It’s certainly not been a brilliant start to March. It’s been more wintry than spring-like. As a result, we haven’t visited the allotment or got any gardening jobs done at home.
The allotment was beginning to dry out nicely but 25mm (1in) of rainfall this week will have set the drying out process back.
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| Rainfall Data 12 February - 14 March |
There doesn’t
appear to be any really cold weather in the forecast so it might be time to
start a few hardier seeds off in the greenhouse. I’m thinking about sowing some
broad bean seeds and getting a few early seed potatoes into tubs. Last year we
grew some early carrots in tubs and they were pretty successful so we’re
planning on trying the same thing again this year.
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| Carrots - Aron |
Last year we grew these stump-rooted carrots but this year we are going to try some longer rooted ones. Lots of gardening bloggers and YouTubers grow a variety called Sweet Candle so we're giving some a try ourselves.
I’m also giving some thought to sowing some
sweet peas. Last year I sowed them far too late and whilst the plants
eventually produce some decent foliage they never managed to flower. I might
sow some in small seed trays and place them under our indoor grow-light to
germinate. Hopefully, they will have germinated and be moved into the
greenhouse by the time our tomato seeds need to go under the grow-light in early
April.
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Are you sure you want to grow a maincrop carrot in a container and early? Amsterdam forcing would be the first suggestion in many books. Only asking so feel free to try anything you wish.
ReplyDeleteNo! Too late now though sowed them yesterday.
DeleteIt will be an interesting experiment!
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