Potatoes, onion sets, broad beans, beetroot, carrots, kohl rahbi – all can now be planted
It’s currently warm weather and we’re in need of some rain. There’s been no frost for a couple of days and so hopefully we’ve seen the end of it, but just in case, don’t forget to protect delicate crops
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As it is still cold at night, be wary of planting anything into the ground.
Potatoes should be chitting well by now.
Potatoes
If your seed potatoes are large, you can split in two.
Check where the chits are, cut so some on both halves, dab each cut section in ash or salt to seal and so get two regular sized seed potatoes for one large!
Parsnips
Why parsnips go brown at the top?
Online research suggested it was a fungal infection caused by water logged soil. Still edible once brown(ed) areas cut out.
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Protect any tender crops by covering with fleece, mulch, or manure.
The birds are hungry and pigeons have been eating the tops out of plants – netting will help keep them away.
Now is the perfect time to get all the prep done on your plots for the start of the new growing season.