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Members' Experiment archive
From our organic box scheme survey in 2005 to testing a novel biostimulant in 2021 - read the outcomes of members experiments carried out over the last 16 years.
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Was 2024 the worst gardening year on record?
Slugs and snails were the stars of our veg growing survey for 2024 – with respondents suggesting it was the ‘Year of the Slug’!
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Your best performing crops of 2023
How did the dull and wet summer of 2023 affect how your crops grew? We share the results from our grow your own survey.
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Which vegetables grew best in 2022?
In December we asked you to fill in a survey about your veg gardens so we could find out which veg did well and which didn’t during 2022. And the results are in!
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Getting ahead with green manures
This members' experiment about green manures took place in 2020.
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Alternatives to plastic mulches
This members' experiment about plastic mulches took place in 2020.
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Can mesh netting reduce potato blight?
This members' experiment about mesh netting and potato blight took place in 2020.
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A survey of pests and diseases in vegetable crops in UK gardens and allotments
This members' experiment about pests and diseases in vegetable crops took place in 2020 .
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Improving germination in round peas
This members' experiment about germination in round peas took place in 2019.
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Boosting the population of natural helpers
This members' experiment about boosting natural helpers took place in 2019.