Toolkits
Disease and Weed Management of Bush Fruit
Currants, gooseberries and blueberries can be an important addition to any soft fruit business, but effective pest and diseas…
Disease Management of Bush Fruit
Currants, gooseberries and blueberries can be an important addition to any soft fruit business, but effective pest and diseas…
Weed Control in Pumpkin
Effective weed control in pumpkin is essential in growing a crop that maximizes its potential.
Soilless Cultivation For Leafy Salads
The production of crops without soil, typically through hydroponics, using nutrient-enriched solutions with or without growin…
Soilless Cultivation For Table Top Strawberry
Until 1997, strawberry production in the UK was relatively constant, although berries where of variable quality and picked mo…
Soilless Cultivation For Herbs
The production of crops without soil, typically by hydroponics, using nutrient-enriched solutions with or without growing med…
Soilless Cultivation For Ornamentals
Growing plants without soil is a precise method to deliver water and nutrients to match crop demand; because of the enhanced…
Seed Production Resources
The Gaia Foundation and Tyfu Cymru are working in partnership to deliver training in open pollinated vegetable seed productio…
Factsheet: Managing Blossom End Rot in Pumpkin
Blossom End Rot (BER) is a particular problem that pumpkin growers face, especially when growing for pick-your-own (PYO) mark…
Factsheets: Soft Fruit Pests
These factsheets outline some of the common pests found within soft fruit crops.
Fact Sheet - Asparagus: Spring Pest Control
This fact sheet details spring pest control tips for growing asparagus.
Technical Advice Sheet: Strawberry, April 2020
This fact sheet provides technical advice on managing your strawberry crops as the weather is starting to warm and the impact…
Technical Advice: Sheet Pumpkin Disease Control
The main disease of concern in pumpkin during the early season is powdery mildew, and this can start to be a problem from Jun…
Technical Advice Sheet Pumpkin planning and weed control – May
You should now be planning the planting for this year’s crop. If you’re new to pumpkins, it’s recommended that you plant tran…
Managing a Financial Crisis
Many businesses will at some point, and for a variety of reasons, face a cash flow crisis. We have set out some tips that you…