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Pumpkin
Pumpkins are so tolerant that they’ll grow just about anywhere – even out of your compost heap!
Cucumber
Like pumpkins, cucumbers have separate male and female flowers. Only the female flowers will develop fruit.
Beans
Because they can make use of nitrogen from the atmosphere, bean plants will actually enrich the soil in your garden.
Sweet Corn
The only member of the grass family that is grown as a vegetable, sweet corn has spread from its original home in the Americas to become a staple food in many parts of the world.
Yates Dynamic Lifter Organic Plant Food
Releases nutrients slowly, improves the structure and moisture retention of the soil and encourages earthworms and beneficial soil micro-organisms.
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