Harvesting tips

• Pick green beans (bush and runner) before the seeds in the• Baby marrows picked small are sweeter and crunchier.• Carrots get tough if left in the ground for too long.• The ideal harvest size for beetroot is 5 – 8cm in diameter.• Increase the production of Swiss chard by regular picking. Harvest 2 – 3 of the outer leaves from a plant.• Harvest sweetcorn cobs within 2 – 3 days of being harvest-ready (when the tassels/silks of the female flowers have completely withered and turned brown). Leaving cobs on for too long results in chewy, inedible cobs.• Pick cucumbers as soon as they mature. Leaving them on the plant reduces its vigour.