Vegetables 2008

Unfortunately, I haven’t kept track of everything and there are omissions. Updated 9th November

Carrots – overall, not a great success, though we did manage to harvest some carrots that weren’t riddled with root fly.

• Early Scarlet Horn. Sown 30th March in newspaper seed tapes. No sign of germination (27/4)
• Amsterdam Forcing seed tapes sown 1st March. FAILED
• Early Nantes. Sown 16th March in newspaper seed tapes (with Ramrod spring onions). No sign of germination (27/4). Something from seed tape germinated by 1st May. Not sure if carrot or spring onion.
• Amsterdam Forcing. Sown 5th April. Possible seedlings spotted 27/4.
• Chantenay. Sown 21st April.
• Chantenay. Sown 27th April.
• Early Nantes. Sown 27th April.
• Amsterdam Forcing. Sown 27th April.
• Flakkee. Sown 27th April.
• ?. Sown 21st April.

Beetroot & beet – Beetroot did remarkably well. Still left most in the ground. Borscht – trying various recipes, but yet to try one with fermented beetroot.

• Boltardy. Sown 17th March.
• Ukranian. Sown 5th April. Some germination by 27/4.
• Egyptian Turnip Rooted. Sown 5th April. Some germination by 27/4.
• Boltardy. Sown 27th April.
• Detroit Globe. Sown 27th April.
• Ukranian (saved seed). Sown 27th April.
• Leaf beet. Sown 30th March. Seedlings noticed 1st May. – BOLTED
• Various beetroot sown early  July.

Turnip – ok.

• Purple Top Milan. Sown 30th March. Some germinated by 27/4. Turnips decent size.

Broad Beans – reasonable, freezing loads. Also, very little chocolate spot.

• Jubilee Hysor. Sown autumn 2007. In flower from before 27/4. Pods seen 10th May. Harvested.
• Aquadulce Claudia. Sown autumn 2007. In flower before 27/4. Pods seen 10th May. Harvested.
• Witkiem. Sown 1st March. Germination by 30th March. Harvested.
• Aquadulce Claudia. Sown 1st March (in “overwintered” gaps). Germination by 30th March. Harvested
• Witkiem. Sown 30th March. Almost full germination by 27th April. Harvested.
• Witkiem Manita. Sown 30th March. Almost full germination by 27th April. Harvested.
• Vectra. Sown 21st April. Coming up before 11th May.

Peas – later sowings didn’t do all that well. Was really impressed with Prince of Prussia, even quite mature there was a lot of sweetness. Saved seed from this for next year.

• ? sown Autumn 2007. Failed.
• Feltham First. Sown 1st March. Germination by 30th March.
• Hurst Greenshaft (? peas supplied by Alan Romans at Potato Day). Sown 17th March. Growing nicely 27th April.
• Cavalier. Sown 30th March. Seedlings noticed by 1st May.
• Kent Blue. 10 seeds modular sown 11th May.
• Prince of Prussia (HSL). 80 seeds modular sown 11th May.
• Waverex. Sowed direct on allotment on 10th May.

French Beans – reasonable, though we didn’t really get round to picking them fresh. Saving seed for casseroles and for sowing again next year.

• Early Warwick (Dwarf FB). 10 seeds sown on 11th May.
• Magpie (Dwarf FB). 10 seeds sown on 11th May.
• Coco Bicolor (Climbing FB). 24 saved seeds sown on 11th May.

Spinach – early sowings were good but then bolted. 

• Medania. Sown direct 17th March. Some germination by 1st May.
• Medania. Module sown 2nd March. Germination started 12th March. 12 transplanted 27th April.
• Bordeaux. Sown direct 30th March. Germination started 11th April.
• Bordeaux. Module sown 2nd March. Germination started 12th March. 12 transplanted 27th April.
• Harvested some spinach but most had bolted.

Onions

• Bedfordshire Champion. 36 sown 17th January. Germination started 3rd February. 17 onions planted out 30th March
• Hercules. 22 sets planted 30th March.
• Red Karmen. Sets planted 16th March.
• White Lisbon. Sown 12th April.
• Walla Walla. Sown 5th April.
• Ramrod. Newspaper seed tapes (with Early Nantes carrots) sown 16th March. No sign of germination.

Parsnips – 2 parsnips! 

• Turga. Newspaper seed tapes (with Short Top Forcing radish) sown 16th March. No sign of germination 27/4. FAILED
• Turga. Sown 21st April. We have 2 parsnips growing, out of a whole packet.

Radish – grew well, mainly as row markers and got eaten by molluscs, ..

• Either Short Top Forcing or Sparkler. Sown 30th March. Germination started by 11th April. One radish harvested 10th May.
• Short Top Forcing. Newspaper seed tapes (with Turga parsnips) sown 16th March. Some germination noticed by 1st May.

Cabbage – couple of decent ones harvested. 

