What I Did Today (Undercover)

[VirginVegGrower]

Citrox cleaned the polytunnel on its lower bits and enviromesh panels as green in places. Absolutely shattered.
Sown various Sarah Raven flower seed packs into trays. Can't remember names. Watered polytunnel. Moved all potted bulbs to greenhouse steps in sun. Trimmed up all herbs and brought them out of the polytunnel for the day. Actually got the roll ups "up" on the poly, it was so warm.
I like this weather - please stay.

[VirginVegGrower]

Seems a tad optimistic! Probably early April for me, they get too big very quickly to be indoors for long, and even with fleece I wouldn't put them out before late April up here.

Maybe late March then and if we have a heat wave

[VirginVegGrower]

Newton, the melon "Sweetheart" is mentioned in my book as an easy grower but it's F1. Not sure if you that's OK.

[Newton]

I'm going to try melons this year in the GH. Can anyone recommend a good variety for our lovely northern climate?

[SarzWix]

Being �ber busy in the back garden, I've not done anything in the tunnel for a few days, but called in earlier to harvest a bit of calabrese and was really struck by how much warmer it was than outside, and how much the over-wintered brassicas have grown I think this is the start of polytunnel Spring

[SarzWix]

Seems a tad optimistic! Probably early April for me, they get too big very quickly to be indoors for long, and even with fleece I wouldn't put them out before late April up here.

[VirginVegGrower]

OK hands up if you're thinking of sowing cukes or melons this month and if so, when? My polytunnel book suggests it

[Thelma Sanders]

Sowed a few pinches of seed of Long Red Florence onion and some Welsh onions in modules.

[VirginVegGrower]

Aired the poly and pottered between this and greenhouse. Trimmed herbs, sorted oca, noticed carrot and spring onion seedlings are up Stuck some onion sets in modules.

[Acanthus]

Planted out over wintered peas from their modules, also some small pak choi plants. Took all dead leaves off strawberries,and watered various salad leaves.

[VirginVegGrower]

I've just planted 4 Lady Christl (sp?) watered them in and covered with a wire/fleece cloche

Not sure about your broadies, aren't they supposed to be hardy? I think I'd fleece them if they'd been grown indoors, but not if they were germinated out there? Hmmmm. P'rhaps someone with more experience will be along soon...

I don't know either. Maybe I should move them off the beans and onto the potatoes. I hadn't even thought of that yet Think they show them covered in the polytunnel book and I normally cloche them at the lotty, because they get frost hit up there, so I copied the book

[SarzWix]

I've just planted 4 Lady Christl (sp?) watered them in and covered with a wire/fleece cloche

Not sure about your broadies, aren't they supposed to be hardy? I think I'd fleece them if they'd been grown indoors, but not if they were germinated out there? Hmmmm. P'rhaps someone with more experience will be along soon...

[VirginVegGrower]

Planted four seed potatoes of Red Duke of York. Here's hoping
Oh and the peas in guttering are through. Broad beans sown into poly have new growth, so have wrapped them up in blue pipe hoops and fleece. Have closed their ends with polycarbonate sheet. Is that the right thing to do?
I may put the coir pots of beetroot into the poly soil to grow there instead of planned Lotty. Then I could sow more in modules for later planting. March may not be as hot as last year

[VirginVegGrower]

Wish I could restrain myself I'll do that with my red DoY then. Cheers!

[SarzWix]

I'm putting a few in a bed; the gurus reckon they'll be out by the end of April, in time to get cucs and toms in, but also some in big pots that I can move outside later. I've been quite restrained with my seed potatoes this year, for a change!