Alan went on to explain that it led to him making a circular garden with a glass orb enclosed by topiary yews, adding that you should understand "what you want" before getting started.
Alan Titchmarsh has suggested that he turned the tables on his childhood bullies by employing a gardening "technique" to shoot up about a foot in one year. As one of Britain's most cherished television figures, admirers might be astonished to discover that Alan was once "bullied" by his peers for something outside his control.
A household name recognised for his contributions to BBC Gardeners' World, home transformation favourite Ground Force, and more recently, his YouTube channel, Gardening With Alan Titchmarsh, he achieved dizzying heights as a celebrity gardener.
As a teenager, Alan measured just 4 ft 10 when he departed school at 15 with an O-level in art (the now-defunct GCE Ordinary Level qualification), but he wouldn't remain that height for long. He surged upwards almost a foot in a year, something he credits to an unexpected gardening method.
Indeed, according to The Mail's Richard Eden, Alan "wasn't just growing flowers and vegetables" in his youth.
Alan, who previously acknowledged that he had been "bullied a bit" for his height, said: "When I left school at 15 with an O-level in art I was 4 ft 10 in - and I grew up to 5ft 8in in about a year under glass in the greenhouse."
He joked: "It's a technique I recommend if you have a small child - put them in a greenhouse and they grow."
Speaking of gardening, the 76-year-old recently took to his YouTube channel to caution green-fingered homeowners not to make a certain mistake when planning their gardens.
He also disclosed what he regards as the "biggest mistake" gardeners make, highlighting that far too many people attempt to "do it all at once", instead of dividing up the tasks.
Alan explained that you should: "Start with the bit you look at when you're inside the house.
"Generally speaking, one of the places you are at the most of all is the kitchen sink, and if the kitchen sink has a window in front of it, and that's what you're always looking out at when you're doing the washing up etc, do that bit first.
"When I first made this garden, looking from the kitchen sink, you looked out of the window and, coincidentally, there was an apple tree right in the centre of the view, perfect.
"I designed a path that went up to the apple tree, round it, and then to a greenhouse, and the greenhouse became the focal point from the kitchen window."
Alan went on to explain that it led to him making a circular garden with a glass orb enclosed by topiary yews, adding that you should understand "what you want" before getting started.
