting when the veg starts to grow?

Hope you can help!

Thanks

Wonderful to hear from you and thank you for supporting our company. We are sorry it is a little confusing, it was just here in the UK we were having longer wetter Spring and Summer months and we wanted you all to get the most out of your GroBox Garden seedlings.  If you open the lid and fold it underneath prior to planting, cover lightly with compost or soil. When all your little seedlings grow, you can thin them all out by transplanting them in pots, containers, borders and even hanging baskets. Then you are ensured plenty of fresh veggies all over your garden. Just plant your GroBox just under the soil level and cover lightly with compost and water well.

The GroBox is designed with a number of plants that actually fix nitrogen in the soil and provide food for our hungrier vegetables, so you don’t need to feed until the final fruiting stage.

Enjoy your vegetables, herbs and flowers!

Whilst cleaning the snow off  my shrubs from the back wall, I noticed for the first time my pond has completely frozen over under all the footballs I placed in the water, I know it supports a number of frogs and toads in the summer but I am concerned they may be under the ice, what shall I do?

Ponds are a real worry this time of year especially when we are having a prolonged hard winter. If the entire top of the pond is frozen but it is a very deep pond you should be ok, as the oxygenating plants should give enough oxygen for the fish and other life, do try to melt a little ice at the side of the pond and try to melt the ice under the  football as it will be a little thinner there, so frogs and toads can have an air hole when they climb to the surface. If your pond is small and shallow, try to melt the ice with cold water and place a football on top of the surface and cover with horticultural fleece to protect from prolonged cold. Keep checking your ponds and ensure there is always an air hole for the wildlife.

Enjoy

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