Sowing too early??

[Jenny Green]

Mmmmmmmm theres a thought indeed Mole!
JB.

Don't get us started down that route!

[Johnboy]

Mmmmmmmm there's another thought indeed Jenny!
JB.

[George Gray]

Well I must agree that sowing to early is not worth the risk. At most you gain a week or two and the worst case scenario is a total wipeout. Birmingham may be positively tropical compared to North East Scotland but last year we had a sharp frost in Mid May! Because I only put my early spuds om the allotment in Mid April they were only peeping above the ground so only got a bit of damage. The early birds had all the tops of the spuds wiped out and some optimists had even put in runner bean plants in early May and had to replace them!1

[fish]

luckily i have the most amazing soil,but last year i used some sulphate of amonia on my applicable crops,and increased my yeild CONSIDERABLY!remember the pic of my show winning cabbages?

[alan refail]

Before you all start chucking Sulphate of Ammonia on your crops, have a read (from one of the manufacturers)

http://www.gardenhealth.com/msds/straights/ammonia.pdf

Alan

[George Gray]

Yes you do have to treat it with care (Im a clinical biochemist!) and certainly avoid dust inhalation or contact with the eyes.
On our allotments we use it as an antislug device for potatoes. We are plagued with slugs on our clay soil and the allotmenteers have discovered that a liberal application on planting deters the slugs and feeds as well.

[fish]

having read the link ,i think its safer than a lot of houshold chemicles we use every day!