The Importance of Holding Beds

Not too late, they just won't mature until later, probably about may/june next year.

 

With the holding bed bit yes, but don't plant them out as deep as leeks

 

is it too late from seed ziggy? ive got freebie packets of them x

 

Hey Joolz,

No, not too late, to quote Harry from the Victorian Kitchen Garden,

"You might only get leeks as thick as a pencil but it pleased cook"

He was on about cropping the same year but if you overwinter them then you just get leeks later, although you have to keep your eye on them for bolting

 

nice one thanks il plonk some seeds in then:yess: im not in a rush for them whats bolting?? xx

 

When the plant thinks it time to make babies. It'll throw a seed head up.

 

I need to get me one of these "holding beds", sounds like a real time/plant saver, I've got some cabbage on the go that sounds like they are saying the use of holding beds (on the packet) coz its seed/prick out/plant out/move to final spacing.

Gonna see if there is any leek seed in town on Monday, I make a mean leak n tatty soup

 

As requested by Plant Potty, heres some other things that do better in a holding bed than in pots :

Cabbage Family, Beetroot,
Onions & Rhubarb

And things that i'd sow direct and then thin,

Carrots, lettuce, Pak Choi, Blubbing Fennel, Parsnips.

Hope that helps

 

Did you say Cabbage and Beetroot??? I went out with "holding bed" in mind:yess:, thinking about digging a new boader, or three! but then Mr lazy took over n I ended up with yet two more tyres.....



crappy poundland weed sheeting in the bottom, but its doubled over, then........



100ltrs of BnQ compost, compost coz I'm fed up of digging up stones in my garden (notice my stone collection in the photo:DOH

it'll be interesting to see how this works, I hope the cabbage does well, the beetroot were going in the compost bin (left overs from not planting out) but seem like tuff little plants, if the beetroot prove viable then it proves to me the value of a holding bed.

I'm sold on the idea, beit beds/raised beds/raised old tyres

Plant Potty.

 

Well a full 8 days later ziggy..........






They seem to be doing very well indeed, I did think that I placed the bed to far from my veg patch, but it want be alot of hastle I'll just dig them out into the wheel barrow, and the the bed is easer for me to water where it is and gets alot more sun, I'm going to move them in the next few days, well all the beetroot and the largest of the cabbage at least, I've got a 24 more cabbage to put in......


It might not be quite what you ment ziggy, but its working just dandy

Plant Potty.