Beating the rush!

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29th December 2010

I sowed some vegetable seeds on the 19th January 2010 and "got away" with doing so!

Tomatoes Legend, Hipsi cabbage and different varieties of leeks, all succeeded.

I also planted at the same time Greyhound cabbage and Saladin lettuce, both germinated but got no further, though they were sown in succession later on and prospered!

Though all the leeks died after transplanting into the plot soil and starting to grow!
I don't know if it was pest or disease, they end up a slimy mess.

So now I have sown Legend tomato, Hipsi and some leeks, but did not bother with Greyhound or Saladin lettuce, will wait until end of Jan or early Feb before sowing them!

they are in an electric propagator until they start to germinate then unto a windowsill!

cheers¬

 

My packets of Leek seed say to sow in March (although there are probably earlier varieties - but we enjoy Leeks as a Winter veg and don't want them ready in the Autumn, so different-folks may have different-strokes).

But IMHO sowing Leeks early encourages them to bolt :(

Here's my rough sowing plan - not indicating where crops are successional. GH=Greenhouse crops.

Jan 01 Onions, Lettuce (in containers)
Jan 15 Broad bean Aquadulce, Early carrots (in containers), Early Cauliflower, Aubergines (GH)

Feb 01 Early Melons (GH)
Feb 15 Chilli and Sweet Peppers (GH), Tomatoes (GH). Potatoes in Bags (GH)

Mar 01 Parsnips, Beetroot, Sprouts, Celeriac, Cauliflower, Cucumber (GH), Melons (GH), Lettuce (GH)
Mar 15 Leeks, French beans (GH), Carrots, Potatoes (First early)
Mar 21 Sweet corn (GH)

Apr 01 Potatoes (Second Early and Main), Calabrese, Kohl Rabi, Leaf beet, Lettuce
Apr 15 Courgettes, Butternut squash

May 01 Brocolli (Early Sprouting), Florence fennel, French beans, Runner beans, Swede, Sweetcorn (for outdoors)

Jun 01 Chinese cabbage, Oriental greens
Jun 21 Mooli raddish

Jul 21 Spring cabbage

Aug 01 Leaf beet (GH)
Aug 15 Dwarf French Beans (GH)

Nov 01 Garlic

 

Thats some usefull info there :gnthb:

 

Might be that you'd be mad to follow it though!! I did spend a couple of minutes "minimalising" it - but I couldn't think of a nice, simple, way to illustrate what I sucessionally-sow in that list. "First/Last" date might do the trick ...

 

I've followed madder things, like that bloke in Bath with the chainsaw & a crazy look in his eyes.

 

He turned out to be the great gareth, and i still don't know how he made my lit cigarette dissapear.