What I'm sowing in February ~ the most exciting month of the year
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
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Lol "troughs"... you're so hard on yourself Steve 😉 Always l❤ve your videos 😊
I grew Zebrune exclusively without problems until a few years ago when I noticed poor germination. I still grow them but Elista has become my favourite. I started growing them three years ago and I’ve been very impressed with germination rates and size of bulb they produce. I still have a couple of strings of them in the garage so they keep well too. 👍
That’s great, thanks for the feedback
Many thanks. Great motivation for my Feb sowings. It’s my first year with grow lights 🤞
Looks like I’m behind 🤣 I need broad beans again, last two lots got leggy and turned black. As always great info. Thanks Steve, look forward to an amazing season.
Getting into my favourite time of the year now, my Jan sowings are looking very sorry right now however as I haven’t had electricity and hence grow lights since the storm. It will hopefully be back tomorrow, greetings from Ireland!
Oh my, that must have been rough to cope with, here’s hoping it’s back tomorrow for you! : all the best - Steve
It’s such a fun time to be gardening, so much progress and anticipation and the harvests keep coming with no work watering, weeding etc to have to deal with.
I gave up overwintering broad beans a few years ago, due to the numerous losses I started getting. I put this down to the colder winters and much wetter periods here in Preston. I have just started mine in deep root trainers and will grow them on under cover until they are 8 or 9 inches tall - probably 6 to 8 weeks. There is then enough cold weather left to induce tillering. Since switching to spring showings I’ve had much bigger harvests.
Thanks, and the other advantage is more space for other crops over winter : all the best - Steve
I started some outside inn early November and they suffered. About 8 inches long,flopped over black stems. My
late November direct sowing are now 2 inches tall, fleeced and looking much better. Time will tell...
I am not entirely convinced this is down to colder winters. We are talking really about one variety - Aquadulce Claudia
I doubt that seed producers grow this over winter, more likely they sow in spring to get a bigger yield in a shorter time.
With that in mind there is no selection pressure for the cold tolerance to persist, whilst there will be for other traits against disease and pests etc. In short perhaps the variety is being weakened over time.
Curious to hear if people that keep their own over wintered bean seed are suffering less.
@markhildred2456 that might be true, but the last three winters for us have been much colder than the previous ten, not on average, but the coldest nights have been much colder and we’ve had more days with no thaws, that means more days with stems flopped over continuously for days on end. Either way I will probably be having a good think, also having lost all of my harvest ready salad onions for the first time ever, that’s a worry!
@henrybartram6040 yes, if you sow them and there is a warm spell, they grow too big shoots instead of concentrating on making roots, then the frost does them 😢
Great information on such a broad variety of crops as usual Steve.
I'm glad you have fun with it all, I do too most of the time!
Regarding aphids.....I was hoping Santa would bring me a Brix meter to test the sugar content of plants and thereby learning how to adjust and eliminate the pesky pests. Have you had any thoughts on the same?
Unfortunately not, I grow too many things to adjust anything. I just try and grow healthy seedlings and plant them in healthy soil and provide a good growing environment
I don’t think there are many hobbies that are fun all of the time, pushing through those more challenging jobs makes it even more rewarding in the end : all the best - Steve
Where can I get a greenhouse with 22 corners?
I know! They are so useful. I have more than you’d think though because the two trees and the two sets of peas are all outside in April, so I have 4 more corners and I usually grow at least one tall plant in the middle of the greenhouse, so thats my 5: 1 french bean, 1 cucumber, 2 tomatoes, 1 zephyr courgette, 1 cucumber growing horizontally, 2 bush courgettes on the bench. I think it will work out in the end : all the best - Steve
I’ve got a few broad beans growing in my greenhouse in a pot and they look great. I’ve also got two sets at my allotment. One set were direct grown under scaffold netting and are fine. The second set are not good but I think I planted them too tall and they’ve been hit by the cold.
Me too, mine in the polytunnel are in great condition, lovely big bushy plants, just outside where they struggle, it’s either mice, squirrels, cold, wind or not enough light (lots of shade in winter) they don’t stand much of a chance!!
I overwintered broad beans, they were growing lovely and coped with the weather, but then deers ate them and they are looking sorry. I have now covered them but they still look poor. I'm going to sow more today
Fun to see youre sowing mokum carrots, I have those seeds as well and I thought they were probably only sold in our country (the Netherlands) Mokum is a nickname for Amsterdam!
I think they are usually distributed by Jonny’s seeds in the US
Another brilliant video Steve. So excited for the new season. What could i put in a Super 7 now under lights please ? I already have peppers/aubergines in another one. Thanks
If it’s inside a house probably nothing needs the heat, but everything in this video will enjoy the light. The big question is where will the plants go in March/April, for example peppers growing now will be huge by mid-may when you can move them outside of a house, unless you have a heated greenhouse. Look at the 7 guides in my ebook, choose the ones that apply to you, they will give you the info you need steverichards.notion.site : all the best - Steve
Sow BB Nov 5, 6" deep. Try it. It works. Aquadulche.
How would you cope if you were without power, water and heat, as we were for a week after the storm in the West of Ireland? Do you use one of those diesel heaters or electric?
Definitely not, can’t stand the fumes. I’d cope just fine, nothing I’m growing right now needs much heat except the early peppers and they could take a week Unheated in a house. We have emergency supplies of water and bottled gas and plenty of food. I’m used to the cold, I wear shorts all year round. But I definitely wouldn’t enjoy it, I’d treat it like an adventure. Hope you are sorted out now! : all the best - Steve
Greenhouse only has frost protection, so it’s hardly ever heated until April and even then everything would live just fine with fleece. Electricity is much more convenient though
I should have said where did you buy the upright grow light from Kind regards Gwen
It’s not really an upright one, that’s just how I mounted it, but it’s not as powerful as my normal lights so it can get closer to the plants which is perfect for plants that grow vertically. I got it from Amazon amzn.to/4gmDKdO
@@SteveRichards Thanks Steve, it looks so professional
What do you spray your greenfly with, do you have a link?
I had a big green and black fly infection last year and the garlic and soap spray didn’t really do it for me
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Carrot soil temp >7C?
Yeah, I should have said that they were in the house, I only moved them into the greenhouse once they’d failed, while I waited for new seeds
Like most things 15-25c is best