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gardening with Ben well it's been a few
days since my last episode which was
talking about all the jobs what need
doing in the allotment and garden for
March so if you've not listened to that
make sure you head back and listen to
that episode and find out all the things
that you need to be doing in the garden
this month because it's it's time to be
getting stuff ready we're going to be
Full Throttle ahead coming the end of
the month getting ready for sewing all
our
seeds so talking about what's seeds to
be planted in March is this podcast
today and I tend to stick to sewing them
towards the end of March just as it's
getting that bit warmer as you can still
get some cold days at the beginning of
March and we could still get snow but
you never know fingers crossed we may
get a heat wave he hopes that's what he
keeps asking for but we'll still have to
wait and
see so in this episode we'll be talking
about what vegetables to to sew what
flowers to sew and what food to plant in
March so make sure you've got pen and
paper so that you can make note of
everything what you can sew this month
if not feel free to listen to the
episode again and make notes the next
time when you got somewhere to write
down all the things that can be sewn
because obviously it's going to be quite
a long episode because there is a lot
that you can actually start to s in
March now so we'll start off talking
about what vegetables can be sewn this
month so first off you can sew or jeene
if you have not sewn your or jeene yet
make sure you get them in because this
is the last month that you can get them
sewn if you leave it any later they
won't fro much in time so you need to be
getting them in this month I we talking
about leaving things till the end of the
month but orene try and get them in as
fast as possible cuz you should actually
plant them around January time February
time next up is
beetroot now the best way to grow
beetroot is to grow it in succession
just a
few seeds every other week or every few
weeks so that you get a constant Harvest
of beetro all through the year and you
can keep sewing them all the way up to
the end of July to get crops so keep
sewing a few every so often and just
keep planting them up and potting them
out and sticking them in the ground in
between plants and stuff like that
they're a good space for our beetroot so
get a tray beetroot in this
month broad beans you can either sew
these in the ground or you can sew them
in pots first until they're well
established you just have to make sure
if you're growing them in the ground or
in pots and you're transplanting the
plants is to protect them from the
pigeons the pigeons will devour them
they absolutely love broad beans and
they will eat them down to the Bare
Bones and even slugs love them as well
so set up some beer traps around them
and protect them from
everything brussel sprouts if you like
brussel sprouts now is the time to sew
them uh they won't be top of my list of
sewings they'll be the last packet that
I sew because I give all the brussel
sprouts away but if you want to sew them
get them sewn this month and you will be
picking them in November and December so
did you know that they're one of the
longest vegetables to grow that take the
time to grow so you need to be starting
them off this month ready for picking in
November and
December carrots you can now start to
sew carrots this month or you can wait
until it's a bit warmer and S them where
they are to grow in the ground or in
your pots but I'm going to be looking at
growing carrots this year in pots I've
never had any success at growing carrots
in the ground they've always done
absolutely rubbish so we're going to set
up a carrot system of growing them in
pots and see how we get on with
them
cauliflowers now I grow purple
cauliflowers I've told you that quite a
few times uh I've not actually got the
seeds yet I I couldn't get them from uh
where I usually get my seeds from so I'm
going to have to buy them online this
year uh but now is the time to be sewing
your cauliflowers and the purple ones do
a lot better on my allotment than the
white ones so I will be sticking to
Growing the purple cauliflowers this
month salc now it's not something that
I've tried growing before but it's meant
to be nice and tasty creamy so if you're
wanting to sew some salc sew this in the
greenhouse this month and it does take a
long time to grow so
get it soon this month and you could be
picking it towards the end
of
summer celer now this is not on my list
of plants to sell this month I
absolutely hate it disgust it I really
can't stand it but now is the time to be
sewing your
CER chilies now chilies need a long
growing period and the faster you start
them off the longer they will produce
crops for and and you can get continuous
