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Recipe pots

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Grow a complete recipe in one single container

Fancy growing a recipe in a pot? At RHS Garden Harlow Carr they have planted up single 'recipe pots' containing all the veg for some classic styles of cooking. Here's their suggestions:

Greek

Tomato ‘Lilliput’
Cucumber 'Burpless Tasty Green’
Courgette ‘El Greco’
Pot of Greek bush basil & Greek oregano
Possibly also waxy salad potato such as 'Charlotte' or 'Nicola' in a potato bag

Italian

Tomato ‘Red Alert’
Basil ‘Sweet Genovese’
Dwarf borlotti bean ‘Linia di Nano’

Indian

Aubergine ‘Rosita’
Okra ‘Red’
Chilli ‘Bangalore Torpedo’
Coriander ‘Leaisure’

Thai

Chilli ‘Heatwave’
Lemongrass
Basil ‘Holy Thai’

French

Sorrel
French parsley
Tomato ‘Big boy’
Curled chervil
Dwarf French bean ‘Sprite’
Lettuce ‘Romaine’

English

Parsley ‘Moss Curled’
Sage
Thyme
Onion ‘Stoccarde’

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