I reproduce these dates exactly as they were published but I cannot for the life of me see how the tomato sowing dates can be correct. Dave Allison and Medwyn have agreed to revisit this idea with a new set of growers for the January 2011 edition of Simply Veg, the NVS quarterly magazine after I'd prompted the pair of them. Something to look forward to and even more reason to join the NVS!
Kind | Cultivar | 1stShow Date | 2ndShow Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Globe Beet | Pablo | |||
Long Beet | Regar | Grown in 40 gallon drums | ||
Broad Bean | Jubilee - Hysor | One sowing | sown in cold greenhouse in 4 inch pots | |
Green Cabbage | Marathon | 25thFebruary | 17thMarch | Sown in cold greenhouse in 40 modules potted on into 4 inch pots in J Innes compost |
Red Cabbage | Autoro | 11thFebruary | 10thMarch | Will hold well in rows |
Runner Bean | Stenner selection | Sow in 4 inch pots in greenhouse | ||
French Bean | The Prince | Sow in 4 inch pots in greenhouse | ||
Carrots Long | Own Selection New Red | 4thMarch | Grow in 40 gallon drums on top of raised beds filled with sand | |
Carrots Stump | Gringo and Yukon | Grown on raised beds filled with sand | ||
Cauliflower | Virgin, Beauty and Mexico | Sown in Multicell 40s, potted on into 4 inch pots | ||
Trench Celery | Own sel Ideal Evening Star Red Star Morning Star | 28thJanuary 4thMarch 4thMarch 4thMarch | 3rdMarch | Start them off in a propagator at 70F. Pot on into 4 inch pots using J Innes 1 and then into 5inch pots in J Innes 3 |
Cucumber | Carmen and Jessica | Sow in propagator at 70F when germinated pot on into 4 inch pots | ||
Lettuce Butterhead | Nancy | Sow in Cold greenhouse in Multicell 40s | ||
Table Marrow | Table Dainty | Sow in propagator at 70F then pot on into 4 inch pots | ||
Onions over 250 gram | Re selected Kelsae | one sowing | Sow in propagator at 70F then pot on when at seedling stage | |
Onions under 250 gram | Buffalo, Bison and Toughball | 14thFebruary | One sowing | Sow in propagator at 70F then pot on when at seedling stage |
Parsnips | Gladiator and Javelin | 25thFebruary | 11thMarch | Grown in 40 gallon drums of sand |
Peas | Show Perfection | Sow in cold greenhouse in 4 inch pots | ||
Potatoes | Winston Kestrel Maxine Harmony | Grow in black polythene bags using peat based compost | ||
Radish | Cherry Bell | Grow in Gro bags and keep well watered | ||
Tomatoes | Cheetah Goldstar and Typhoon | Sow in propagator at 70F in Multicell 40s. Transplant young seedlings into 5 inch pots in J Innes 3 | ||
Turnips | Purple Milan |
3 comments:
the tomato dates do seem late, perhaps things really did grow quicker in the good old days lol
The old beetroot times seem a bit baffling too,almost 3 months difference between sowing times for shows a month apart?
Beet should be sown 15 weeks before your show but they're funny buggers. I've had them to size in 6 weeks so I do a row a week from mid-May to hopefully cater for every show. Invariably I'm choosing my set of beet from different rows as they seem to grow at different rates. Strange.
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