Tuesday was mild and muggy with a little light rain in the afternoon.
My winter brassica experiment is now in full swing. Having been disappointed with last year’s plug plants I’ve set about raising my own this year. I’ve tried this in the past and the plants have either not survived due to lack of attention or the constant battle with slugs and snails has been lost. I’m also using New Horizon peat free multipurpose compost to to add a little more edge to the growing process.
So far so good. These cauliflower seeds “Aalsmeer” sown on the 17th June quickly germinated under our indoor grow light and produced some excellent seedlings. These were transplanted into modular cells today and moved into the cold frame. The battle now begins to prevent them becoming either waterlogged in any rainy spells or too dry should we be lucky enough to have some fine warm days. Let the mollusc wars begin!
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It was really muggy last night and the overnight rain hasn't really cleared it. I find brassicas the hardest things to grow from seed. It seems to be either too warm or cold for them or the slugs get them.
ReplyDeleteHi Jo
ReplyDeleteIt's muggy here this morning.
I've always managed with brassicas sown in spring time but never the later ones sown to produce crops over winter and into next spring. Still I'm always up for a gardening challenge.