Teagasc publishes Guide to Vegetable Growing

brian_t

Teagasc publishes Guide to Vegetable Growing

24 May 2011
A new revised edition of the popular Teagasc publication, A Guide to Vegetable Growing has just been published. The latest publication has been updated and expanded to include new topics like plant raising and watering of vegetable crops. The difficulties and problems for plants encountered during the recent cold weather experienced in 2010 are also covered. The extreme cold conditions affected plant growth in many cases.
Teagasc horticultural specialist Stephen Alexander said; ”If ever a cloud had a silver lining, then the knock-on effect of the recession in getting people back to growing their own vegetables, has to be welcomed. This book is full of tips and advice in how to grow the A-Z of vegetables. The ever present problems of pests and diseases are addressed along with suggested solutions. The emphasis is on cultural and physical controls rather than relying on pesticides. There are also handy ready-reference tables laying out the season of production, plant spacing, sowing, planting and harvesting dates for all the crops mentioned in the main text.”

http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/view_publication.aspx?PublicationID=889

lucylu

Thanks for that Brian_t
some stats from the bottom of the guide are :

Home grown produce supplies 70% of the market.
There are 212 field vegetable growers, the largest 50 of whom account for 74% ofthe total production area.
Top 5 vegetable growing counties: Dublin, Meath, Cork, Wexford, Louth.
Top 5 vegetables grown in Ireland: Cabbage, carrots, broccoli, swede, cauliflower.
Top 5 vegetables eaten in Ireland: Tomato, carrots, mushrooms, peppers, onions.

I am shocked that potatoes are not listed here and also that mushrooms are eaten more than onions and peppers. :eek:

prospect

Since when have tomatoes and mushrooms become vegetables?

Mr.Applepie

lucylu wrote: »

Thanks for that Brian_t
some stats from the bottom of the guide are :

Home grown produce supplies 70% of the market.
There are 212 field vegetable growers, the largest 50 of whom account for 74% ofthe total production area.
Top 5 vegetable growing counties: Dublin, Meath, Cork, Wexford, Louth.
Top 5 vegetables grown in Ireland: Cabbage, carrots, broccoli, swede, cauliflower.
Top 5 vegetables eaten in Ireland: Tomato, carrots, mushrooms, peppers, onions.

I am shocked that potatoes are not listed here and also that mushrooms are eaten more than onions and peppers. :eek:

I find it interesting that we aren't growing what we're eating.

Thanks for the link, I've ordered a free copy.

Dizzyblonde

Thanks for that, I've ordered a copy too

brian_t

lucylu wrote: »

I am shocked that potatoes are not listed here and also that mushrooms are eaten more than onions and peppers. :eek:

"Ireland’s total potato production area in 2010 was over 11,200 hectares."

http://www.potato.ie/production/

As potatoes are grown by more mainstream farmers as opposed to specialist vegetable growers they probably weren't included in those statistics.

brian_t

Teagasc have a range of publications some of which can be useful to gardeners.

http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/PublicationsBy.aspx

This is searchable by topic.

Another useful booklet is "Illustrated Guide to Tillage Weeds"

http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/view_publication.aspx?PublicationID=55

I by the way have no connection to Teagasc.

fodda

There are hundreds of vegetable growing websites on the internet and some of them Irish reguarly updated. Teagasc are a bit late with this one.:)

fodda

brian_t wrote: »

"Ireland’s total potato production area in 2010 was over 11,200 hectares."

http://www.potato.ie/production/

As potatoes are grown by more mainstream farmers as opposed to specialist vegetable growers they probably weren't included in those statistics.

Brian have a look here http://www.grow-your-own.ie/videos.html some films to watch, but the one on potatoes grown in the Egyption desert and shipped to Europe when we have our own spuds is amazing especially the bit at the end where they use Irish peat all the way from Ireland.