Veg to plant in February and things to do.

Lotus-eater

Sally_A wrote: »

Agree, but I'm not charging you £3 every year ...Now that's MSE!!!!!:T:T:T

(and it saves typing the same thing every year to newbies , cos I'm a lazy old bint really ).

Agreed (although not about the lazy old bint bit )

But it's £3 a month, not a year...... which is why my toilet has 12 copies of kitchen garden magazine in it and I reuse them year after year

Wannabe01

Thanks for this thread as it contains a lot of very useful information. I am new to veg growing and this is my first year. I am going to go to Aldi and Lidl to see what seeds I can get and see if I can source some cheap pots and compost. When I plant will obviously depend on what seeds I am able to get.

Bramleyapple

Didn't think peas were worth growing - until last year. It was my first year on my half allotment plot and I grew peas for my grand-daughter to pick and eat al fresco Kelvedon Wonder produced so many pods I took some home and tried cooking them (in hot water for about a minute) - they were delicious:j I'm going to grow lots more this year - oh and they froze well too but didn't last long before I'd eaten them all :rotfl:

alixandrea

Am I the only person who is desperate to get going but can't due to the horrible weather? I've got 'square foot gardening' plots half dug, a garden to clear and loads of seeds to plant but it's just too cold and everything is frozen solid! I can't plant the seeds indoors as my house is stupidly cold :mad: and I can't afford a heated propogator either...

Alixandrea (grumpy)

katholicos

alixandrea wrote: »

Am I the only person who is desperate to get going but can't due to the horrible weather? I've got 'square foot gardening' plots half dug, a garden to clear and loads of seeds to plant but it's just too cold and everything is frozen solid! I can't plant the seeds indoors as my house is stupidly cold :mad: and I can't afford a heated propogator either...

Alixandrea (grumpy)

Sowed quite a bit in seed cells and trays but they will be indoors in the spare bedroom on a wallpaper pasting table for a good few weeks until it is sufficiently less freezing outdoors and can be put in my upright growhouses.

I am sorting out lots of my seeds and giving lots away, this is fun, somewhat!

katholicos

Bramleyapple wrote: »

Didn't think peas were worth growing - until last year. It was my first year on my half allotment plot and I grew peas for my grand-daughter to pick and eat al fresco Kelvedon Wonder produced so many pods I took some home and tried cooking them (in hot water for about a minute) - they were delicious:j I'm going to grow lots more this year - oh and they froze well too but didn't last long before I'd eaten them all :rotfl:

I'm glad your kelvedon wonder did well, i just bought some of those seeds from aldi for 39p. Hope mine do well too.

Candy53

Hi,

Could anyone tell me when to plant beech hedging please?

We have a thin hawthorn hedge between our garden and a field, and need something to thicken it up to stop the wind coming through. We thought beech would look nice.

Thanks,
Candy

Sally_A

You need splodger seedswapper - she is the guru of pruning/planting/coppicing when it comes to hedges.

Try PMing her, not seen her here for a while, but it might just wake her up.

sammy_kaye18

Hello all

Do you mind if I join - I know Im a little late but I will be off on my jollys tomorrow to get my compost/pots etc and start my growing.

So far seed wise I already have gotten (not sown yet)

Tomato - Sweet millions
Tomato - outdoor girl
lettuce - saladin
Carrot - Autumn King 2
Pumpkin - jack o lantern
Carrot - James Scarlet intermediate
Cucumber - Telepathy F1
Brocolli - Samson F1
Leek - Autumn Mammoth 2 - snowstar
Onion - Ailsa craig
Swede - best of all

I also have rhubarb and a blueberry bush and did have a pot of strawberries which seem pretty dead now but the runners may grow as it was their first year planting last year after I rescued them for 25p each in wilkinsons.

I do also want to get some Maris Piper seed potato's and I have seen some King Edward ones too so I will be grabbing a bag of each of those too.

Im down in south wales so I think if I start planting up the onion and leek this week, then when we actually get into March I should be able to get my greenhouse back up and sorted and then all the other potted up stuff can be stored in there. Although I need to figure out a way to keep my greenhouse upright - I brought one for £10 in B&M last summer - the two tiered 4 shelf one - and it did nothing but blow over so Im thinking if I can clear a bit of space in the garden I will be able to get it up against the house - and secure it - and the space Im thinking is a nice little sun trap as well so it will get the heat nicely too to help germinate everything.

I am thinking of getting some big growing bags for all the veg - a pack of two ready bed is £3.99 in HomeBargains if anyone has one near by!, I have two large growing bags (the canvas type ones) for the carrots and am thinking I might get a few spud bags etc and some 'borrowed' coop buckets too.

Only problem is how will I get all the compost home to fill them - I did get a compost bin too through the councils scheme but it is no way near full enough for em to get any compost from it - thinking if I fill it now - which is really going to take some doing - then I might have compost in time to plant the swedes with in June!

Complete novice here so expect more - HELP ME! style questions soon

Sally_A

Woah! Sammy Kaye - you mention gorwing all your veg in bags, do you have any outside space?

If not I'd avoid the King Edwards, swedes, pumpkins, leeks, onions, brocolli and a couple of others.

For the greenhouse, yes brilliant for tomatoes.

I think your cucumber is also a fussy greenhouse strain (I just grow prickly common Marketmore (sow mid March) - outside, in an 18inch diameter pot, and probably similar in depth).

If you do have outdoor space, fantastic, but be aware that pumpkins trail, usually in a south westerly direction 9ft easily. As the fruit forms, balance them on bricks or an upturned pot, to avoid the wet soil making them go squidgy, or giving slugs an easy access.

There are other things you can sow in pots, such as dwarf french beans.

Top tip - put more effort into growing what is dear in the shops, such as mangetout, courgettes, cuces, toms, aubergines - and especially gear it up to what you like to eat.