Veg Course Week 5, March 31
It is Easter Sunday so we may need to revise our plans
Inside: sow beetroot
Outside: plant potatoes, broad beans and pea gutter - all depending on the weather.
Veg Course Week 6 - April 7
Inside:
Sow leeks in pot or next week
Prick out lettuce and cabbage seedlings into module trays.
Veg Course Week 7: April 14
2024 - very wet spring with slug damage
If sufficiently rooted, plant out beetroot, previously raised under cover, cover with fleece - left for a week
If sufficiently rooted, plant out lettuce previously raised under cover, cover with fleece - left for a week
'Pot on' three cabbages into 9cm pots.
Sow leeks if not done last week
Sow outdoor tomatoes
Veg Course Week 8 April 21
Inside
Sweetcorn - sow 8 modules - see article in crops.
Thin beetroot seedlings to no more than 4 or 5 per module.
Plant out beetroot seedlings if big enough - one row - see article in crops. Maybe next week if still small.
Plant out other lettuce modules if big enough - problem of slugs if planted out too small.
Prick out outdoor tomatoes - next week?
Outside
Sow parsnips and carrots
Make brassica tunnel protection - water pipe hoops and rebar/canes
Veg Course Week 9: April 28
Build net tunnel for brassicas and support for broad beans
Plant early cabbage - three in a row
Prick out 12 outdoor tomatoes; more to do next week
Sow inside in modules/trays: courgettes
Weed polytunnel edge border ready for planting next week.
Pick radishes before they go woody