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And you see how some of the seed husks have stayed attached to the leaf that’s not really going to do them any harm but you can just remove them then what I want to do is to actually thin these down these are multi-one if you remember and if we take
The golden burpees here there’s one 2 3 4 5 6 7 we want no more than five and ideally down to four so I’m not going to pull them out I’m going to cut them down I know I said when we sewed these that they can often produce more than
One seedling from the seed so you may be think why you putting four seeds in there well equally it may only produce you four that one’s only done four I think that’s only done four hasn’t it four or five so really you’re just hedge in your bets and it doesn’t take long just
To thin them out and leave them with four nice strong seedlings I’d like to thank you all for your wonderful comments following Our tomato sewing video we were so inspired by all the many different varieties that you all grow that we’ve decided to grow a couple
Of them off our El to give them a try you know we all get used to our favorites and there’s nothing wrong with that but don’t let it be a barrier to you for trying different varieties of veg not just Tomatoes it could be a different variety of cabbage or potato or
Whatever you could always still grow your favorites and just had have a couple of of a couple of plants of something else that you might want to try never know my just absolutely love it yeah you really did Inspire Us by giving us all those wonderful varieties
And we do so love getting your comments we really do but today’s program is not about tomatoes oh no today’s program is all about our top tips for the month of March Hello and welcome back to the new dig Norfolk Gardener March is a month where things really begin to ramp up because not only we tied to places like the poly tunnel doing all the sewing there will come a point in this month where we shall start planting things out into the
Plots some days in March can actually be colder here than it is in December it’s not feeling too warm today in this wind is it Mr W no but in general we will get much warmer days and the soil will start to slowly warm up of course the days are lengthening
All the all of the time now and that means that our plants that we have currently in the greenhouse they wanting to get away and grow but our well pampered plants are not suited to going out into the plot unless the conditions are right so our
First top tip is is is when you do go to plant anything out into your plots do ensure that the conditions are right never plant into frozen soil do check the weather forecast not just the next couple of days but if you can the long range forecast for a week or
More because if you’re suddenly going to get Frost over the next few days those plants aren’t going to like it they need a period of time to get their Roots down into the ground so that they can survive such things yes you can mitigate these things with fleece or
Mesh but in the main the conditions do want to be right before you put those into the soil as you know we’ve already planted some potatoes into tubs to start them off a few weeks earlier but March Heralds the beginning of the potato growing season outside certainly for us
Here in our 9A Zoom Garden toward the end of March we should be planting out our first eares and second earlies and main crops they all go in at the same time and that’s our next tip you’ll often hear people say put your first earlies in toward the end of March
Second early is mid April main crop towards the end of April don’t miss about doing that get them all in at the same time there are very good reasons for doing that first and foremost all you need to understand is that the difference between the potatoes is that first
Earlies will take 10 to 12 weeks to give you a harvest second earlies 12 to 16 weeks main crops 20 weeks plus by planting them all at the same time certainly for us here if I plant our main crop potatoes in March they’ll be ready by the end of July to come up
And out of the ground and as we all know and as we found out last year too to our cost once we tip past July and into August that’s when the real danger of late blight is real we put some potatoes into some tubs
Didn’t we Mrs W we did and by the end of September beginning of October we’d lost everything they were devastated by blight that’s because we had a very wet end to August beginning of September and then it got really warm we suddenly had baly temperature of 30° towards the end
Of September didn’t we yeah yeah that was such a shame cuz they were looking such lovely plant as well weren they they were indeed quite devastating when that happen they were so if you can one of the advantages of planting your first and secondary potatoes and not growing
Main crop potatoes is that they are in general they’re usually up and out of the ground before blight is likely to strike so if you plant your main crop potatoes at the end of April they’re not going to be ready for you to lift until September and if they have variety that
Takes quite a while golden W comes to mind I remember we grew that one year and it was October before we could Harvest them wasn’t it then there is a real danger that they could be wiped out by blight first shoots of The Raspberries Mrs W I know I know coming through nice
Aren’t they ah these are the Autumn ones as well aren’t they they are but I have looked and uh we have leaves already on our summer fruiting raspberries yes and I guess that’s because it’s been really a very mild winter really we SE very little in the way of frosts daytime temperatures
Basically been 10° or more haven’t they it’s been the odd day when it’s been very cold and cold overnight and we have seen Frost but you know normally they’re about through January through February and into the beginning of March haven’t really seen that have we not not a huge
Amount no no but you saw me just uh breaking up some of this Horseman year that I managed to acquire and if you saw our February top tips we said about making your final prunings of any soft fruit but now this month it’s a good idea to feed the soil
That they grow in they’re just as hungry as any of your other vegetables and it will help you achieve a really good harvest your own compost is a great addition just as it is to your veg plots but as I say I managed to acquire some well rotted horse
Manure and so I’ve spread that around there and it’s a local Guy where we got it from so I do know that they’re not using any chemicals on the pasture where the horses are and this has been rotting down for a good year you can see our
