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RAISED BED AND CONTAINER WEEKLY DIARY
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Our preferred supplier of seed potatoes is JBA Seed Potatoes Our full article on when and what seed potatoes can be found by clicking here. The next entry in your weekly diary for growing potatoes in containers is about chitting potatoes, click here to go there now. SOWING PARSNIP SEED IN CONTAINERS AND RAISED BEDSThe first sowing of parsnip seed should be made in late February, maybe a couple of weeks later if your area is very cold. Choose a day when the soil in the raised bed or container is not frozen. Parsnips can be grown equally well in medium sized pots or a raised bed, the process is the same.Gladiator F1 is by far the best parsnip seed to choose for raised beds and containers. They are vigorous growers but don't take up too much room. As for the best soil for parsnips, raised beds or containers filled with multi-purpose are ideal. The soil is relatively light and crumbly but at the same time holds moisture and nutrients without becoming water logged. Also, the absence of stones will produce well-shaped parsnips with very little forking (growing into misshapen roots). Just before sowing the seed scatter a good handful of blood, fish and bone over every square metre of soil. Gently work it in with a trowel. Don't apply any other fertiliser at this time and especially no manure. Over fertilising the soil causes the foliage to grow at the expense of root growth and also can cause misshaped roots. Parsnip seeds take three to four weeks to germinate and this has the disadvantage that it's easy to forget where they are sown. So mark them out clearly when sowing the seed. Sow the seed about 2cm / ¾in deep and about 5cm apart. if you are sowing more than one row then the rows should be 30cm / 1ft apart. Cover the seeds with soil and lightly firm down. Water if the soil is dry. Parsnip seed should be sown over a month or so rather than all together. The next action for growing parsnips in raised beds and containers can be found here. COVER RAISED GARDEN BEDS APPLY LONG LASTING FERTILISER TO YOUR RAISED
BEDS As far dosage goes, a couple of handfuls evenly scattered over a square metre will do just right. Take a trowel and work it into the surface of the soil. PLANT NEW RASPBERRY CANES IN CONTAINERS BACK TO WEEKLY DIARY INDEX PAGE READER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PAGE
14 January 2013
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