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I've been growing at home for years. I did have an allotment plot a few years ago but had to give it up due to bad health and work.
After a loooooooooong wait, I finally got a new full size plot mid-March - 4 big beds clear, ready for planting, but nothing to plant (except spuds)
I sowed hundreds of seeds but very few sprouted - out of 54 sweetcorn, I got 8 - out of 24 tomatoes, I got 3 - brassicas did sprout, but they all promptly died - I got a handful of courgettes etc - I planted all these at home with a row of runner beans (should have had 3 rows) - all this fills an 8x8 bed at home
I did manage to plant out some spuds on the plot - I also spent ages digging out dandelions and managed to sow a few rows of carrots - I've sown leeks at home, ready to replace the spuds on the plot and they're doing nicely
I can't be on the plot every day - anything that needs picking regularly will be grown at home (beans etc), while the plot is for things that take a lot longer and (hopefully) less maintenance (brassicas etc)
So my summer crops were a dismal failure - I've sown some PSB and cauliflower to grow over winter - still small seedlings (up to 4in high) so not ready to plant out yet
What else can I sow / plant now?
Or is it a case of waiting for late autumn to plant onions / garlic / broad beans etc?
After a loooooooooong wait, I finally got a new full size plot mid-March - 4 big beds clear, ready for planting, but nothing to plant (except spuds)
I sowed hundreds of seeds but very few sprouted - out of 54 sweetcorn, I got 8 - out of 24 tomatoes, I got 3 - brassicas did sprout, but they all promptly died - I got a handful of courgettes etc - I planted all these at home with a row of runner beans (should have had 3 rows) - all this fills an 8x8 bed at home
I did manage to plant out some spuds on the plot - I also spent ages digging out dandelions and managed to sow a few rows of carrots - I've sown leeks at home, ready to replace the spuds on the plot and they're doing nicely
I can't be on the plot every day - anything that needs picking regularly will be grown at home (beans etc), while the plot is for things that take a lot longer and (hopefully) less maintenance (brassicas etc)
So my summer crops were a dismal failure - I've sown some PSB and cauliflower to grow over winter - still small seedlings (up to 4in high) so not ready to plant out yet
What else can I sow / plant now?
Or is it a case of waiting for late autumn to plant onions / garlic / broad beans etc?
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