10 Mar - Sowing Brassicas & A Cucumber

Time to sow some brassicas today. The first to go into some cells in the greenhouse are some Primo II Summer cabbages. I sowed liberally as I'm not too sure what the germination rate will be given that the seed is a few years old, still, brassicas seem to do OK with old seed.

This year I'm trying Cauliflower for the first time. These are supposed to be rather hard to grow successfully but hey, I'm up for the challenge. I'm going for Autumn Giant and hope to get a few heads by the end of the season, we'll wait and see on that one though. (The leeks sown on 26th Feb are doing well and can be seen in the background in the next picture).

I've also sown some Kohl Rabi, 'White Vienna', an interesting vegetable that can be eaten raw in a salad or cooked. I lost most of mine last year to pigeons having forgotten that they were from the brassica family and should have been protected by nets. The Brussels Sprouts, Trafalgar F1, also went into cells and hopefully this is the start of a long growing season for them.

I sowed a few Marketmore cucumber seeds in a couple of pots too - to be honest, two plants will be enough so I will thin them down to one to a pot.

Bye for now.