Too late for spring greens?
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Dear Monika, i sow my second lot of spring greens in the second week of August, so you should be alright. 
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.
Hi Monika
I only sowed my Durham Early a few days ago in N. Scotland - so there had better be time! I've done them in modules in a greenhouse and the tiny seedlings are just showing. A couple of years ago I sowed too early in seed beds and had huge plants by October - far too big. Last year I just thinned the plants in the seed bed and covered with fleece - OK by mid to late April. Normally I grow them in the tunnel which has now been re-located after a year out of action. That's where they will go and should be by Easter at the latest.
Good to get back to the Forum after some virus wiped the hard drive!
Chris
I only sowed my Durham Early a few days ago in N. Scotland - so there had better be time! I've done them in modules in a greenhouse and the tiny seedlings are just showing. A couple of years ago I sowed too early in seed beds and had huge plants by October - far too big. Last year I just thinned the plants in the seed bed and covered with fleece - OK by mid to late April. Normally I grow them in the tunnel which has now been re-located after a year out of action. That's where they will go and should be by Easter at the latest.
Good to get back to the Forum after some virus wiped the hard drive!
Chris
Chris
Hello Monika
I'd say that over the next couple of weeks is the right time for sowing your spring greens unless you live in the far North, when you might be a little late. Its always best with these to sow later rather than too early. Early sowings will make too much growth before the cold days of Winter and are then likely to bolt in the Spring.
I grow a few of the traditional spring cabbage types but I've found 'Pyramid F1' an excellent alternative.
This seems to be an all-year-round variety that can be sown from March right up until September. If grown at close spacing (say 6in x 6in) it will give greens and double this spacing will give pointed heart-type cabbage. The later sowings will give greens through the Winter and into the following Spring. I've never had any bolting problems with it.
It is a great treat as source of greens for my hens during the Winter.
John
I'd say that over the next couple of weeks is the right time for sowing your spring greens unless you live in the far North, when you might be a little late. Its always best with these to sow later rather than too early. Early sowings will make too much growth before the cold days of Winter and are then likely to bolt in the Spring.
I grow a few of the traditional spring cabbage types but I've found 'Pyramid F1' an excellent alternative.
This seems to be an all-year-round variety that can be sown from March right up until September. If grown at close spacing (say 6in x 6in) it will give greens and double this spacing will give pointed heart-type cabbage. The later sowings will give greens through the Winter and into the following Spring. I've never had any bolting problems with it.
It is a great treat as source of greens for my hens during the Winter.
John