So, Tell Us, What Are Ye All At In The Veg Garden?

[forest of dean redneck 11,190]

Forked nearly half mine over this morning,found a feral spud plant growing ,that had been touched by the frost.

[devon flighter 421]

I'm having a go with plants this year (parsnip) the plugs are about 40mm and healthy. First time. Also put in 5 celery plants which a friend gave me. Haven't a clue other than to ridge them to blanch the stems. Now't ventured now't gained. Another first for me, bought some fleece which I've put over the carrot seed drills to hopefully stop the fly. Onion plants coming this week.

i tried the germinating parsnips in the GH the last couple of years and struggled a lot ! this year out side in drills "no problem " so hopefully lesson learnt ! im not over keen on celery but OH is ,i sown a few seeds a while back and they are through now "inside " cant think of the name off hand but these are self blanchinig supposedly and dont need earthing up so we will see .

 

How bad was that frost last night? Bet it caught a few out

last night wasnt to bad but saturday night/sunday morning was ! spuds not through yet and i covered the parsnips up with fleece other than that just the onions shallots and garlic in,things seem ok so far ,but certainly need to watch out this year i think .

[terryd 8,044]

if carrots germinated as well as parsnip I would be a happy bunny

[devon flighter 421]

if carrots germinated as well as parsnip I would be a happy bunny

nah just the snips ,i dont do carrots at the moment ,we are just building the depth up in the beds, only have the one deep enough at the moment and carrots are not on the list for that one ! out of curiosity how long after filling beds with manure "decent stuff" would you attempt growing carrots in it ? as to get some organic matter in to start building the depth we filled some up BACK END 2014 . we started with a patch of concrete that we dug up to turn into a veg patch when we moved in in 2013 so it an on going project !

[jok 3,036]

DF. Got my brewer saving all his spent hops, some cracking leaf mould, 4 year old muck and a bag of compost. Should make a good trench filler for the tap roots.

[devon flighter 421]

jok out of likes again sounds good ,when we were down devon some allotmenteers used waste wool from axminster carpets . i heard that carrots dont like new ish manure thats why i asked about how long before planting , fortunately no shortage of manure about very close ,its just a matter of the time delay in planting carrots ,the beds are generally coming on ok ,guess we always want things sooner

[devon flighter 421]

cracking day weather wise today pleasure to be out "shirt sleeves at last ,potted on the peppers ,celery and broad beans this morning and put the framework up over the brassica beds for the netting ,its starting to look like a veg garden again!

[Tiercel 6,986]

 

if carrots germinated as well as parsnip I would be a happy bunny

nah just the snips ,i dont do carrots at the moment ,we are just building the depth up in the beds, only have the one deep enough at the moment and carrots are not on the list for that one ! out of curiosity how long after filling beds with manure "decent stuff" would you attempt growing carrots in it ? as to get some organic matter in to start building the depth we filled some up BACK END 2014 . we started with a patch of concrete that we dug up to turn into a veg patch when we moved in in 2013 so it an on going project !

 

The recommended time between manuring and planting carrots is at least a year preferably two.

 

TC

[devon flighter 421]

cheers tc ,you gave me some advice on kelsae onions a while back ,they are doing JUST fine in 3" bag pots at the moment in the GH when do you plant yours out ? not looking for show just like the taste"

[jok 3,036]

Tiercel. Why is that? Is there an alternative that carrots like? Reason am asking. Father used to muck everything on the farm and from a hazy past he grew everything. I do remember some granules he put in potato trenches but other than that it was a boot up the arse and hard work.(Nitram I think).

[Tiercel 6,986]

cheers tc ,you gave me some advice on kelsae onions a while back ,they are doing JUST fine in 3" bag pots at the moment in the GH when do you plant yours out ? not looking for show just like the taste"

May the 6th is considered that there will not be any more frost here. Dependant as to where your living the date will be different. North later and further south earlier. But that is not set in stone many have been caught out, including myself.

 

Tiercel. Why is that? Is there an alternative that carrots like? Reason am asking. Father used to muck everything on the farm and from a hazy past he grew everything. I do remember some granules he put in potato trenches but other than that it was a boot up the arse and hard work.(Nitram I think).

I am not 100% sure but there is something in manure that makes the carrots fork, same with parsnip. I am sure that I have growing notes for a compost for growing Parsnip and Carrots somewhere. I will see if I can dig it out. (Pardon the pun unintended)

 

TC

[devon flighter 421]

cheers tc last frost date here is mid may so thats my answer

[jok 3,036]

You all live in cloud cuckoo landI get frost every morning at about 6.30. Ah well. Keep trying. Lol.

[Tiercel 6,986]

You all live in cloud cuckoo landI get frost every morning at about 6.30. Ah well. Keep trying. Lol.

The minimum temperature here last night was 9.3C now if that is low enough to give you frost you can sell your Rotavator and I will dig your garden for you.

 

Check for yourself. http://www.llanelliweather.co.uk/

 

Edited to add: As an after thought, there is a hell of a difference between dew and frost.

 

TC

Edited April 19, 2016 by tiercel

[jok 3,036]

Ya daft bugger. I was on about the frosty shoulder