sowing:
cabbage – in propagator in greenhouse
broad beans – witkiem – in greenhouse
(nb the witkiem from Suttons were more expensive than the express from Tuckers, and Tuckers gave us 106 seeds compared to 63…)
cress – in propagator in greenhouse
parsnips – chitting in propagator in greenhouse
parsnips – direct in veg patch
radishes – catch crop with parsnips
tomatoes: fantasio – in propagator in greenhouse
chilli: mild and meek – in propagator in greenhouse
cape gooseberry: little lantern – in propagator in greenhouse
pricking out:
spring cabbage
Parsnips!
Thankyou- knew I’d forgotten something!!
you have been busy! I wish I had space to grow more stuff. I will get some cress seeds 😀
not busy enough really…. seemed to get bogged down with the windows being fitted and all that disruption. need to get a lot more sowing done next week
too cold here (howl) in fact the greenhouse door was frosted shut this morning………I am so ready for spring
I never heard of parsnips being chitted before! After reading your post, I jumped onto Google, and found out what I’ve been missing.
When I get home tonight, i’ll be setting some parsnip seeds up for chitting in my electric propagator too!
Thanks for posting 🙂
Not sure why I came up anonymous on my last reply….sorry about for that…
Anyhow, I now have my parsnip seeds chitting -thanks again for the tip.
np. tweezers are handy for sowing them once chitted
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