Just a quick post for the start of April, I'll add a bit more in a day or two. The first thing is that I have sown my Gladiator F1 parsnips. My method for planting on my stony-clay soil is to bar them in. I turn over the ground as normal, lightly tread it down then drive a metal bar into the ground and move it in circles to make a conical hole around 2ft deep.
I make up a large bucket of multipurpose compost and builders sand mixed together and then add the mix to the holes. Around 8 to 10 parsnip seeds are sown at each station, watered and are thinned down over the weeks to one strong plant. The results are very good indeed with some very large parsnips by the Winter months.
The brassicas have been thinned down to one strong plant per cell as they all now have 'true' leaves; I've got Bosworth F1 sprouts, Primo II cabbage and both Dwarf Curly and Nero di Toscana kale. There's also a tray of Lazio F1 spinach. All is moving along nicely.
My experiment with growing decent sized carrots in a barrel has kicked off. I prepared the barrel a few months back with sandy multipurpose compost and sowed the the wonderful 'Sweet Candle' about a fortnight ago. I covered the barrel with a scrap piece of perspex to give the seeds a bit of warmth. I quick check today and most of the seeds have germinated, I've certainly got at least one at each station. I must remember to water them now!
That's it for this post. See you soon.
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