The mutant Brussel Sprouts have been pulled up. They were not my finest veg, as I only attempted to grow them for the first time last year … we will gloss over the purple Sprouting Broccoli for now and just focus on moving forward. I learnt a lot with this crop like, staking them early on, and probably de-budding being a strong contender to eliminate over crowding on the stalk. None of which statements are grounded in actual research, but seem intuitive.
The staking as they fall all over the place, and the stems are not at all flexible, And the de-budding as the individuals were too tightly paid in and were a nightmare to remove at harvesting.
Clean, I need to do more detailed reading on growing them, it they were tasty, tasty, very, very tasty. We ate a lot at Christmas time.
In their place we have opted for David Domoney Spring Onion ‘White Lisbon’ seed tape by Mr Fothergills.
Some Hot Bin compost was added and them drills 6.5 centimetres apart and 1.5 centimetres deep were set with the table layer straight and then covered over with shop bought compost and watered in.
They can be sewn outdoors like this from March to July, and should be kept well watered and weed free. Seedlings should appear appearing between 14 to 21 days.
Harvest May to October, taking alternate onions from the rows to allow for growth etc.
I have never grow; from tape before, but is certainly easy … so let’s see how they do.
Lupine have also been sewn, I just went for ‘Russell’ mixed in memory of my dog. They can be sewn from March to June indoors, make about 1.2 metres in height, are a staple cottage garden perennial. They will flower next year (May to July), but caution they are harmful if eaten.
Hugs
Kay xx
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