What to do now?

[hamsterqueen]

I have four raised beds 1m square and have been growing potatoes in bags and Flower buckets. I want to make the most of the space and so am now thinking about what to plant next


Cabbages and peas are nearly finished now, as are the early potatoes.

So I have a 1m row in a bed with broccoli, chard and cauliflower
and about a third of a bed with french beans still merrily cropping either side.

The potatoes have been harvested by tipping the contents into a wheelbarrow, so I have about half a barrow full of compost.



Any ideas?

I would like to grow some more carrots, thought maybe using the buckets for those --OK after potatoes?
Should I add any oomph to the compost (eg chicken poo pellets or blood fish and bone)

also PSB..could that go in where the peas were?

I'm already stuffing in lettuces (from thinning salad leaves row) in every nook and crannnie.

[bustertom]

Hi Hamsterqueen,

I've put carrots in the buckets after potaotes plus some blood fish & bones.

Not to late for swede and I've just read elsewhere that early peas should be OK to plant now.

Clare

[SarzWix]

Your PSB should be happy enough where the peas were

[hamsterqueen]

Thanks, I am sorting through my seed packets even as we speak!!

[Two_Sheds]

Carrots would be good after spuds ... they don't like any kind of feeding (it makes them fork)

I am putting squash and pumpkin in every available gap (they were started a month ago in modules)

[hamsterqueen]

Definitely going to do carrots, it is the first time I have grown them in pots and I have had a far better crop than in the ground.

[Rocketron]

Summer Sowing Guide

[Snadger]

Summer Sowing Guide

'Jumps up and down to get Mods attention!!!!!!!'

A handy guide to be added to the growing techniques section methinks!