Rarb is now beginning to shoot too up until this year we didn’t have any rubub that was particularly early it’s never really been an issue to us but it’s why arza is only now beginning to sprout but just as with your soft fruit it’s a really good idea to feed your
Rubab you can see that I’ve put that manure all around the outside of the plant don’t ever cover the crown with it or with your compost because it will rot the crown and then you won’t have any rud Barb to eat and then just as in our new dig veg
Plots the worms and soil life will take that down into the soil and that will nourish the soil to feed this rubar and this is the new rubarb that we’ve put in it’s a variety called Tony early so you can see the difference in how more advanced this is even though it’s
Only a year old you can see how much more advanced this is than the last two that we looked at my next top tip is that by the end of March you want to be harvesting any remaining leaks out of the ground and that’s because they will rise to flour
As we tip into April and leaks are really good you can process them and freeze them and still have the taste of some lovely leak longer into the year with the par Snips anytime from now you want to be lifting those you’ll start to see very soon that they will start to
Produce their green leaves and that’s something you don’t want to do because those leaves they will be Fe feeding on the natural sugars that make the pnip sweet to power their growth and go into flour to set their seeds but of course if you’re going to leave some on purpose
To get your own seed and obviously leave some in the ground and also the flowers are absolutely stunning and beautiful to look at and the wildlife really do love those flowers so if unlike us you have the room to leave some dotted about they’re going to look stunning in the
Garden you’re going to look after the wildlife and if it’s not an F1 variety gather your own seed my next top tip is to steak your broad beans if like us you planted these out the back end of last year in these case these went in last week in November
Wasn’t it I think it was yeah yeah so that the winds that you can probably here today on my microphone won’t break them they’ll just H to support them they do want to be uncovered now these have been covered since then because it won’t be too long before
We’ll need the pollinators to come in and help pollinate the flowers now you could be using string for this particular part of the job if you remember when we made the hot composter a few videos back those straps were actually meters long weren’t they party long yeah so
We’ve recycled them in order to complete this job these plants will eventually be up here so as they grow we have some more of this and we will just repeat the same thing again now my next tip is is as ever do keep on top of your weeds they will keep
Coming they do like the mild conditions of this year just like your veg you can see as I’ve been going around I’ve got some in a bucket if you just keep that with you all the time as you move from plot to plot then as you see the odd weed yeah just pull
It up and put it in the bucket the last thing you want is for those to take hold and then when you come out here toward the end of the month you’ll be amazed just how much they’ve grown you can see in the case of this grass is already trying to make a
Flower head and that will spill all its seeds everywhere if you leave that for too long you can probably see on the camera that the soil is nice and moist but what that does do it makes it difficult to hoe weeds so if it’s damp conditions like it is at the
Moment then don’t ho don’t get your hoe working pull them out by hand cuz all you’ll do is leave most of the rout behind March of course is a time when you can begin to plant things out into your plots Hardy veg such as onions radish turnips and
Beetroot they can actually start going into the plot after the middle of the month what those plants won’t like so much is if it’s still like this and there are cold winds which can still happen going into April here in the UK we have things known as April showers
And then tend to be blustery plants won’t like that so much so it’s a good idea to fleece them for the first few weeks of their life so that the sun’s Rays can be trapped underneath and keep that environment warmer for longer so that they get a
Good start to life towards the end of March will be the Spring Equinox and that means that the clocks Will Spring Forward by 1 hour that will create even more light conditions for our plants to grow in and do let us know in the comments what you’re planning to do in
March I know there are lots of people that watch our channel that don’t Garden in the same conditions as us you might still be under snow you might still have really freezing conditions during January and February maybe March is a time when you’re actually going to start on some of your garden
Projects if so do let us know what you’re doing we do love to hear from you and I can assure you we do read them all and I’m pretty sure that I reply to most of them there can’t be many I haven’t replied to whatever you’re doing in March have a
Great gardening week and we we shall see you on the next One
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Love watching your videos.thank you for all the great tips,ive learned so much from your channel.i have my rhubarb in large pots at the moment as we are looking to move in the next couple of months,can I feed them with manure still? I do have some chicken pettet fertiliser would I be able to use that and if so how much would you say to use.
I have 4 varieties of rhubarb planted. Timperley Early, Holstein's Blut, Livingstone and one we inherited which I call Graham's rhubarb. We have already had one picking of the Timperley and there will be lots more o pick next week again. I am going to grow less leeks this year as I have found that we don't eat a lot of them. I love your support system for your broad beans- so neat! Sowed a succession crop of broad beans yesterday an d also my first sowing of sugar snap peas, which we love. I planted out radish and beetroot today, but with some protection. Great video Barry and Mrs W. Happy gardening 😃
Regarding your pea arch , what width is it ? And what size are the rods inside the water pipe?
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Good reminder to lift the leeks this month. I've only got a few left so I'll clear that bed this week. I do broad beans in a similar way to you but with string. I think I prefer your use of strapping so I might have a hunt around for some.
