"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"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.

Yes, I know - but I am not going to discourage him. We both have to travel
more than a mile to the paddock so to me, it shows his commitment.
Spring onions will tell you if you have White Rot in the soil, they are
extremely prone to it.

It's unlikely that there will be anything dire in the soil. It was a grass
paddock for my goats, and no veggies have been grown there sincve I bought
it, more tham 20 years ago.

Rocket we have never been able to grow successfully, it
germinates and then the slugs destroy it completely.

Rocket is doing OK probably because when we got the digger in there is no
vegetation nearby to shelter slugs and snails.

The fleece may keep the
Carrot Fly off your crop so that is a positive.
May I suggest some Peas too.

I have peas! I made newspaper pots for them and grew them at home, they
have leaves now, and already shooting roots out from the pots - so they will
need planting out soon.

Next is the beans. My grandfather always told me not to plant them before
the 8th of May. He was a superb gardener. It's still cold and rainy here
so I will wait until next week to see how the weather is, I also have french
beans to plant.
Tina