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Was wondering if I could start off broad beans (being relatively hardy) in the propagator and then get them into the polytunnel under plastic bottles in March. This would be two months ahead of my usual planting time. Presumably it is temp and daylight which prompts growth when coming out of the winter, but I wonder when ?
At the moment we have daylight from 8 am to 4.30 pm but once we get to the middle of Feb it really seems to pull out quite fast (we have to get to 24 hours daylight by mid June). Temp at the moment is about 3 - 6 degrees and only dropping to about 1 at night, so not much difference between day and night temps. (Although we have had snow this week!) We won't start warming up until end April/May, so I don't normally start any of my seeds off until beginning of May.
This winter the lettuce has grown slowly, but the swiss chard has kept bringing on new shoots and the leeks are bulking up, so the polytunnel is getting some warmth and daylight.
Any thoughts ?
At the moment we have daylight from 8 am to 4.30 pm but once we get to the middle of Feb it really seems to pull out quite fast (we have to get to 24 hours daylight by mid June). Temp at the moment is about 3 - 6 degrees and only dropping to about 1 at night, so not much difference between day and night temps. (Although we have had snow this week!) We won't start warming up until end April/May, so I don't normally start any of my seeds off until beginning of May.
This winter the lettuce has grown slowly, but the swiss chard has kept bringing on new shoots and the leeks are bulking up, so the polytunnel is getting some warmth and daylight.
Any thoughts ?
- just need to know why we tried to put maggots into the gas outlets for the bunsen burners
...oh...maybe I was just bored/hungover???)
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