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My autumn sown (in Sep) Spring Greens (Vanguard) are still tiny (2-3" 
) and I can't imagine they'll be ready for harvesting by March as the guide period on the seeds packet. This can't be right, obviously my Spring Greens is such a total disaster that one would have to let it grow until May for a decent size harvest. They're outside in the veggie bed, unprotected and have survived the frost but growing at a glacial rate. Are you supposed to grow/overwinter them under cover 
? If it helps I could cover them with fleece to kickstart a growth spurt.
) and I can't imagine they'll be ready for harvesting by March as the guide period on the seeds packet. This can't be right, obviously my Spring Greens is such a total disaster that one would have to let it grow until May for a decent size harvest. They're outside in the veggie bed, unprotected and have survived the frost but growing at a glacial rate. Are you supposed to grow/overwinter them under cover ? If it helps I could cover them with fleece to kickstart a growth spurt.
(sounds like a lost cause that went with butternut last year). I hope I can learn something this year to be able to eat something in Winter/Spring next year. It seems to me that you really need to start growing from May/June onwards to eat in the following year. It may be a good idea to get your veggie to be as big as you can possibly get them to be but then you have the added worries of 'housing' or 'containing them in your garden which is another task 
).
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