Vegetable Seeds to Sow Outdoors in February & March

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Tracey in Grow Veg

Spring will be arriving soon (hopefully) but until then if your itching to get seed sowing there are plenty of vegetables that can be started off outdoors in the ground under cloches. If your location is experiencing periods of prolonged rain or snow it maybe worth holding off until March.

The last frost date in the UK varies depending on location but it is usually at the end of April, so keep your cloches on young seedlings until then to prevent seedling losses to frost.

Outdoors (under cloches)

Broad Beans

1. Broad Beans
There’s lots of varieties to choose from if your sowing Spring growing broad beans including Aquadulce Claudia, Bunyards Exhibition, Crimson flowered, Imperial Green Longpod, The Sutton, Witkiem and new pink bean variety – Karmazyn.

Sow: February to March
Ready To Harvest: June to July
Broad Bean Related Posts: Discover Broad Beans

Carrot Harvest

2. Carrots
Start off early or baby carrots outdoors under cloches or in pots in a greenhouse/mini greenhouse.

Sow: February to August
Harvest: June to February
Varieties include: Amsterdam forcing, Autumn king 2, Katrin and most popular Early Nantes.

Carrot Related Posts:
The Carrot Saga Continues….

Parsnip Harvest

3. Parsnips

Parsnips take a long time to grow but are well worth the wait. Sow outdoors under cloches in a spot that won’t be disturbed until October for their harvest.

Sow: February to April
Harvest: October to February
Varieties include: Albion F1, Gladiator F1, Tender and True, White Gem, Pinnacle F1.

Peas

4. Peas

Start off some early seeds to guarantee yourself some peas to shell in May to June.

Sow: February and March
Harvest: May to June
Varieties: Kelvedon Wonder and Avola.

Jerusalem Artichoke

5. Jerusalem Artichokes

Plant the odd shaped tubers in the ground as you would do with potatoes.

Watch out as the foliage can grow up to 2 and a half metres high!

Plant: February and March
Harvest: October to March
Varieties: Fuseau from Dobies, Common from Marshalls.

Strawberry Temptation F1

6. Wild Strawberries

Have you tried growing strawberries from seed? why not give it ago and get wild strawberries growing in your garden year after year.

Sow: January to March
Harvest: July to August

Varieties: Sarian F1, White Strawberry – White Soul, Regina.

Radish - Scarlet Globe Harvest

7. Radish

One of the easiest and quickest vegetable to grow. Try starting some off in pots or in raised beds.

Sow: February to September
Harvest: May to October
Varieties: French Breakfast, Scarlet Globe, Sparkler, Viola, Pink Beauty, Ziata.

Radish Related Posts:
Radish Harvest – Delicious!

Spring Onion - Paris

8. Salad or Spring Onions

If you want some early onions in your summer salad, spring onions are the way to go! They don’t take up too much space and can grow alongside your carrots to prevent carrot fly (they don’t like the onion smell).

Sow: February to June
Harvest: June to October
Varieties: White Lisbon, Ramrod, Crimson Red, Purplette, Paris Silverskin.

Spring Onion Related Posts:
Growing Spring Onions

Other Vegetables to Sow under cloches outdoors, in a polytunnel or greenhouse:-

• Spinach,
• Lettuce,
• Rocket.

Other Posts in the Vegetable Seeds to Sow Series:

• Vegetable Seeds to Sow Outdoors in February and March
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in May
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in June
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in August
• Vegetable Seeds To Sow and Sets To Buy in September
• Vegetable Seeds To Sow in October
• Vegetable Seeds to Sow and Bulbs to Plant in November

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