Pop them upright in an egg box on a light windowsill, so they grow little shoots before you plant them out next month. Good varieties are ‘Charlotte’ and ‘Nicola’. Cover the soil with horticultural fleece or cardboard to warm it in preparation for the growing season.įor this month's vegetable planting calendar, you can start early varieties of potatoes now by ‘chitting’ new potatoes. There are plenty of tips on how to grow winter brassicas in our dedicated guide.įinish digging over borders to prepare for this year’s sowings. Alternatively, the vibrant ‘Deadon’ is an attractive and delicious January King variety. For reliable and tasty Savoy-like crops, try ‘Wintessa’ or ‘Endeavour’. Cabbage: Crinkly Savoy and colourful January King cabbages are a winter staple and have bags of flavour.Kale: Snap the tender new leaves to encourage the plant to form side shoots, as a cut-and-come-again crop.Winter salads: If you have been growing lettuce in winter, continue to harvest Oriental mustard leaves, taking some little and often, leaving the outer leaves to give the plant energy to shoot again.If your soil is poor, apply organic chicken-manure feed before sowing and rake through. Onions: Bunching onion ‘Ishikura’ will get off to a good start in an open, sunny site with free-draining soil.Grow under horticultural fleece to protect against flea beetle. ![]() Ready to pick in 3-4 weeks and crops for months. Mizuna and oriental leaves: Ideal for a small space, sow into short drills in the ground or pots, thinning out plants to 2in (5cm) apart.Take care not to knock off the chits when planting. You can plant your chitted tubers into pots in a heated greenhouse in January, or into the earth in mid to late March. Within just a few weeks, sturdy short ‘chits’ will develop. Stand the individual tubers in the tray, ideally with the ‘rose’ end uppermost – this is the end with the most eyes. Potatoes: If you're learning how to grow potatoes, use a clean, shallow seed tray or a collection of egg boxes and a light, frost-free position such as a sunny windowsill.(Image credit: Kathy deWitt / Alamy Stock Photo) Peas and beans should grow where you had potatoes, potatoes where you grew root veg and onions previously, and so on. For example, brassicas should go where peas and beans grew last year. Crop rotation means growing different kinds of veg in their own section, and changing them every year. ![]() ![]() Think about new techniques like crop rotation which will help improve the health of your veg and avoid build-up of pests and diseases. Making these plans for your vegetable planting calendar now will allow you to maximize and increase productivity and enable you to order the necessary seeds early, avoiding later disappointment of finding you've missed your planting window! Then think about what veg you want to grow and start doing some research about timings. Ask yourself if there's an area of lawn which could be turned into raised garden beds for veg. Draw up a basic sketch of your growing area to go in a sunny patch in your garden. ![]() A little careful planning now will save you time and maximize your space for the growing season ahead. The beginning of the year is the perfect time to look at the design of this season’s veg plot.
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