I have been very well organised with the BROAD BEANS & sown 30 (h barry plot 19) in pots, which are now in the mini greenhouse. I will sow 30 more next month, & 30 more the month after that. Brilliant – broad beans all through the summer.
And I have potted up all 15 SHALLOTS (hative de niort) which had started to sprout. Again, full marks.
However, I have not got successional seed sowing right yet.
What did I say a week or two ago?
And I have potted up all 15 SHALLOTS (hative de niort) which had started to sprout. Again, full marks.
However, I have not got successional seed sowing right yet.
What did I say a week or two ago? I said, ‘… I must remember that not everything benefits from the ‘little & often’ principal. It’s ok to sow half a dozen lettuces or cauliflower….. however, things like leek, onion & parsnip can be sown with just an ‘early’ & a ‘late’ sowing…’
So what do I have proudly growing in little pots on all available windowsills?
A grand total of six ONION (long red florence) seedlings, which will last me about two meals when they are mature in a number of months, & twenty newly pricked out LETTUCE (hsl stoke) seedlings which will all be ready in spectacular & overwhelming unison in 10 weeks or so…
I do listen to myself sometimes, though – I’ve got it just right with the half a dozen CAULIFLOWERS (all the year round) that I’ve also pricked out this evening...
So what do I have proudly growing in little pots on all available windowsills?
A grand total of six ONION (long red florence) seedlings, which will last me about two meals when they are mature in a number of months, & twenty newly pricked out LETTUCE (hsl stoke) seedlings which will all be ready in spectacular & overwhelming unison in 10 weeks or so…
I do listen to myself sometimes, though – I’ve got it just right with the half a dozen CAULIFLOWERS (all the year round) that I’ve also pricked out this evening...
I never get successional sowing right Hazel! When I do manage to get the things in, the season defeats me - things are either slow - or they gallop on.
ReplyDeleteFor the small plot of vegie garden I have Succession planting is important ... Never got it right this season :O)
ReplyDeleteRYN - The Fantail isn't the same family. ALthough some of its characteristics are very similar :O)
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I always start my shallots off in modules till they get a good start in life. I am always impatient though, and keep lifting them to see if their roots have got any longer each day.... naughty!
ReplyDeleteAt least I have a Plan for successional sowing this year - whether I stick to it is another matter of course!
ReplyDeleteHave managed to resist checking shallot growth by measuring the roots so far, Matron - although the tops are getting a scrutinised daily!