Week 8 – 5th April 2008 – Veggy Plot Progress Report

Posted on 06. Apr, 2008 by Tracey in My Veg Plot, Plan Your Veg Garden

The weather was lovely and warm last week with temperatures higher than normal with the thermometers hitting 17 degrees on Friday 4th April 2008, I was happy thinking my seeds will finally get underway with their growing, until today Sunday 6th April where the temperatures dropped off the scale at a frustrating minus 2 degrees centigrade.

Mini Greenhouse Update

Tomato’s
There’s not been a lot of movement in the last 2 weeks. All the seeds growing in the unheated wooden mini greenhouse are not having a good time. I potted on 6 of each variety (golden sunrise and green zebra) from the first batch sown on 9th February 2008 and these are now growing on nicely.

Potted on Tomatoes 05.04.08

The second batch sown 15th March 2008, 3 weeks ago have not come up out of the compost and I’m really frustrated with the merry-go round of weather and temperatures! I’m thinking of sowing some more tomato’s and cucumbers on the windowsill indoors as I don’t think I’ll have much luck with the snowy weather this week either.

Peas and Squash
Saturday I sowed 8 seeds of each Pea (Ambassador) and Squash (Hawk F1) into square pots in the mini greenhouse. The first batch of squash seeds rotted in the compost as I kept them too wet, a lesson learnt for next time.

Plot Update

Plot 3 – New Sowings
I made 2nd sowings of Brussels Sprouts and 1st sowing of Cabbage Resolution. I’m having to sow cabbage (resolution savoy) in the beans plot 3 as there is no room in Plot 2 at the moment, when I harvest the spring cabbages in May there will be a row free to transplant these savoy cabbages into their rightful place. Planting the cabbages in Plot 3 is a bit of a gamble as it isn’t covered in netting, but I’m doing it as an experiment. We shall see how they get on.

Plot 3 Progress 05.04.09

Note: Just in case anyones wondering the sticks, rocks and pots in the picture of Plot 3 above are a cat deterrent!

Harvest

On the upside I managed to start picking some spring green leaves from the spring cabbages on Plot 3, its nice to be able to harvest something so early in the year.

Spring Greens Harvest

Master Plans

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