I was wondering that when things get back to normal what would be the last
date to sow pea, broad bean and potatoes?
I can buy plugs of the rest such a brassiccas and live without the rest.
Runner beans are still on the cill, I can deal with that. Tomatoes are sill
on the cill, ok with me.

I can't imagine a summer without broad beans and new potatoes.

Saying that, the lot of them might come good when the water has gone. What
are the chances of that? I am hoping to get a glimpse Sunday perhaps if it
doesn't rain too hard between now and then.

I just hope the fruit trees and bushes will be ok. They look ok.

Baz

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Baz wrote:

I was wondering that when things get back to normal what would be the last
date to sow pea, broad bean and potatoes?

Ages yet, though you wouldn't get much of a potato crop. Even here
(nominally in the south), this is not unusually late. Paradoxically,
the worst risk for late sowing is a hot spell before they have got
properly established.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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I was wondering that when things get back to normal what would be the
last date to sow pea, broad bean and potatoes?

Ages yet, though you wouldn't get much of a potato crop. Even here
(nominally in the south), this is not unusually late. Paradoxically,
the worst risk for late sowing is a hot spell before they have got
properly established.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Yes, Nick, just trying to think ahead thats all.
It will (I think) be weeks before my soil dries out enough to do anything
with.
I get your point with late, even autumn sowing of potatoes. Been there. Got
a small crop the first time. One of the reasons I got started with growing
vegetables.
I only hope that the fruit trees and bushes survive it all.

Thanks
Baz

On Apr 20, 5:29*pm, Baz wrote:
I was wondering that when things get back to normal what would be the last
date to sow pea, broad bean and potatoes?
I can buy plugs of the rest such a brassiccas and live without the rest.
Runner beans are still on the cill, I can deal with that. Tomatoes are sill
on the cill, ok with me.

I can't imagine a summer without broad beans and new potatoes.

Saying that, the lot of them might come good when the water has gone. What
are the chances of that? I am hoping to get a glimpse Sunday perhaps if it
doesn't rain too hard between now and then.

I just hope the fruit trees and bushes will be ok. They look ok.

Baz

You have plenty of time for everything.
Just think of the ancient Egyptians and the Nile. They did pretty good!

Peas usually say on the packet "successional sowings until July"
I've planted broad beans in late april before now. I haven't planted my dad's potatoes yet - I meant to, but it's been raining non stop for about a fortnight.

If the soil is still too soggy, you could always start in pots and then transplant - you can certainly do that with peas and broad beans.

My garden gets flooded to a depth of 6 inches several times a year, for about 24 hours at a time, but all my fruit trees and bushes are fine, despite what they say about apples not liking soggy ground.

"Baz" wrote in message
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I was wondering that when things get back to normal what would be the last
date to sow pea, broad bean and potatoes?
I can buy plugs of the rest such a brassiccas and live without the rest.
Runner beans are still on the cill, I can deal with that. Tomatoes are
sill
on the cill, ok with me.

I can't imagine a summer without broad beans and new potatoes.


AFAIK there are pea and broad bean plants available at garden centres.

You can buy pots of potatoes already growing from HomeBase (or at least you
could last year) but I wouldn't think this would help much with getting a
large crop.

It will brighten up eventually.

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[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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On 21/04/2012 09:59, David WE Roberts wrote:

"Baz" wrote in message
.. .
I was wondering that when things get back to normal what would be the
last
date to sow pea, broad bean and potatoes?
I can buy plugs of the rest such a brassiccas and live without the rest.
Runner beans are still on the cill, I can deal with that. Tomatoes are
sill
on the cill, ok with me.

I can't imagine a summer without broad beans and new potatoes.


AFAIK there are pea and broad bean plants available at garden centres.

You can buy pots of potatoes already growing from HomeBase (or at least
you could last year) but I wouldn't think this would help much with
getting a large crop.

It will brighten up eventually.

I am sure your fruit trees will survive, the question is will the
blossom survive and set? Last year was an exceptionally good year for fruit
So law of averages say this will be a bad one. I know frost at certain
times means that damsons, for example, some years often bear little fruit.

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Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire