Veg to plant in March and things to do.

jade86123

Started my red onions, white onions and leeks just over a week ago in trays indoors (doing from seed) and little shoots have started to show but I'm worried as they look long and skinny - a bit like really skinny cress like you used to grow as a kid?!
Is this ok or should I start again??

Planted a couple of fruit bushes out last week too that we picked up from Aldi - they were only £2.50 for three bushes so not too bothered if they don't take..

Got loads of seeds to start in March so need to knuckle down and get reading those packets!

tryingtoruletheworld

kittie wrote: »

http://www.verticalveg.org.uk/growing-diary/

a very inspiring site, taken from another thread. Just shows what you can do with a tiny space

Wow, I thought I had done pretty well with my tiny balcony, but that is impressive. I am hoping to move soon (I am planting seeds in anticipation!) to somewhere at least with a yard, that site is certainly full of ideas, thanks!

Fay

I potted on my chillis and peppers the weekend and culled a few plants, and gave a few straggly ones a second chance by popping them into a propagator on a windowsill to see if they get better.This weekend I am determined to get my tomatoes started! I would also like to start my leeks off but not sure how I do this-I know Sally sows hers into cat trays or peach punnets etc, but hoe deep should the container be for starting off leeks? Is it still too early to start putting anything out into an unheated greenhouse? I'm in central england and currently have some flower seeds I want to start including sweet peas, nastirsiums (spelling!), marigolds and fox gloves. Can anything be started off in there yet? All advice gratefully appreciated!

mossy

kittie I've been so inspired and encourage by the picture of that chaps small garden that I'm currently using it as my computer background! Not sure what my husband will think when he see's a strange man on my computer screen lol, although I have covered the view of his butt with my screen post it notes!!

scotsaver

Can't believe it's March already - not doing too badly, got my Garlic, white onions, red onions and shallots planted. Sown lots of seeds, some in the Greenhouse and some are indoors and up at the Allotment today I have put in some Broad Beans. Will take some peas up there on Friday and get those in too. Got loads of early and maincrop spuds chitting so quite pleased with how things are going.:)

Sally_A

Fay, I go for the slightly deeper pots than seed trays, to get a good root system on them. Some people will trim the roots before putting them out.

It's us humans that bury leeks deep, not the leeks, and this is when you plant them out in summer.

When you do plant them out, a big dibber is ideal for the job, in my shed this is an old spade handle that snapped, just sharpened up the end a bit - make hole, pop leek in, and water the hole rather than fill it with soil - this stops gritty bits getting in to the veg.

yorkieorchid

Fay - I have just sown my sweet pea seeds in a cold greenhouse, they will be fine, in fact some people sow them in December. I sow my Nasturtiams directly into the ground in early May. Your Marigolds will need protection from frost once they have germinated.

Sally - I also love the idea of carpet tile peas too. I wonder if this method will help prevent the pea and bean weevil from decimating them like they always do with my early peas.

Jade - Leeks do look a bit long and skinny at first. What i usually do with Leeks is when they have reached the 'crook' stage (the leaves look like a crook with a bend in it) i carefully !!!!! them out into individual cell trays, one to each cell and grow them on ready to plant out end of May.

I'm in Yorkshire by the way.

Janet.

MrsRogers

Hello All

I havent done pea's yet. I did loads of sowing yesterday all into an unheated greenhouse with disposable shower caps over them:rotfl:

Done my cucumber, tomato, lettuce (lots of different types), leeks, swiss chard, basil,

My scaffolding boards are arriving on Sat so will be busy building my raised beds.. I am itching to get my parsnips and carrots sown. My garlic is also more then ready to go in the roots are out the bottom:eek:

moneymabel

I've got my charlotte seed potatoes chitting and they will be going into a potato gro bag thing (the hessian square bags) not sure when to plant it up tho-any advice?
I'm writing down everything I do so I dont need to ask again next year lol!
Is it too early to plant loose leaf lettuce? planning on starting some and then putting into my unused teracotta strawberry pot

ginvzt

NO!!!!!! I was so tired last night when I finally got home, that I haven't brought it in all my seedlings, and left them in the 'greenhouse' over night.

Guess what - we had frost tonight. All my nice seedlings are frozen this morning..... The frost was so bad, that the beans that are in the peat pots are frozen to the tray, and the pots feel 'crunchy'! The big planter that I have planted asparagus in two days ago, has ground frozen as well. I know, my own fault. Should have gathered that last bit of energy left and brought things in... Maybe, they will defrost slowly and at least some of them will survive... They have been living in there for over a week now, so they were 'used to' temperature dropping down at night, but not to freezing!