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On 2 Mar, 23:14, Anne Jackson wrote:
Make sure you firm them in well, or you'll get 'loose' sprouts...

Ok. You mean, firm them in well and stake them, I s'pose?!

I've never had to stake sprouts, but if it pleases you to do so.... G



Do you not? Good grief, mine fall over all the time, though it doesn't
help having fat pigeons landing on them. It must be the variety I guess.
Though I have tried several different types over the years.
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Yes, there's quite a variation in height. The write-up of the RHS trials
is useful and for most AGM varieties gives details of height or growth
habit:

http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/documen...prouts2005.pdf

Janet G