Winter Vegetable Seedlings Progress Report
Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by Tracey in My Veg Plot
Its been 9 weeks now, so lets check up on how my Winter Vegetable Seedlings are growing…
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- Caterpillar Damage
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- Winter Veg – 4 Wks Growth
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- Winter Veg – 9 Wks Growth
As you can see my winter vegetable plants in this plot are growing very well. Unfortunately a few pests have moved in my other plot of winter seedlings of Kale, Cabbage and Mustard Greens, my mustard greens have been decimated by tiny green and brown caterpillars and my japanese kale destroyed by baby slugs. Meanwhile my spring pointy cabbage has so far survived. Fingers crossed!
Winter Seeds Profile:
Seeds Sown:
- Spring Pointy Cabbage – Precoce de Louviers
- Mustard Greens – Green Wave
- Japanese Kale – Komatsuna
- Mustard Greens – Osaka Purple
- Carrot – Giant Red
- Fennel – Colossale
- Pak Choi – Green Boy
- Salad Endive – Bianca Riccia da Taglio
Date Seeds Sown: 30 August 2009
Plot Description: 5 ft x 4ft raised wooden bed with Enviromesh Cloche.
Seedlings Thinned: After 4 weeks and again after 9 weeks.
Pests and Diseases: Caterpillars and Slugs.
Please see below or click here to view my photo flipbook which shows my Winter Vegetable Seedlings progress after 9 weeks.
iGrowVeg How To Grow Veg Guides associated with this post:
- Growing Pak Choi
- Growing Mustard Greens
- Growing Salad Endive
- Growing Winter Lettuce
- Growing Winter Spinach
Winter Vegetable Posts:
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I'm an avid vegetable grower, writer and tweeter. I aim to show that anyone can grow their own vegetables at home on a windowsill, in pots or raised beds.
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Sylvana
01. Nov, 2009
These are great seedlings. Will these last through the winter?
Tracey
01. Nov, 2009
Hi Sylvana,
The Pak Choi, Fennel and Endive I expect to harvest November to December and the carrots will survive the winter to be harvested next year. Hopefully I won’t get any more trouble with slugs and caterpillars (fingers crossed) and my spring cabbage plants should last through winter and give me some leaves to harvest in May-June.
Thanks
Tracey
Sarah Knowles
02. Nov, 2009
Sorry to hear about the untimely demise of your mustard and Japanese kale :-/ Some of mine has suffered a similar fate, but am hoping the remainder will keep going…
Next week I’m sowing garlic and broad beans and I’m really excited about that… yes I know I’m sad!
Sarah
MsMarieH
06. Jun, 2010
Great pictures. Thank you for sharing the progress of your seedlings.