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April is one of the best months to start sowing vegetables — and what you plant now can lead to a huge harvest later in the season.
In this video, I’ll guide you through what you should be sowing this month to make the most of your garden or allotment. Timing is everything in gardening, and getting seeds in at the right moment can make all the difference.
Whether you’re growing in beds, containers, or a polytunnel, this will help you stay on track and make sure you don’t miss out on key crops.
Perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners alike, this will set you up for a productive and successful growing season.
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What vegetables to sew in April? Welcome
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to Gardening with Ben and we're here
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with our monthly video on what to sew
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this month in April when it comes to
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vegetables. Now, I hope you've got a
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long list of paper ready because it's a
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long list of vegetables that you can sew
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this month. Literally, you can sew
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everything this month if you want to
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bypass the video. But yes, you can get
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sewing most things now. So, save this
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video or make a list of all these
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vegetables to sew this month in April.
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So, first up is beetroot. A great
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vegetable, a great crop, and you'll
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always get some great rewards from it.
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Next up are carrots and parsnips. They
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need somewhere deep to grow so that they
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get a long big root on them and get
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growing really well. Next up is radish.
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A great crop and you'll always get great
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rewards from it. Next up are your salad
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leaves like lettuce, spinach, rocket,
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all great ones. Iceberg lettucees, cut
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and come again lettucees. Any lettuce or
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salad leaves you can get sewing. Now,
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next up is Swiss chard. Grows a bit like
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rhubarb, but it's tastes totally
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different. But yeah, Swiss chard you can
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grow now. Spring onion. I don't grow
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them in thinned out. I grow them in
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clumps and they grow really well
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together. So, you don't need necessarily
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need to thin them out. They will grow
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really well together.
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Next up is turnips. Another great
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vegetable to grow. Next up are your
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peas, your beans, your runna beans, your
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French beans. All your peas, all your
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beans can be sewn this month as we've
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been holding off till April to get all
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the beans sewn because that is the month
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to sew them. You can either sew them
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directly into the ground or in pots
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first. I grow all mine in pots as mice
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and rats like to take them and birds
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like to pinch the tops off them. So, I
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get them to a decent size before I plant
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them out and the chance of frost has
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passed.
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Next up are leaks. Get sewing these now
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and they'll be ready around November,
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December time. Corab, another great
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addition to the garden. An unusual
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vegetable, but a great creamy taste to
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it. Next up is pack choy and mustard
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greens. Another great addition, easy to
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grow and can have some great rewards
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from it. Now, next up are all your
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squash plants like your corettes, your
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pumpkins, your winter squash. All those
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can be sewn this month. Again, I get
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them to a decent size before planting
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them out and before the chance of frost
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comes. Um, I don't plant them out until
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the frost has gone because the frost can
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damage them. So, get them to a decent
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size, get them growing indoors, use all
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your window sills, all your greenhouse
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shelves, everything. can get them
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growing and hopefully get some great
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crops from them. Obviously remember you
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don't need many corette plants because
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they'll produce absolutely loads. Next
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up is my favorite sweet corn. Now I've
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sewn about 80 sweet corn seeds because I
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love them and I got some great crops
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last year. If you saw my videos last
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year, we got some great crops from them.
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Now you need a big area to grow your
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sweet corn in as you don't grow them in
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those. You grow them in blocks. So
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you'll grow them in about eight rows so
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that they can pollinate with each other
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in the wind to get your sweet corn to
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produce. If you've not sewn your
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tomatoes, get sewing them now, early
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April, because we are running out of
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time. They will catch up and I didn't
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sew mine until March time because that's
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when I've always done them and they
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always do catch up. Next up are your
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brassacas like your cabbage, your
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cauliflower, your broccoli, your
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sprouts. All those can be sewn this
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month uh for great crops throughout the
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summer period. So have a look at them
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and get some sewn, but make sure you net
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them because butterflies like to lay
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their eggs on them and the caterpillars
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will devour them. So you need really
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thin netting over them when you're
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planting them out. The ones that you can
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sew and plant straight in the ground now
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are your potatoes. Get your potatoes in
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the ground all seasons like your first
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ear, second earies, main crop. So plant
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them all now and they will be ready at
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different periods. That's the reason for
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the first earies they'll take so long.
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Second earies take a bit longer and the
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main crop take even longer. So get those
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planted now. Next up are your onion
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sets. But make sure you net them because
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birds will pull them out as soon as the
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green shoots appear and nibble the tops
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off them. So make sure they're well
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netted. And finally are your shelots.
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Get your shellots planted a bit like
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onions. Make sure that you net them. And
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yeah, lots to be sewn this month. Let me
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know what you're going to be sewing.
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I've nearly done all my sewing now
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finally, but yeah, we're getting ready
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to get everything growing, and then
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we'll be potting them all on. So, make
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sure you share this video, save it, and
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make a list of all the vegetables to be
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grown. Drop us a follow to stay up to
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date with all our growing down here at
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the aotment. Until next time, everyone.
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Remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
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and keep gardening. My bad girl.
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