This week is the start of sowing seeds in earnest for us. Having watched your channel for a good while I'm sure we are warmer here in South Wales. We haven't had a frost after the end of March since we moved here.Therefore my seedlings can grow safely in the greenhouse for now and be planted out in April.
Wise words and have to say I've been growing 40+ years and agree totally with you but the excitement and urge to get going still catches me out lol
Tomatoes planted with your favorite herb.Is what I am trying.Was told it gives the tomato the essence of the herb with the tomato flavour.Minecare going in with some BAZIL,,TYME,SAGE.Just to see what happens
Another cracking video. I am trying tigerella tomatoes this year along with tumbling toms and red cherry tomatoes. All have germinated and ready to pot on. I will share them with my mother in law who is lucky enough to have a greenhouse. Mine will be grown in a lean to put up grow house and hanging baskets. Also my two types of spring onions are growing well. All nice and snug in our conservatory. This gardening lark is so addictive and calming. I look forward so much to your posts. Diolch yn fawr hwyl.
Hi Barry, I really enjoy watching your channel and find your tips really helpful. We are in our fifth season with our allotment, also in Norfolk! Your broad beans are looking fabulous! The muntjac deer on our site eat the bean plants if we don't cover them. But this year they have been slaughtered by slugs because of all the rain we've had. I'm just hoping they will recover. I do sow The Sutton Dwarf variety of broad bean too and they did really well last year, so I will be putting some in soon.
That's great you found some well aged horse manure. I'm fortunate enough to have a horse farm around the corner where I pick up manure and bedding in the fall and let it cool down over the winter. It's a big farm however and difficult to find someone that can assure me the source of their hay and straw is cleans do I must be careful. I'll have to test it first.
I was happy to see the arugula I planted Tuesday has already germinated and and I think I see a few radishes and lettuce seeds popping also. You probably don't remember but last fall I told you the few soft neck garlic I planted last year did not do well but I was thinking of putting a few in a poly tunnel with my carrots for this year. Well I'm happy to say they all popped up and look good which makes me pleased. All the hard necks have come up also 😁
I wanted to ask when you were planning on moving your overwintered peppers outside to begin the transitioning process for next summer. I don't know if mine survived the winter in the garage or not but maybe I got lucky.
Thanks Barry and Mrs W for all the videos…learn something from each . Delighted that my seedlings look to be about the same size as yours. Should have a great year this year if I follow ye closely. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Margaret
Hi Barry and Mrs w your seedlings are looking fantastic you were on about tomatoes 🍅 I got some I sent away for Ukrainian purple Tom's and bloody butcher tomatoes 🍅 my usual ones like Shirley. Crimson crush. Alicante I call them black Russian. Yellow plum and my normal money makers went to the hospital on Saturday seen the surgeon had go for more x rays and going to send me for other mri.scan on my lower back see what goes on after that bye for now Barry and Mrs w stay safe
A couple of top tips for me in this one. Get all the potatoes in at the same time which I might do this year and don’t swamp the rhubarb crown with manure.
Hi we have been having freezing conditions lately with Jack Frost. My peas are almost ready to be planted out. All my onions including shallots and spring onions are almost ready they have been outside so are conditioned to the cold. My great grandson tipped up my aubergines and sweet peppers and some chillies he is 18 months old. So we don’t have those but I do have cayenne and celery seedlings. I havnt sowed much else as busy re doing our kitchen. Also havnt been to the plot much but march we will be getting busy with it all. I don’t usually sow tomatoes till end match/ April. I have my regular tomatoes I grow and we usually have tons. I make all our own sauce and salsa for the winter and freeze it’s so good so we need a good crop. I will be growing one more I havnt grown before and that’s Alice’s dream as several people have said they are very lovely and their favourites so hoping to grow those. 👍🙋🏻♀️
Thank you for the potato growing advice. I was wondering what to do with mine. We’ve been getting my beds ready with compost and plan to start some seedlings off soon. I’m so looking forward to seeing plants starting to grow 😊
Hi Barry, The clocks go forward on the last weekend of the month not on the solstice.
I always grow Cara and Maris piper and plant in 30l tubs end of April early May, living in Durham luckily no problem with blight. living where I do to you there's a few weeks difference in temperature for sowing seeds. Steve Colwell
Hi,can you please tell me where you got those metal raised beds from, love your videos here in Chelmsford 👍🏻.
Thanks so much, sorry for the early text, sometimes forget not everyone is out and about at this time.
Hi Barry & Mrs W, another great video! Re using horse manure – it may be worth asking your supplier what wormer he gives his horses as these can be full of chemicals. My radishe & spinach seedlings, in the greenhouse, are getting quite long & stringy & I'm not too sure what to do about it as its too early to put them outside. Have I missed the melon seed sowing? Clare x
Please do put cane toppers on your poles for broad beans, I would hate to see you hurt yourself x
I am trying out Sweetcorn this year & already made a mistake , although the seedlings are growing well so far ☺️
What happens with a perennial leek like Babbingtons then? Do you harvest it before it flowers by cutting it ? And then it re-grows (it sounds too good to be true!😂)
A lazy leaker of a gardener!😂