"Christina Websell" wrote ...

Most of the seeds sulked and came up very slowly due to cold temperature
and too much rain. I m sharing this ground with my brother, and he is a
very anxious father. He got some fleece and covered pretty well everything
a few days ago for fear of frost.
He hasn't grown veggies before.

I think the beetroot, spinach, spring onions, potatoes, rocket, carrots and
stuff will be fine without a fleece, but it shows his determination to make
it work.

Remind you: My land - his work, we both buy seeds and share the harvest
this year.


I think your brother is being a bit overcautious, fleece just needs to be
used to keep the frost off plants that cant take it like potatoes. Spring
onions will tell you if you have White Rot in the soil, they are extremely
prone to it. Rocket we have never been able to grow successfully, it
germinates and then the slugs destroy it completely. The fleece may keep the
Carrot Fly off your crop so that is a positive.
May I suggest some Peas too.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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