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Ben hello and welcome back to gardening
with Ben for a new podcast well I've got
21 days off work so expect plenty of
podcasts coming your way fingers crossed
they'll be here every day I know we've
not had any for a few days but yeah we
are back here with a new podcast and the
previous podcast was all about what jobs
to do in the garden in May so we usually
follow that with what seeds and what
plants we can start planting in may now
that the frost is hopefully on its way
out fingers crossed the temperatures are
going to stay warm for me so I'm going
to be risking a few things but that is
down to your choice do not follow me if
you are wanting to plant stuff early
that is up to you there is always chance
of frost
coming so in these videos we tend to
talk about what vegetables to plant in
May what flowers to plant in May and
also what fruit plant in me so first off
we're going to talk about all the
vegetables you can start sewing growing
and planting out at this time of year so
it's always good to get a notepad or
make mental not notes of what needs to
be done this month and you can always
listen to it again if you want so feel
free to listen over and over again so
sit back relax and let's get on with
today's episode so now the weather is
getting warmer now we can start to plant
lots more vegetables and we certainly
have a long list for you in this episode
so first up is beetroot this can be
either sewn straight into the ground or
you can sew it in seed trays and
Transplant it later but if you're
planting it in the ground remember to
start Finning it out once it starts to
grow broccoli there's still plenty of
time to grow broccoli so if you're
wanting great results sew them in the
ground or in seed trays
now brussel sprouts this is the last
month to be sewing those brussels
sprouts remember you won't be harvesting
them till November so they are a long
growing plant but starting them now you
can hopefully get some for Christmas day
cabbage again this is the last month to
be sewing your cabbage for great results
in the Summer and Autumn so if you're
wanting to grow some cabbage get sewing
them this
month carrots you can now start to sew
carrots in the ground rather than in
seed trays remember carrots do not like
Stony ground if a carrot hits a stone it
will cause the carrot to split and make
it disformed so either grow them in pots
or in a ground that has been well
prepared cauliflower May is the last
month to be sewing you cauliflowers for
harvests In Summer and Autumn so if you
want him to grow cauliflower get sewing
them this month corett you still have
plenty of time to get them corett grown
so if you do like corett which they are
expensive in the supermarket very
expensive and the more you pick them the
more they will keep growing and
flowering all the way through the year
so get sewing some corett this month
cucumbers now is the time to be potting
up your cucumber seedlings this month
ready for moving into the final position
you've probably not got time to be
sewing anymore at this time of year
French beans you've still got time to se
your French beans in the ground or in
pots first I've sewn old man in the pots
first to stop the Mice from hopefully
eating all the plants but yeah now is
plenty of time to be sewing French
beans next up is kale get your kale in
this month if you've not already sewn it
again you're getting towards the end
when you can start growing kale lettuce
this is the last month to be sewing your
lettuce outside you can always sew some
next month but grow it Undercover in a p
of tunnel or in a Cold
Frame
marrow this again is the last month to
be sewing your Mario seeds I know Ron in
May but if you're wanting good harvests
you need to be sewing these things now
peas there's still plenty of time to be
sewing them peas mine have been
decimated over the last few days which I
am absolutely annoyed about so I've got
plenty of time to get some in the ground
now and get them growing
pass nips if you're wanting pass Snips
again May is the last month to be sewing
pass nips in the ground don't don't
start these off in SE tray they do not
like to be moved sew them straight into
the ground for great
results pumpkins if you're wanting to
grow a massive pumpkin you've still got
time to sew one this month but it will
not grow as big as what it would do if
you'd have sewn them last
month radish keep getting the radish in
the ground keep sewing it every couple
of weeks for regular harvests for your
salad
bowl runner beans if you're wanting to
start a second lot of runner beans off
start them now and you can replace any
that aren't growing well and you can
keep getting that continuous Harvest
when they start to produce the
beans spinach if you're wanting to grow
some spinach directly sew some into the
ground this month for fantastic harvests
later on in the year it will make you
big and strong just like
papy spring onion you can sew these
directly in the ground out again spring
onions like to grow in bunches so
sprinkles some in the ground and you
don't need to fin them out just let them
grow and get some great harvests from
them squash again this is the last time
you can plant squash this month until
next year so get some squash in pots now
if you're wanting to grow some this year
sweet corn if your first lot of sweet
corn is not being so growing well you
can still sew some now and you will be
able to get some delicious corn on the
cob come August September
time Swiss chard have you ever tried
growing Swiss chard before if not why
not s some this month and give it a try
I'm growing rhubarb chard this year for
a change something that I've never grown
before so yeah why not give Swiss Char
try Tomatoes you can't be sewing
Tomatoes really much this month uh or
they'll be really behind but you should
start potting them up now and eventually
start moving them into the final
position this month of where they meant
to
grow if you want him to grow turnips you
can directly sew them straight in the
ground this month for fantastic
harvests later on in the year there's
not much fruit what you can actually to
plant at this time of year the only
fruit that you can be planting really at
this time of year are melons if you
wanted to go some melons the best advice
is to go to the garden center and get
some melon plants you might be a bit
behind if you start sewing them now I've
just got some popping up food in my
Greenhouse now so if you fast you can
get some seeds in now and hopefully get
some melons growing I've also recently
just planted some kiwi trees which I
have purchased from the range very cheap
and they look fantastically healthy if
you've not seen my YouTube video have a
look at that because I've just posted a
YouTube video today of the kiwis what I
have planted and I've also got some fig
trees to plant as well I'm not expecting
crops from them this year but they look
absolutely
fantastic so what flowers can we plant
in May so the flowers what we can sew
this month if you're growing Fox gloves
now is the time to sew Fox gloves these
will not flower this year but they will
next year so if you start sewing them
now you can get some flowers on them
next year obviously you need to keep
them in the greenhouse or in the poly
tunnel ready for next year poppies
they're so easy to grow all you need to
do is sprinkle some seeds in the area
that you want these will produce seed
heads and once they flowed you can then
sprinkle these
again primas sew some Prima seeds now
for flowering next year these flowers
will always brighten up the garden and
they do like to spread as well Nella
these seeds that the birds love but you
can also grow them as flowers as well if
you want them to grow some sew some this
month and you will get some beautiful
flowers on
them Salvia you can sew the
in seed tray in the greenhouse for
fantastic
flowers sunflowers you've still got
plenty of time to sew some sunflowers if
you've not got any growing get some so
now and you can have a competition with
the kids and with the family to see who
can grow the biggest sunflower I've got
1,800 plants growing in my Greenhouse
I've got to get all them out I don't
think I'll get all them out to be honest
but we'll get out as many as we can and
hopefully get some fantastic flowers on
the allotment this year so if you're
wanting to grow some sunflowers get some
sewn this month so yeah that is
basically everything what you can s this
month obviously now that we're getting
on later on in the year it's slowing
down of what you can sew because things
need to be ready to be going out now so
if you've missed the boat on sewing some
seeds the best option is to go to a
garden center and have a look around and
see if you can get some plants to grow
from the garden
Center and see what you can get with
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