Allotment Growing

Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Gardening

Allotment Vegetable Growing Planning for 2005 Part 5

What to Grow? - Onions

The onion family are the easiest to sort now. It's logical that they should go onto the half of Bed 1, Plot 29 that is next to the autumn planted onions and garlic.

This year I intend to try some Red Barron from seed as well as planting some sets in the spring. I've never grown onions from seed before, so it should be interesting.

Root Crops

My root crops suffered from the sheer weight of the soil - heavy clay does not encourage them. This year I shall use Bed 1 & 2 on Plot5. The soil has been well dug over and has a lot of leafmould as well as some of the turkey litter waiting to be rotovated in.

Hopefully this will 'lighten' the soil for a more successful crop.

I also want to grow a little perpetual spinach which can go on the same patch.

Rather than long rows, I may try sowing in patches. One bit of good news is that the site does not seem to suffer from carrot root fly.

Sweetcorn and Squash

I doubt I will need the whole of the combined Beds 1 & 2 so the sweetcorn and squshes can go on the rest.

Brassicas

Bed 3 on Plot 29 is assigned to brassicas but they tend to take a little more space than I have there so the extra will move on Plot 5 .

This leaves the plans looking like this

Plot 29 Interim Plan 2

Plot 5 Interim Plan 2

This appears to leave me with a spare bed on plot 5 but I'm sure there will be overspill from somewhere!

The deep beds will be used as below:

Well that's the theory of what's going where.. I doubt the plan will survive the season.. there's always change.

Now for what to plant when.

Planning the Plot (for 2005)

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5