My windowsill is overflowing

[broadway]

Morning Folks,

I always start stuff indoor in the early part of the year. Is it ok for the following to go out now:-

Squash
Marrow
Spinach
Chard
Courgette

[singleseeder]

Not courgette, squash or marrow just yet I would guess, although you are further south than me.

Spinach and chard could be hardened off and put out perhaps.

My windowsill(s) also overfloweth.............. and the kitchen floor and table (by the french doors). I brought a load of stuff in from the greenhouse when this 'orrible weather started.

[rustylady]

Spinach and chard can go out, but daytimes only for a few days. Courgette, marrow can go outside for a few hours if the weather is nice. Do you have anywhere outside under cover?

[Gemmalaveen]

My chard has been outside for weeks already and it is doing fine - I am in a rural location so colder/frostier than London for sure.

I planted out a courgette in my London garden at the end of April last year and it did very well... but then again it was a warm and sunny spring. Could you put them under a cloche for a while and bring them indoors if the weather turns suddenly?

[Two_Sheds]

Chard is completely hardy, it shouldn't really be indoors at all.

When is your last frost, Broadway? That will dictate when you can put your tender stuff out

[lottie dolly]

I haveused the patio doors,put a two tire coffee table next to it,double the space,also anything like gravel trays,old meat tins put onto platic or????,on the carpet,at night pull them back,in the day push them nearer the glass,just turn them round if they start to lean,also they nearer to the outside for moving much easier,on a nice day you could open the doors to harden them up a bit,

[broadway]

Chard is completely hardy, it shouldn't really be indoors at all.

When is your last frost, Broadway? That will dictate when you can put your tender stuff out

Weather or wife re frost

No thanks all folks, gonna pop the chard and spinach out tomorrow.

Funny thing with the chard, grew out of the old compost I used for this year’s toms so totally unexpected, brilliant!

I did also see that chard may come again each year, views?

[Two_Sheds]

chard may come again each year, views?

Chard is biennial, like the beetroot it's related to


I let it self-seed on my lotty, and it comes back every year in its 1000s

[veggiechicken]

I love chard - its so enthusiastic. Grows in all weathers, self seeds, looks good in the flower bed - and, would you believe, you can eat it too!

[Mato]

I love chard - its so enthusiastic. Grows in all weathers, self seeds, looks good in the flower bed - and, would you believe, you can eat it too!

I'm with you, veggiechicken. I also agree the chard can go out. I'm not so sure about the spinach, marrow, and squash. I would wait a few weeks to put those out. Patience is key!

[veggiechicken]

Spinach would be fine, but not the plants that produce watery fruits like squashes etc.

[Tripmeup]

As VC says, spinach should be fine outside now
I have some growing away having been direct sown into the ground between my garlic rows..It was sown two weeks ago at least