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March

What to do on an allotment in March

General jobs in the garden

Move covers on Cloches on sunny days
Hoe newly imerging weeds
Mulch beds after rain to retain moisture
Warm soil wih fleece or polythene ready for planting
Make stale seeds beds

If you have any horticultural fleece, you can peg that onto the ground a week or so before you plant. The small rise in temperature of the soil can make a big difference

Allotment Gardening

 

Vegetables

Sowing

Planting

Onion and Shallot sets
Beetroot
Broad Beans
Early Peas (may do better started in a greenhouse)
Brussels sprouts – earlies
Summer cabbage (Under a cloche)
Spinach
Chard
 

Kohl Rabi
Leeks
Lettuce
Radish
Parsnips
Spinach Beet
Early Turnip
Calebrese
Early Carrots (Under a cloche)
Swedes

Plant early & second early and maincrop potatoes
Main crop broad beans,
Asparagus crowns & Jerusalem Artichokes
Successional sowing of radishes, early carrots, salad leaves, Mizuna, lettuce, rocket, spinach, spring onions.
Sow green manure on empty beds
Onion & shallot sets
Sow hardy peas in drain pipe
Last chance to plant garlic

Maintenance

Harvesting

Cover empty beds to keep the weeds down
Put in stake for beans & peas etc
Check stores
Prepare Asparagas beds

Leeks left over, they can be frozen for later use
Parsnips too should come up before they re-grow.
Spinach beet and chards available
Last of the late Brussels sprouts
Winter cauliflowers
Kale
Swedes
Salsify
Scorzonera.

Greenhouse

Sowing    

Maintenance
 Sow Aubergines Cucumbers & Tomatoes  

 Fruit

Planting   & Harvesting

Maintenance
Harvest last of the forced rhubarb
Finish planting bare rooted fruit trees and bushes, especially raspberries and other cane fruits.		 Spray tired looking bushes with comfry, nettle or seaweed.
Prune apple and pear trees while they are still dormant.
Prune gooseberries and currants and spread compost around the base
Finish winter pruning on soft fruit, removing all damaged branches
Clear weeds at the base of soft fruit and give a good layer of rotted manure.

 Herbs

Planting   

Maintenance
Sow chervil, dill, chives, summer savoury and parsley in a greenhouse or under a cloch  

 
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