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The Vegetable Garden in January

 

Overview ;

Happy New Year
 

This month is basically about preparation and planning for the forthcoming growing season.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Week No. 1 - 1st to 7th

 

  • Check lettuce plants growing under cover for grey mould (botrytis) or slug damage.

 

  • Cover Cress or Corn salad plants with cloches.

 

  • Earth up brassicas as far as the lower leaves if necessary.

 

  • Support Brussels sprouts with a strong stake to each plant if not done previously.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Week No. 2 - 8th to 14th

  • Commence chitting seed potatoes as soon as you receive them.

 

  • If not done previously; force Rhubarb into early growth by covering the crown with a box, bucket or forcing jar to exclude light, then grow on in a temperature of around 10°C (50°F).

 

Alternatively; If not 'forcing' your plants cover the crowns with a mulch of well rotted manure.

 

 

 
 
 

Week No. 3 - 15th to 21st

If not done previously; cut down Jerusalem Artichoke haulms, and lift the tubers, then store them in sand in a cool, frost free area.

 

 
 
 

Week No. 4 - 22nd to 28th

  • Plant two or three potatoes in a 250mm (10") pot to get an early catch crop.

 

 

 

 
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