surely its time to plant the veg !!!!!

feefeelalabelle

ive been waiting eagerly...... are we allowed to plant anything yet?:o
im woundering if i should be starting off my chillies yet, any experts advice pleeeese

i have a massive problem though..........my veg plot is still full and im not too sure if i should pull the stuff out :rotfl:, my garlic can stay but the rest i really cant remember when they should be harvested :cool: . i will upload pictures in the morning in the hope that you lot can advise

anyone else getting itchy fingers

midnightraven3

i always get excited at this time of year
but planting is no good for me just now
i did it early feb about 3 years ago
and all i ended up with were leggy seedlings i couldnt plant out for fear of frosts
i use the square foot method in raised beds and once i plant my seedlings, i plant seeds in the next bed
that year, they both grew at the same rate
so its not worth me planting just now:(

Rummer

I have potted up some peas and lobelia today, I just couldn't wait

ukbill69

I know the feeling, winter is no good for all of us. Just bought a Vitopod Propagator from suttons. On offer at £46.95, cant wait for that to come and get real results.

Angelfeathers

Well, I have winter lettuces and peas to plant (under cover) which I've just been waiting to have the time to get round to sowing! Also all the year round cauliflower needs sowing too. But yeah, the other things that say they can be sown in January, I'm going to wait a few more weeks yet.

sunnyday88

I have all manner of seeds to get going, but I'll wait a few weeks then start them off in little plastic propogators indoors as I reckon after all this mild weather there'll be a cold snap so I'll wait for that before doing anything major then losing it all. I am however digging over the front garden for the first time and rooting out all the rubble and builders clay in preparation - it's good just to get a bit mucky!

TonyMMM

feefeelalabelle wrote: »

ive been waiting eagerly...... are we allowed to plant anything yet?:o
im woundering if i should be starting off my chillies yet, any experts advice pleeeese

i have a massive problem though..........my veg plot is still full and im not too sure if i should pull the stuff out :rotfl:, my garlic can stay but the rest i really cant remember when they should be harvested :cool: . i will upload pictures in the morning in the hope that you lot can advise

anyone else getting itchy fingers

What do you still have on the veg plot now ?

I only have garlic and onions (planted in November, for harvest next summer) and some purple sprouting broccoli, which will start to be ready in 2 or 3 weeks time I hope. The last of my leeks came up yesterday.

Only seeds I have planted so far are some chillis, from seed saved from last years crop, which I planted in a propagator this week.

[Deleted User]

It is definitely that time of the year when I also get twitchy but I am most definitely sitting on my hands for a few weeks yet

I have autumn planted garlic, shallots and onions on the allotment. Spring cabbages and broccoli too plus a few relics of parsnips, swedes and so on. Feelafeela, it sounds as though you`ll have to make lots of veggie meals

Tonymm, what will you be putting in after your broccoli?

TonyMMM

kittie wrote: »

Tonymm, what will you be putting in after your broccoli?

Hopefully I should be able to crop the PSB for at least a month, to the end of Feb or beginning of March. Then will prob follow with a sowing of early broad beans.

lostinrates

too early for me. Last years learnt that with few south facing windows starting early makes a big difference, even wi propagators, light and more time produced better results than a propagator east facing. But with no heating in the house and hardly any window sill space one cold night could se anything I tried to start off dead in its tracks I think.

radiohelen

I've got parsnips, beetroot, cavolo nero, leeks (just out of curiosity how early should I plant leeks cos I planted them early last year and they still didn't get fat?), swiss chard, jerusalem artichokes, broad beans coming up etc...

I too think we are in for a cold snap at some point. If the winter is generally mild we usually get at least one lot of snow here in late January/February. It never sticks but it's too chilly for seedlings that are not weeds.. they survive whatever.