2015 Growing Season..

You can start now indoors nFrost still early for out doors just yet but if this weather keeps up we've cracked it

So do i.....

I've done that for my Early Nantes in containers to hopefully get a better crop....my patch is too small to have them in the ground....really not keen at container growing but my ground is too rich for them....looking forward to the results of your Sweet candles...they have a good write up

That's a bit of a dilemma ....do you go for it just incase they are delicious and do a good sized bed or air on the side of caution?....if i had your 'space' i'd go for it

 

What that the write-up that I wrote up?

 

Sown Parsnips

 

Did my first outdoor sowing yesterday, just a short row of radishes but it's a start.

The autumn sown Aquadulce Claudia broad beans are off to a flying start this spring, they didn't reach this size until about early April last year.

 

i planted mine ages ago. it didnt say on the packet when they should be planted, so i started them off in december i think

 

How was germination?

 

i was talking about chilli's earlier. i only planted 4 of them, 3 of them germinated but only 2 survived. i think this may of been my fault, as i may of been little too rough while transplanting some of the small plants to pots

 

Pricked out Celeriac and more tomatoes

 

I must be quite organised..greenhouse cleaned,leeks,cabbage,pak choi,lettuces(plus cut&come again types),chard,beetroot and annual flowers germinating,sweetcorn& toms in house poking through,cress,coriander & parsley indoors ok spuds chitted..onions and shallots from sets thou..im not that confident yet
I think we are going to have a great season gang

 

Fiddly, eh?

 

Too right

 

Like Lolimac I pricked out our celeriac seedlings last week.

Yes, extremely. I don't remember they were difficult to prick out last year, maybe because I did it when the seedling were smaller, this time it really did feel like a hard work, for these seedlings have so much roots that they were quite hard to tease apart.

MrH now gives me a weird look whenever he hears the word celeriac because I've got nearly 100 seedlings (I got a bit carried away, but the seeds are tiny so it's difficult to control). He reckons that even after sharing half of the produce with the owner of our veggie plot, we'd still have to eat about 2 celeriac a week from November to April and, judging from last year's crop (some of which are still in the ground), each of them will be enough to feed us for 2 dinners. That's a lot of celeriac to get through......

 

Potatoes in (Charlotte and International Kidney)and Strawberries (Alice)planted...

 

Leek 'Elefant' potted on:



Last year I used two seed trays on a windowsill and produced half the amount of this. This year I've used one 'Windowsill Greenhouse', great little thing: https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbu...ry/product-detail/ps/p/windowsill-greenhouse/

I'm going to let the Leeks grow inside on the windowsill for a while yet, bit chilly out there of an evening still. What you reckon @Lolimac?

 

@nFrost ....I would maybe carefully thin them out a bit and keep them fairly cool,we haven't done bad so far for real low night time temperatures so you could chance them outside in a warm spot but just keep your eye on the temperatures and bring them in on a night should it turn bad