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For many UK gardeners, waiting until
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February actually gives better results.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And yeah,
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again, waiting till February to sew the
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seeds or until March when I do. I don't
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start all my seeds till March. I don't
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really sew anything in February. I won't
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be sewing anything at all, I don't
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think, to be honest down here at the a
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lotment. I'll have a look around, see
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what we can set get growing then. But
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yeah, I hold off until March when it's a
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lot warmer and the days are longer and
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we're getting more light. And I'll be
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starting all mine off in a unheated
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greenhouse. I don't have no heat in
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there. And yeah, that is when I start
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all my seedlings off. The only things
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that I've got growing at the moment are
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We've got broad beans outside. They're
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the winter variety. They're called
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aquadulus. So if you wanted to grow some
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broad beans, they will be ready to
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harvest before all the blackfly appear.
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When you usually start them in March,
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you're usually harvesting them around
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July, August, and they're covered in
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blackfly. Whereas if you're sewing them
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now, they'll be ready to harvest before
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the blackfly appear. So yeah, if you
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don't like the pests, grow your broad
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beans now, but they need to be a winter
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hardy variety like aquadoulas.
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And also obviously I'm growing my orans,
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my peppers, and my chilies at this time
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of year now. But yeah, there's nothing
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else that we will be growing until March
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time. Now I've got all my potatoes.
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We've got all our summer potatoes. What
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when we harvest them in summer, we've
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got them all now. We won't be planting
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them now. We don't plant them until Good
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Friday. It's an old gardener's tale
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where you should plant them on Good
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Friday. It's to do with the moon. And
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yeah, many old gardeners follow the moon
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for sewing and planting periods as well.
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So if you're interested in that, have a
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look up and see about planting with the
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moon. And some people follow that
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pattern and it works great as well. They
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do say that you should harvest your
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garlic on the longest day. So that's
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gardener's tale what people follow as
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well. So yeah, waiting that extra couple
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of months does help in the long term.
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Plants do catch up. Now if you're
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starting them now, they will grow really
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slowly and not establish as fast.
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Whereas if you start them off in March,
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the heat from the summer what will be
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appearing will help them speed up and
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grow pretty fast. So sometimes again it
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is better to wait for the extra couple
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of months to get that heat and natural
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light to get them growing. Now I've got
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a massive poly tunnel, a 25 ft poly
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tunnel and we are going to learn next
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year about growing throughout the
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winter. Certain vegetables you can grow
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through the winter because they do like
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the cold and they will continue to grow
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but we're going to learn all about that
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this year. So make sure you stay tuned
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about for growing throughout the winter
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period ready at the end of this year and
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drop us a follow. Until next time
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everyone, remember keep smiling, keep
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shining and keep gardening with Ben