crops from your chilies as well so get
sewing them you obviously don't need to
sew all the packet of seeds because you
can get up to 50 packets 50 seeds in a
packet which is way too much so only so
a few the the only amount that you need
because you will be giving lots of
chilies away cuz they do crop well
chilies so if you've got somewhere warm
to grow them absolutely ideal for
it next up is kale now you can get green
kale and you can get purple kale and you
can get curly kale and you can get
normal kale so there's plenty of
varieties to try growing and you can
also be picking it all the way through
winter it's quite tough is kale at
growing so if you're wanting to grow
something all the way through the year
try growing some kale and you can just
keep chopping off bits and Bobs off the
plant as and when you actually need
it Lettuce again like carrots and
beetroot sew some at regular intervals
because you don't want to be sewing all
your lettuce at once because it will all
form at once and you won't be able to
keep up with eating it and it does soon
bolt lettuce if you pick it if you don't
pick it in time so only so a few at a
time and see how you get on with them
and usually there's about 2,000 seeds in
a packet way way too many uh but yeah
only saw a few and see how well you do
with
them leaks these can be started soon
this month ready for cropping towards
the end of the year so if you're wanted
to grow some prize winning Leaks get
some grown and see how you get
on par Snips these are a lot easier to
grow than carrots uh they don't seem to
split as much as carrots
do and these want to be sewn directly in
the ground as they do not like to be
transplanted so if you're wanting to
grow parsnips get them sewn now and you
don't Harvest them till after you've had
a couple of frosts because the frost
adds the flavor to the
parsnips peas towards the end of the
month you can sew these directly in the
ground and these could be one of the
first things that you could be
harvested so if you fancy some tasty
peas get so in these at the end of March
just be careful of mice and rats as they
will come along and eat the peas if
you're not careful peppers a lot like
chilies they need a long time to grow so
you need to be getting those in at the
beginning of March as fast as possible
cuz they should have been SE January
February time and March is probably the
last month that you can sew your
peppers potatoes if you're not started
chitting your potatoes and you want to
chit them first
start doing it this month ready for
planting out towards the end of March
April time and I've certainly got all my
potatoes ready they're all in my shed
chitting away ready to plant out on Good
Friday yes Good Friday moves every
single year but I always stick with
growing them on Good
Friday next up is radish now radish is
really easy to grow and it doesn't take
long to grow at all so you can be sewing
these all the way through the year so
get a few packets and just keep sewing
some every few months or every couple of
weeks and you can be eating them in your
salads literally within a few weeks
because they do grow pretty fast once it
starts to warm
up spinach if you want to be like papy
get sewing some spinach towards the end
of the month make sure you've improved
the soil there before sewing spinach
because it does like like nice soil
spring onion you can start to Ser these
outdoors in the garden this month hence
the word spring so get those spring
onion seeds so Swiss chard have you
tried growing chard before why not give
it a go and see how well you get on with
it Tomatoes if you have not selling your
Tomatoes yet like me I don't start mine
till March but a lot of people start on
January Fe February time but I always
start my March when the weather is
warmer and get them soon this month
beginning of March towards the end of
March it's up to you how you want to do
it but they need to be getting in the
ground this month in your sea tray the
way you want to so if there's a tomato
that you like in a supermarket I've seen
people cut tomatoes in half stick them
in some soil and they've sprouted so
there's plenty of ways of getting to M
seeds sewn which variety are you going
to grow this year let me know send me a
message and last but not least for
vegetables is turnips if you enjoy
turnips maybe it might be turnip and
mash but who knows now is the time to be
sewing those turnips in your
garden next up is fruit what fruit can
you plant in March now a lot of it you
should have actually got planted during
the winter time because winter is the
best time to be planting
fruit
and yes I've managed to find some cheap
Bargains over the last couple of weeks
uh I got some nice Victoria plum trees I
have got one already but I'm planting
two more on my plot and I've given my
neighbor two fruit trees to grow as well
so I'm going to be doing that and yeah
