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Summer on the veg plot – with Monty Don

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

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How Long Does It Take to Grow Tomatoes?

If you've got clay soil, it could be up to two weeks before the soil warms up sufficiently for seeds to germinate or seedlings to grow. If you've got sandy soil, could be three or four days. The other thing is, if you follow my process of sowing as much as you can in modules and planting them out, don't expect something to go from a warm greenhouse. At this summer year, the greenhouse gets really warm. Or the porch or the window sill can be up to 30 degrees. So that, you know, it swingson roundabouts. Am, but i mean, you can't replace feel it. Touch it. Does it feel

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