• Primo Golden Acre. Sown 2nd March. Germination by 14th March.3 plants transplanted 27th April. One cabbage harvested 10th August.
• Kalibos. Sown 2nd March. 3 plants transplanted 27th April.
• Greyhound. Sown 2nd March. Germination strarted 14th March. 4 plants transplanted 27th April. One plant succumbed to slugs/snails 1st May.
• Marner Storing Red. Sown 12th April. 3 seedlings on 12th May.
• Greyhound. Sown 12th April. 2 seedlings plus 2 eaten by 12th May.
• Primo Golden Acre. Sown 12th April. 5 seedlings on 12th May.
• Kalibos. Sown 12th April. 4 seedlings on 12th May.

Cauliflower – think we had one ok cauliflower. 

• All the Year Round. Sown 17th January. Potted on 16th February. Plants died late March.
• All the Year Round. Sown 2nd March. 4 straggly plants transplanted 27th April.
• Trevi F1. Sown 12th April. 4 seedlings on 12th May.
• All the Year Round. Sown 12th April. 3 seedlings on 12th May.
• Violet Queen. Sown 12th April. 3 seedlings on 12th May.

Broccoli – not really a success, slug/snail eaten & caterpillars, though son did graze fresh.

• Romanesco. Sown 2nd March. 3 transplanted 27th April.
• Romanesco Natalino. Sown 12th April. 2 seedlings on 12th May.
• Romanesco. Sown 12th April. 2 seedlings plus 2 eaten by 12th May.
• Purple Sprouting Broccoli. Sown 12th April. 4 seedlings plus 1 eaten by 12th May.
• Waltham. Sown 12th April. 2 seedlings plus 2 eaten by 12th May.

Brussels Sprouts – doing ok, a few good sized sprouts. 

• Darkmar 21. Sown 2nd March. 3 transplanted 27th April.
• Darkmar 21. Sown 12th April. 4 seedlings on 12th May.
• Seven Hills. Sown 12th April. 4 seedlings on 12th May.
• Bedford Fillbasket. Sown 12th April. 5 seedlings on 12th May.

Kale – not sure, don’t think any were transplanted out. However, last year’s HSL ones in the garden were in seed this year and some of the seed has self-sown & germinated.

• Ragged Jack. Sown 12th April. 2 seedlings on 12th May.
• Hungry Gap. Sown 12th April.

Shallots & Garlic – Success, though need to plant more!

• Red Sun. 12 sets planted 30th March.
• Miscellaneous Garlic (Printanor?) 11 cloves planted 30th March. Harvested
• Various autumn planted garlic doing well. Harvested.
• Overwintered shallots doing well. Harvested.

Leeks – doing well, have harvested some of the early leeks.

• Atlanta. Sown 2nd March. Germination by 14th March.
• Swiss Giant Zermatt. Sown 2nd March. Germination by 14th March.
• Carentan 2. Sown 2nd March.

Lettuce & Salad Leaves. – ok if we actually harvested them instead of leaving them to bolt.

• Belize. Sown 2nd March. 3 transplanted out week beginning 21st April. Slug/snails destroyed plants. 1 remaining planted out 11th May (fingers crossed).
• Belize. Sown 12th April.
• Rubens Red Cos. Sown 12th April.
• Little Gem. Sown 12th April.
• Drunken Woman. Sown 17th March. One seedling noticed on 1st May.
• Belize. Sown 17th March.
• Milan. Sown 21st April. 4 seedlings on 11th May.
• Webbs Wonderful. Sown 21st April. 4 seedlings on 11th May.
• Osaka Purple. Sown 21st April. 4 seedlings on 11th May.
• Mustard Red Giant. Sown 21st April. 6 seedlings on 11th May.
• Milan. Sown 11th May.

Squash family – Happy with Pumpkins – rouge vif d’etampes yet again did well 🙂 Only other success were two marrow plants bought in – 4 decent sized marrows in total

• Cucumber Crystal Lemon. Sown 12th April. 3 seedlings plus 1 eaten by 11th May. NONE
• Courgette Albarello di Sarzana. Sown 12th April. 2 seedlings on 11th May. Couple of small courgettes slug-free
• Squash Black Futsu. Sown 21st April. 2 seedlings on 11th May. FAILURE
• Pumpkin Rouge vif d’Etampes. Sown 21st April. 2 seedlings on 11th May. Plants rambling across the plot. Pumpkins forming, a couple are a fair size already. BRILLIANT, 3 and half stone biggest one, and smallest picked quite early was 1st or so.
• Squash Hokkaido. Sown 21st April. 2 seedlings on 11th May. FAILURE

Potatoes – reasonable, could have been better.

