Home > Growing tips & recipes > Grow Buddies Subscription – June 2026 4 min read 29.04.2026 Grow Buddies Subscription – June 2026 Welcome to your June growing guide!Here’s what’s in your box:Carrot Atomic Red Dwarf Bean Red SwanYour June growing challenge:Grow the deepest red, crunchiest carrot you can!Carrot Atomic RedSowing infoSow carrot seeds thinly where they are to grow at a depth of 1cm. Germination will take 10-20 days. To avoid attracting carrot root fly, don’t thin seedings,instead allow to grow larger and harvest every other carrot to enjoy as baby roots. Carrots dislike soils with too many nutrients, so avoid use of fertilisers and manures. Sandy soils produce the straightest roots.Growing infoCarrots perform well in containers of at least 30cm depth and raised 60cm off the ground can prevent carrot root fly attack. Water well to encourage germination. Once germinated, water only when necessary.Blog – How to Sow and Grow Carrots Dwarf Bean Red SwanSowing infoCan be sown in position May to early June, if you have no problem with mice or pigeons. Sow at a depth of 5cm. Alternatively, sow Indoors in module trays from April to May. Beans are fast growing, so don’t be tempted to sow too early. Harden off and plant out after all risk of frost has passed. A great filler for mid summer gaps in your veg beds.Growing infoGrows to a height of 45cm and doesn’t require support. Pick when pods are young and tender to enjoy fresh or leave pods on plant to semi dry to harvest drying beans for storage.Blog – How to Sow and Grow Beans Meet the author Nelly Nelly works in the She Grows Veg marketing department and is an incredible cook! She's learning how to grow veg fast in her very own container garden. Her favourites so far are the Dwarf Sunflower called 'Sunspot' and our Dwarf Pea called 'Tom Thumb'. Previous Garden-Fresh Pea Puree Next Get Growing Subscription – June 2026
