March 2017 Sowings and Planting
Shallots & Leeks
Broad Beans
Onion Sets
Potatoes
The Complete Picture at the End of March
| Date Sown | Date Germination | Days | Seeds Sown | Variety | Location | Comments | ||
| 13-Jan-17 | not applicable | Rubus occidentalis | Black Raspberry | Greenhouse | Arrived from marshalls and potted into larger
container until it can be planted outside. Moved to cold frame 29 March |
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| 18-Feb-17 | not applicable | Sarcococca hookeriana | Purple Stem | Garden | Bought at Hodsock Priory | |||
| 02-Mar-17 | 14-Mar-17 | 12 | Broad Beans | Witkiem Manita | Greenhouse | Sown in plugs of 15 per standard size seed tray.
Minimum 2 seeds per cell. Moved to cold frame on 28 March |
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| 02-Mar-17 | 17-Mar-17 | 15 | Leeks | Below zero | Greenhouse | Sown in plugs of 40 per standard size seed tray. Minimum 2 seeds per cell. | ||
| 02-Mar-17 | 17-Mar-17 | 15 | Leeks | Blue Solaise | Greenhouse | Sown in plugs of 40 per standard size seed tray. Minimum 2 seeds per cell. | ||
| 02-Mar-17 | 17-Mar-17 | 15 | Leeks | Giant Winter | Greenhouse | Sown in plugs of 40 per standard size seed tray. Minimum 2 seeds per cell | ||
| 02-Mar-17 | 17-Mar-17 | 15 | Onions | Red Karmen | Greenhouse | Sets planted in trays of 24 cells and left in
greenhouse. Moved to cold frame on 28 March |
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| 02-Mar-17 | 14-Mar-17 | 12 | Onions | Rumba | Greenhouse | Sets planted in trays of
24 cells and left in greenhouse.
Moved to cold frame on 28 March |
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| 02-Mar-17 | 14-Mar-17 | 12 | Onions | Sturon | Greenhouse | Sets planted in trays of 24 cells and left in
greenhouse. Moved to cold frame on 28 March |
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| 02-Mar-17 | 14-Mar-17 | 12 | Onions | Stuttgart | Greenhouse | Sets planted in trays of 24 cells and left in greenhouse. Moved to cold frame on 28 March | ||
| 02-Mar-17 | 21-Mar-17 | 19 | Potatoes | Casablanca | Greenhouse | Planted in purpose made bag for early crop | ||
| 02-Mar-17 | not applicable | Shallots | Golden Gourmet | Greenhouse | Sets planted in trays of
15 cells and left in greenhouse.
Moved to cold frame on 28 March |
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| 02-Mar-17 | not applicable | Shallots | Red Sun | Greenhouse | Sets planted in trays of 15 cells and left in
greenhouse. Moved to cold frame on 28 March |
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| 04-Mar-17 | not applicable | Potatoes | Casablanca | Plot Greenhouse | Planted up 2 no grow pots with 3 tubers in each | |||
| 06-Mar-17 | not applicable | Viola | Orange Jump Up | Planter | Bought 6 plants from Horticentre | |||
| 28-Jul-16 | 07-Aug-16 | 10 | Sweet Williams | Auricula Eyed Mixed | Coldframe | Planted out into plot on 11 March 2017. These plants had survived in our cold frame over winter | ||
| 14-Mar-17 | 20-Mar-17 | 06 | Lettuce | Red & Green Salad Bowl | Greenhouse | Sown in half module of 40 cells with Tom Thumb | ||
| 14-Mar-17 | 20-Mar-17 | 06 | Lettuce | Tom Thumb | Greenhouse | Sown in half module of 40 cells with Salad Bowl | ||
| 14-Mar-17 | not applicable | Violas | Citrus Mixed | Planter | Bought 6 plants from Carr Gate Garden Centre | |||
| 21-Mar-17 | Dahlia | Babette | Greenhouse | Bought at Victoria Garden Centre | ||||
| 21-Mar-17 | Dahlia | Franz Kafka | Greenhouse | Bought at Victoria Garden Centre | ||||
| 21-Mar-17 | Dahlia | Mediterannee | Greenhouse | Bought at Victoria Garden Centre | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Candy King | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Ethel Grace | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Frolic | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Gwendoline | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Karen Louise | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Midnight | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Millennium | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Royal Wedding | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Skywalker | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 23-Mar-17 | Sweet Pea | Windsor | Greenhouse | Each variety sown in 9 cells of 15 module tray | ||||
| 25-Mar-17 | not applicable | Cabbage | Regency | Greenhouse | First 5 plants received from DT Brown and potted on | |||
| 25-Mar-17 | not applicable | Calabrese | Aquiles | Greenhouse | First 5 plants received from DT Brown and potted on | |||
| 25-Mar-17 | not applicable | Cauliflower | Helsinki | Greenhouse | First 5 plants received from DT Brown and potted on | |||
| 26-Mar-17 | not applicable | Cabbage | Regency | Greenhouse | 10 plants received from DT Brown and potted on | |||
| 26-Mar-17 | not applicable | Calabrese | Aquiles | Greenhouse | 10 plants received from DT Brown and potted on | |||
| 26-Mar-17 | not applicable | Cauliflower | Helsinki | Greenhouse | 10 plants received from DT Brown and potted on |