if you've not planted your fruit trees
have a look around you might find find
some Bargains and get them planted this
month just remember that they need
plenty of sunlight and they need room to
grow as well they're better in the
ground than in pots preferably because
they need space for the roots to
grow
rubab rubab is a reliable Cropper and
you can do get great fruit from a rhab
rout and if you're fancy growing some
rhab now is the time to be planting your
rhubarb crowns but remember do not pick
from it in the first year you need to
let the rot take hold in the ground for
the first year before
picking strawberries now if you've been
doing some strawberries if you've been
taking some cuting and doing some
Runners now is the time to be putting
them in the ground ready for growing and
seeing if you can get some great
strawberries from your planting this
year if you're growing them in pots
remember to keep them watered because
the pots will dry out faster than if
they are in the ground so if you're
wanting some nice delicious strawberries
in time for wimon get planting your
strawberries on the plot
now and last but not least is flowers
now I obviously need to listen to this
because I am growing absolutely loads
and loads of flowers on my plot this
year it's going to be a fantastic
display he hopes that's if Mr squirrel
doesn't come along and pinch all the
summer bulbs that I've just planted
today on the alotment but yeah uh we're
going to be having a epic time on the
allotment with flowers so if you're want
them to grow some flowers to attract the
bees to your plots help with pollination
these are the flowers that you can be
planting this month so asers asers can
be sewn this month in a warm Greenhouse
or windol for fantastic color all summer
busy lizes now if you wanted to grow
some busy lizes these can be sewn this
month again it needs to be a nice warm
temperature for them to germinate the
seeds are very tiny for bzy lizes so
good luck if you manage to get some of
those to germinate because you will be
finding it hard to separate them all
out daers now if you're wanting to grow
some daers from seed rather than tubers
get sew in your daers this month for
some fantastic colors you can then dig
up the tubers at the end of the year and
replant them the year after and then
you've got daers for
Life geraniums now these are absolutely
so easy to grow from seed I've grown so
many geraniums from seed and I've still
got my geraniums growing in my shed this
year from what I se last year because I
dug them all up to protect them and keep
them in my shed until the warmer weather
came to shove them back out
again so if you're wanting to grow some
Dr ranium from seed have a go it's
really easy to grow them from seed trust
meate I've I'm not I've not grown many
flowers before but I've had great
success with geraniums liilia again
these are very very tiny seeds like busy
lizards but if you're want in some
fantastic displays for pots hanging
baskets or tubs now is the time to be
sewing your
liilia
petunia as well these look fantastic in
pots and hanging baskets so this is the
month to be sewing
petunias Salvia now Salvia can add some
absolutely fantastic coloring Gardens
and some of them are obviously
perennials which means that they'll come
back year after year and they're
expensive to buy in the garden centers
as well so if you're wanting some Salvia
in your garden now is the time to be
sewing them seeds and you could be
getting some nice Summer and Autumn
color this year sweet peas now I'm going
to be sewing some sweet peas this month
I absolutely love them and the fragrance
the flowers the constant picking of them
all the way through the year and I'm
going to be sewing so many sweet peas
this year uh all the way down the sides
of my plot so stay tuned for photos on
that because I'll definitely be sharing
them so now is the time to be sewing
your sweet
peas so that is all the seeds that can
be sewn in March time obviously there's
more seeds out there as well what you
can s uh which I may have missed off
always check your seed packets to see
what dates it says on the seed packets
before you do sew them some varieties
need later season or earlier season so
it's always good to check but it also
depends on the temperature some seeds do
not germinate if the temperature is not
the right temperature make most seed
packets will tell you what temperature
it needs from to germinate as well so
make sure you check the seed packet for
that because like peppers and chilies
they do need a good temperature to start
sprouting so that's why you need to make
sure that your Greenhouse is warm or
your poly tunnel or a Windle to get them
to grow so yeah this is going to be an
exciting month for getting all the seats
sewn in March so make sure you share
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