Vegetables in April

Bypamadden

Mangetout peas started indoors in March are using their tendrils to climb up the strings around the wigwam made from four hazel posts.  Strings are positioned with a 10cm gap between them.

The hardy Meteor peas which were started indoors in March in a window box look healthy and strong.  Soon these will need staking with multi-branched twigs so that the tendrils will grasp onto them.

First early Home Guard new potatoes were sown outdoors in a hessian bag in mid-March in a mixture of 50% peat-free compost and 50% good soil.  They have emerged and will need protection with newspapers or horticultural fleece if frost threatens.

First early Home Guards sown indoors in mid-March have to be earthed up. This entails building soil up around the bare stems to encourage a higher yield and protect the tubers from turning green in sunlight. 

Chantenay Red Cored 3 carrots grown indoors in a dustbin in mid- March are making good progress.

Mangetout under wigwam
Meteor peas in window box
Potatoes in hessian bag
Earthed up potatoes in bag
Carrots in bin

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