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Hi guys,
I've been doing some work on the school veg patch today and need some advice about what I can plant in some vacant spaces.
The school was lucky enough to get a grant to build some raised beds (RBs) and before half term I planted these up as follows:
1/2 bed 1 with donated Parsnip seedlings;
all of bed 2 with King Ed chitted potatoes;
1/2 bed 3 with either turnip or swede - not sure which as these were also donated seedlings and there wasn't a label but they look more like turnip than swede. Hoping donater can clarify;
These first 3 RBs are about 1 ft deep and the following 3 RBs are only about 6 inches deep but but all were built on top of the original veg patch so, in theory, the roots can go down further.
bed 4 has courgettes;
3/4 bed 5 has runner beans I believe (again kindly donated but no label); and
bed 6 is currently empty.
Today, I've weeded all the beds and:
sown 3 rows of carrot seeds alongside the parsnips;
planted cauliflower seedlings (donated by another parent) in with the turnips; and
Planted 2 pumpkins in with the courgettes.
I've tried to keep family types together for crop rotation purposes ie: next year tatties will move to bed 1, brassicas to bed 2 and roots to bed 3 (as these all require good depth of soil) beans to bed 6, courgetes/squash to be 5 and whatever to bed 4.
Anyway, it's bed 6 I'm flumoxed over at the moment. One of the parents may have some spare leeks for that bed but, just in case I'm thinking contingency. So, if I sow some sweetcorn in pots and put them in the schools new polytunnel, they'll probably be ready for planting out in 4 weeks or so but will they be ready, do you think, for ripening? I know I'm pushing it in terms of first frosts but I hate to see a perfectly good bed standing empty if it could be productive
The beds have no netting available to them, so salads aren't really an option I don't think. The soil which has been donated by the local potato/pea farmers, hasn't been enriched, as far as I know, as it's literally just gone in the beds the week before half term, so I'm looking for something to grow that will flourish in heavy, clay like soil. Roll on manure digging in time
As always any suggestions/advice gratefully recieved.
Regards
Reet
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I've been doing some work on the school veg patch today and need some advice about what I can plant in some vacant spaces.
The school was lucky enough to get a grant to build some raised beds (RBs) and before half term I planted these up as follows:
1/2 bed 1 with donated Parsnip seedlings;
all of bed 2 with King Ed chitted potatoes;
1/2 bed 3 with either turnip or swede - not sure which as these were also donated seedlings and there wasn't a label but they look more like turnip than swede. Hoping donater can clarify;
These first 3 RBs are about 1 ft deep and the following 3 RBs are only about 6 inches deep but but all were built on top of the original veg patch so, in theory, the roots can go down further.
bed 4 has courgettes;
3/4 bed 5 has runner beans I believe (again kindly donated but no label); and
bed 6 is currently empty.
Today, I've weeded all the beds and:
sown 3 rows of carrot seeds alongside the parsnips;
planted cauliflower seedlings (donated by another parent) in with the turnips; and
Planted 2 pumpkins in with the courgettes.
I've tried to keep family types together for crop rotation purposes ie: next year tatties will move to bed 1, brassicas to bed 2 and roots to bed 3 (as these all require good depth of soil) beans to bed 6, courgetes/squash to be 5 and whatever to bed 4.
Anyway, it's bed 6 I'm flumoxed over at the moment. One of the parents may have some spare leeks for that bed but, just in case I'm thinking contingency. So, if I sow some sweetcorn in pots and put them in the schools new polytunnel, they'll probably be ready for planting out in 4 weeks or so but will they be ready, do you think, for ripening? I know I'm pushing it in terms of first frosts but I hate to see a perfectly good bed standing empty if it could be productive
The beds have no netting available to them, so salads aren't really an option I don't think. The soil which has been donated by the local potato/pea farmers, hasn't been enriched, as far as I know, as it's literally just gone in the beds the week before half term, so I'm looking for something to grow that will flourish in heavy, clay like soil. Roll on manure digging in time
As always any suggestions/advice gratefully recieved.
Regards
Reet
x
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