Sources
Where every fact on vegetables.im comes from.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: potato, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 1 fact.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: tomato, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- FAO / United Nations: International Day of Potato, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 1 fact.
- Kew: Kew Gardens in the First World War, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 1 fact.
- National Allotment Society: Best crops for first-time allotmenteers, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- RHS: How to grow aubergines, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- RHS: How to grow broccoli, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- RHS: How to grow chilli peppers, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- RHS: How to grow chillies and sweet peppers, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 1 fact.
- RHS: How to grow globe artichokes, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- RHS: How to grow okra, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- RHS: How to grow onions, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 2 facts.
- RHS: How to grow potatoes, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- RHS: How to grow rhubarb, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 4 facts.
- RHS: How to grow sweet potatoes, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 3 facts.
- RHS: How to grow tomatoes, checked 29 Oct 2026. Used for 2 facts.
Each source was checked on the date shown. Sowing, planting and harvest times are the source’s general guidance for the UK and vary with area and weather.