Sunday 22 April 2018

General seedling update

With the warmer weather the seeds planted over the last few months are germinating rapidly. The courgettes and cucumbers planted on the 8th April have gone from this:
To this:
The peas have gone from this:
to this:
The beans sown on the same day are also beginning to germinate. Some of the lettuce and shallots have been transferred into the raised bed in the garden:
Rainbow radishes from the Funky Veg Kit can be seen in the foreground.  The "Purple Sun" carrots sown on the 10th March  (in front of the radishes) were eaten by slugs several days after they germinated (though germination was very patchy) so I resowed last weekend. Cabbages, caulis, remaining shallots and lettuce are all ready to go out in the allotment as soon as the raised beds are built .....

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