Late planting
May. 9th, 2012 04:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
supermouseAfter a slump in energy and spirits, I've finally sown all the seeds which were left over from 27th April, as well as done a few other jobs. So, Giant Yellow Sunflowers are in the garden again, as well as Lupins and Sweet Williams. In the greenhouse, I have sown Leaf Beet and Spinach in the same container as the Giant Green Mustard. The plan is to harvest leaves as they arrive, so the fact they're crowded shouldn't matter.
I have 10 sown Autumn Mammoth Leeks and 12 Elefant Leeks, since, of the Autumn Mammoth Leeks I put outside to die in the winter, two are *still* alive. I sowed more Asparagus Peas to make up for the mixup earlier in the year - it's late for them, but they should cope.
My White Lisbon Spring Onions are doing very well indeed and want but a couple of weeks to harvest the first three. I planted out the spare Arcoat Turnips, as they're all fine big plants and I have nowhere in the greenhouse to plant them to. I suspect they'll be eaten, but they're spares anyway. If they actually survive, any turnips I get will be a bonus. Since the garden is so voraciously pest-ridden, and since I can't do much about it until I can rearrange the beds in November (and even then, slugs are *always* going to be numerous as we're very wet here), I've kept some turnips inside to mature.
*All* my Watercress plants got eaten to the ground, but a few are coming back. I'm inclined to try again, but this time in a trough container, and to plant them out when they're in danger of being potbound. My sugar snap peas are doing variably well. Some are vanished, and some are now a foot tall.
My special wet-climate Garlic is thriving, as is the Catnip I planted outside. There are probably other plants I've sown or planted and forgotten about - it's been a busy couple of hours.
I have 10 sown Autumn Mammoth Leeks and 12 Elefant Leeks, since, of the Autumn Mammoth Leeks I put outside to die in the winter, two are *still* alive. I sowed more Asparagus Peas to make up for the mixup earlier in the year - it's late for them, but they should cope.
My White Lisbon Spring Onions are doing very well indeed and want but a couple of weeks to harvest the first three. I planted out the spare Arcoat Turnips, as they're all fine big plants and I have nowhere in the greenhouse to plant them to. I suspect they'll be eaten, but they're spares anyway. If they actually survive, any turnips I get will be a bonus. Since the garden is so voraciously pest-ridden, and since I can't do much about it until I can rearrange the beds in November (and even then, slugs are *always* going to be numerous as we're very wet here), I've kept some turnips inside to mature.
*All* my Watercress plants got eaten to the ground, but a few are coming back. I'm inclined to try again, but this time in a trough container, and to plant them out when they're in danger of being potbound. My sugar snap peas are doing variably well. Some are vanished, and some are now a foot tall.
My special wet-climate Garlic is thriving, as is the Catnip I planted outside. There are probably other plants I've sown or planted and forgotten about - it's been a busy couple of hours.
