12 month Grow your own planting plans

shandypants5

Thanks for the Plans Mum of 4.
I planted most things too late last year, but I am now hoping for a bumper crop this year.

Nelmer

Thank you for the plans, its the kick i need to get going :j

andypincher

Thanks mum 0f 4,

It will be a big help for my new years plans :cool:

scip789

Hi Mum of 4

Have pmd you. Thank You in advance

Techno-Cheap

Hi mum of 4, have PM'd you....
Many Thanks

hampsterpoo

Hi mum of 4 , I've pm'd you 2
thanks

aurora_14

To mum of 4 - thank you very much for your plan. Very grateful. :T

Just a quick question - do you know anything about growing celeriac?

mum_of_4

germination is slow so they need a good early start i would sow in Feb and transplant at the end of march in to pots and then final planting position about Mid April about a foot apart in all directions.

It is bital that they are keep moist, do do not the soil get too dry. They should start to swell and push out of the ground about early JUne dependant on where you are. You can start to harvest the roots late August early Spetember but you should be able to harvest throughout the winter with the later roots being about 1kg and only slkightly less when prepared foor cooking.

Hope that helps

aurora_14

mum_of_4 wrote: »

germination is slow so they need a good early start i would sow in Feb and transplant at the end of march in to pots and then final planting position about Mid April about a foot apart in all directions.

It is bital that they are keep moist, do do not the soil get too dry. They should start to swell and push out of the ground about early JUne dependant on where you are. You can start to harvest the roots late August early Spetember but you should be able to harvest throughout the winter with the later roots being about 1kg and only slkightly less when prepared foor cooking.

Hope that helps

Thank you. I was told to snip the roots to about a 1" just before planting out. This apparently would make the celeriac bigger (normally too many roots - not enough bulb). I am however a bit scared to do this - but then my celeriacs don't grow very large - I might give it a go. And also, as they grow - the soil should be scrapped back quite often. I did this too - but again, not much change in the size in the end. :-( How about feeding them? - chicken pellets, manure ...?

mum_of_4

To be honest never did any of that. I don't even cut the roots on my leeks and they always turn out fine.

You could try doing those things, I always found that I could ask two old chaps down the lotty site and they would both do different things and get results. I was told I'd sown my peas all wrong in my first year yet I had the best crop on the whole site.