Edible plant parts Plants offer us so much. Almost every part can be edible, but which ones?
Flower closed (eg broccoli) Growing tip (eg mint)
Open flower (eg nasturtium)
Seed pod (eg broad bean)
Swollen leaf bud (eg Brussels sprout)
Stem or shoot (eg celery)
Fruit (eg tomato) Leaf vegetable (eg lettuce)
Bulb (eg onion) Swollen stem base (eg beetroot)
Seed leaves (eg cress)
Tuber (eg potato) Sprouted seed (eg aduki bean)
Root vegetable (eg carrot)
Illustrations: Verity Thompson Fruit 69 Fruit Strawberry
Aromel, Cambridge Favourite, Florence, Honeoye,Growing Pegasus, Red guide Gauntlet 69 Suggested varieties: Give it a go…
Average time to harvest Further information Strawberry From 20 weeks Plant pot grown or bare root ‘runners’ (young plants). Space Equipment needed 30cm apart in rows at 60cm. Can grow in large pots. Choose Feed, netting, horticultural fleece well drained fertile soil in sunny site When to prune
Booklets: Bronze, Silver and Gold PLANT Tidy plants in spring Water, feed. Protect from slugs. Net over to deter birds. Average plant size Remove first flush of flowers for good crop in second year. 15cm tall, 30cm wide Keep fruit clean with straw, sheeting or mats underneath Family group to grow with Food Growing Instruction Cards GROW Rosaceae: blackberry, raspberry Pick fully coloured. Cover with horticultural fleece for longer harvest. Replace plants every three years to maintain crop Seed saving group D 5 - Specialist or not applicable
quality (use new location). Pot up or removeAutumn/Winter runners.N Term EAT O S A Summer TermJ Key nutritional content Garden Organic J Vitamin C M A Use cloche Spring TermM F Harvest J www.gardenorganic.org.uk Plant out/transplant Sow outdoors www.gardenorganic.org.uk/schools Sow indoors 2.5cm = 1 inch 30 cm = 1 foot