• Mimi. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Accent. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Premiere. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Ulster Sceptre. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Winston. 2 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Arran Comet. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Orla. 5 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Witchill. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• British Queen. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Catriona. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Salad Blue. 5seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Dunbar Rover. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Carlingford. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Osprey. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Yukon Gold. 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Edzell Blue. 5 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Shetland Black. 5 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Milva (?). 3 seed tubers planted 30th March.
• Sante. 6 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Early Puritan. 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Highland Burgundy Red. 5 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Picasso. 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Robinta. 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Harmony. 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Record. 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Pentland Ivory. 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Pentland Dell. 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Verity. 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• ? 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Kerrs Pink. 3 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Pink Fir Apple. 5 seed tubers planted 5th April.
• Golden Wonder. 5 seed tubers planted 5th April.

Chilli Peppers – mixed success, not everything survived to produce chilli

• Trifetti. Sown 17th January. Germination started 13th February. 3 transplanted 28th March.
• Albertos Locoto. Sown 17th January. Germination by 13th February. 3 transplanted 28th March. 3 potted on, on 11th May. NICE
• Lemon Drop. Sown 17th January. Germination failed.
• Habanero Peach. Sown 17th January. Germination failed.
• Friar’s Hat. Sown 17th January. Germination by 13th February. 4 transplanted 28th March. 1 potted on transplanted on 11th May. Chillis are quite an odd shape – hence the name. NICE
• Cascabella. Sown 17th January. Germination starting 16th February. 3 Transplanted 28th March. 1 potted on, on 11th May. NICE
• Carribean Antillais. Sown 17th January. Germination failed.
• Tabasco. Sown 16th February.
• Habanero Peach. Sown 29th March.
• Carribean Antillais. Sown 29th March.

Tomato – could have been better. Broad Ripple Yellow Currant was a success. Others not so good.

• Riesentomate. Sown 13th February. 1 seedling died in accident. 3 transplanted 28th March. 2 transplanted on 11th May.
• Italian Sugar Plum. Sown 13th February. 4 transplanted 28th March. 2 transplanted on 11th May.
• Salt Spring Sunrise. Sown 13th February. 3 transplanted 28th March. 1 transplanted on 11th May.
• Auntie Madge’s. Sown 13th February 4 transplanted 28th March. 1 transplanted on 11th May.
• Sub Arctic Plenty. Sown 13th February. Germination failed.
• Broad Ripple Yellow Currant. Sown 13th February. 5 transplanted 28th March.

Aubergine – FAILED

• Heritage Aubergine. Sown 17th January. Germination starting 16th February. 4 transplanted 28th March.
• Szechuan. Sown 2nd March. 3 transplanted on 11th May.

Miscellaneous

• Liquorice. Sown 29th March FAILED
• Tomatillo. Sown 29th March. Germinating by 7th April. 5 transplanted on 9th May. In Progress
• Quillquina. Sowing date not recorded. Germinated by 25th April. FAILED
• Celery Giant Red. Sown 21st April. 1 seedling on 11th May. FAILED
• Celeriac Giant Prague. Sown 21st April. 2 seedlings on 11th May.  FAILED
• Rhubarb Glaskin’s Perpetual. Sown 12th April. 5 germinated but 1 is mollusced, 11th May. OK
• Salsify Sandwich Island. Sown 21st April. FAILED
• Oca. Planted out 29th March. Doing ok. erm.
• Ulluco. Planted out 29th March. Plants look odd.
• Chinese Artichokes. Planted out 29th March. erm
• Yacon. Planted out 29th March. No sign of plants….
• Jerusalem Artichokes. Planted out 16th March. Plants flowered.
• Fennel Finale. Sown 5th April. Germination noticed 1st May.
• Runner Beans Black Magic. 18 saved seeds rescued from “furry” packet, sown on on 11th May. Failed.

Herbs – most failed.

• Basil Lemon. Sown 17th January. Germination noticed 13th February. 3 transplanted 28th March. One plant died.
• Basil Sweet Genovese. Sown 17th January. Germination failed.
• Coriander Leisure. Sown 2nd March. Germination by 14th March. Potted on, date not recorded.
• Basil Lemon. Sown in 5 inch pot on 2nd March. 1 seedling by 28/4.
• Basil Lettuce Leaved. Sown in 5 inch pot on 2nd March. 5 seedlings by 28/4.
• Dill. Sown 2nd March. Transplanted week beginning 21st April. 2 plants eaten by molluscs, one remaining.
• Chervil. Sown 2nd March. Transplanted week beginning 21st April. Boo hoo. Snails/slugs dined on them all. Yay, one seems to have come back from the dead, 10th May.
• Tarragon. Sown 2nd March.
• Rosemary. Sown 2nd March.
• Garlic Chives. Sown 2nd March.
• Parsley Moss Curled 2. Sown 2nd March. Potted on, date not recorded.
• Cumin. Sowing date not recorded. Germinated by 25th April.
• Basil Lime. Sown 21st April. 17 seedlings on 11th May.
• Cumin. Sown 21st April. 1 seedling on 11th May.
• Anise. Sown 21st April.
• Sage. Sown 21st April. 8 seedlings on 11th May.