😊 The next bit of forward planning is to consider how you are going to prick out the seedlings into individual modules or small pots, and then pot them on into bigger pots as they grow (which they may do quite quickly! 😮). Do some sums and work out how many pots you will need and how much space they will take up and where you’re going to put them.
It’s good to learn at an early stage that if you prick out and plant on every seedling that appears you’re going to need several poly tunnels! Now is the time to develop a steely heart. 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I just read your previous posts @pclark42, and I think you have to be very careful if you're using a paraffin heater in one of those plastic greenhouses. They will also contribute to the condensation. You need to have adequate ventilation to prevent it. Even in winter, you need it. I'm not sure whereabouts you are, but if you're planning on sowing anything direct into the ground, I'd say it's a bit early. @Dovefromabove is also correct - you need to make sure you have the room to carry on with potting/growing on those seedlings when they grow. With a bit of luck, the conditions will be warm enough to have some of them outside when they start getting big enough
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I thought i would do a bit of an update on the progress in the garden, the shot of the beans is a couple of weeks old, they are much stronger now, and I have some broad beans which are growing on in pots, and ready to go out, I have just made a string trellis for them, I was worried about these Lettuce that I grew, I was amazed to see how many popped up, I certainly don't remember putting that many seeds in the tray, anyway I have pricked out about 70, I am sure I don't need any more, so I will see if next door would kike them, I have got courgettes, Leeks, Cucumber, Sweetcorn, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Tomatoes, Onions (2) Spring Onions, Carrots, Potatoes, Swede, Parsnips, Broccolli....... and more. I have been watching those video's of is it James Dowding, who does that no-dig gardening, he is very good, and Granny Greensocks, most of what she grows looks as if it is just thrown there with the hope it works, but I like her a lot, and the young girl from Nottinghamshire, that Welsh lad too, and another girl with a Daughter on an allotment, I haven't grown any veg since my Dad used to let me shove something in next to what he was growing, everywhere I have lived for the last 40 + years has had very small gardens, I have loads more to do in this one, any comments are welcome, even if I disagree, I still take them on board. Thanks for looking.
Looks great, @pclark42. You've worked amazingly hard to produce all that!
Just a word of warning - some of your plants could be damaged by a late frost. Runner beans, tomatoes and courgettes, in particular, are very susceptible to cold. Do you know when the last frost of the year is likely to be, in your area? You can probably find out on line... I'd keep the tomatoes and courgettes in the polytunnel for the time being, and have some horticultural fleece to hand, for covering your beans if a frost is forecast. Unless you live somewhere really mild, of course!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
We all learn our love of gardening from our Mum and Dad, Mum flowers Dad veg. You will have enough fresh home-grown veg to last this year, pat on the back it's worked well done p.clark. Keep us posted .
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They will also contribute to the condensation. You need to have adequate ventilation to prevent it. Even in winter, you need it.
I'm not sure whereabouts you are, but if you're planning on sowing anything direct into the ground, I'd say it's a bit early.
@Dovefromabove is also correct - you need to make sure you have the room to carry on with potting/growing on those seedlings when they grow. With a bit of luck, the conditions will be warm enough to have some of them outside when they start getting big enough
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just a word of warning - some of your plants could be damaged by a late frost. Runner beans, tomatoes and courgettes, in particular, are very susceptible to cold. Do you know when the last frost of the year is likely to be, in your area? You can probably find out on line... I'd keep the tomatoes and courgettes in the polytunnel for the time being, and have some horticultural fleece to hand, for covering your beans if a frost is forecast. Unless you live somewhere really mild, of course!
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/main/weather1-result.asp
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.