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By: Potting Plants » Blog Archive » Thinning my Winter Lettuce

Potting Plants » Blog Archive » Thinning my Winter Lettuce — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:15:38 +0000

[...] three weeks ago I posted this photo of my coldframe brimming with over-Wintering Lettuce. Since then the Lettuce has continued to grow, albeit slowly. [...]

By: My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » Thinning my Winter Lettuce

My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » Thinning my Winter Lettuce — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:11:58 +0000

[...] three weeks ago I posted this photo of my coldframe brimming with over-Wintering Lettuce. Since then the Lettuce has continued to grow, albeit slowly. [...]

By: ines

ines — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:21:18 +0000

Hey Gillian, thank you for your encouraging pictures, after seeing the progress in your cold frame I’ve decided to be brave and seed into the ground (in my polytunnel), I hope it’s ok with you, that i link to this post from my site.

may 2010 be filled with happy vegetable gardening and lots of good home grown.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:58:34 +0000

Aha! My caulis look like yours so I’m really pleased about that. I sowed my broad beans outdoors on the plot in October and although most look ok some have taken a battering with the very cold winter so I am going to drop some seeds in the spaces and see what happens. I couldn’t get my winter lettuce to do anything except shiver so I gave up on those. My early spuds have been chitting since December by the kitchen window in the light and cool, and will be going out on the plot next month. I am optimistic that it’s going to warm up a bit by then! My spring cabbages were put out in October and they’re looking healthy. I covered them with a net tunnel just to keep the snow and pigeons off. The sun’s out here in the WestCountry so I’m off to the compost bin to see how that’s coming on.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:10:49 +0000

Last year was a fiasco with 400 broad beans sown in 4 attempts. The final attempt was to plant individually in modules on the garage window cill in early April, and leaving them for three weeks.

I went a different route this year. I soaked them overnight in water and then chucked them in a freezer bag indoors on 24th Jan with some compost. One week later showed most had taken with good shoots and roots so transplanted on 30th. Checking them today shows most are showing nicely in the mini greenhouse in modules so by the time they’re ready to go out in a few weeks they’ll have a much better chance!

I might try the same route later since I had similar problems getting French Beans to germinate.

Regards,

Richard

By: elizabethm

elizabethm — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:03:21 +0000

I sowed some broad beans a couple of weeks ago in pots in the cold greenhouse but no sign of life yet. Mind you, it has been truly cold up here!

By: Megs

Megs — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:59:15 +0000

We’re still buried under about 4 feet of snow. haha.

We’re building a coldframe this year with our old windows since we’re replacing a few for more efficient ones. Can’t wait to see how yours works out this year!

By: maureen

maureen — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:57:37 +0000

I would love a cold frame. I keep saying I will make one, just a wooden box frame is needed as someone gave me two double glazed windows that I could just pop on top. (note to self, get it done !!!!) The amazing thing about broad beans is that they germinate quite quickly. I moved my little onion seedlings on into bigger trays today, I had more than I thought. They should be nice and sturdy by the time they go into the ground.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:16:15 +0000

I don’t have a coldframe, but sowed my first batch of seeds at the weekend which are in the propagator on the windowsill.

By: scented sweetpeas

scented sweetpeas — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:39:47 +0000

oh my goodness all you allotment/veggie patch bloggers are so organised! I am still only at the doodling allotment designs and ordering seeds stage – eeek.