Lesser of the two evils??

[diannee]

So heres the thing, after 14 years of growing on my allotment i have finally given it up for a number of reasons, foremost being i don't need to grow so much anymore. So i am now growing my veggies in the front garden. Every square inch is now planted with summer edibles
My problem is, i ordered barrow loads of winter veg plants i.e. Cauliflower, Kale, Cabbage (around 94 plants in all) for my winter veg selection, which were supposed to be delivered mid August and they've arrived NOW
I have no clue what to do with them all! My only two options as i see it, is to squeeze them in between rows/plants (and it would be a proper squeeze) or pot them on and keep them in a cold frame for another 4 weeks or so. If i squeeze them in-between plants i wont be able to net them and if i keep them in pots it's gonna hold them back. Which is the lesser of the two evils do you people think?? or any other ideas would be much appreciated.

DIANNEE

[scarey55]

Hello, and welcome to the Vine

If it were me, I would probably keep them in pots until I have enough space for them. If they were delivered when they were supposed to be then they would have been kept in pots anyway. That's just what I would do but ...

[Bren In Pots]

First I'll say hello and welcome to the vine

I'd pot them up into larger pots until you have space, I wouldn't put them in a coldframe I'm sure it would be to hot for them.

[Nicos]

Pots are the way to go.
You say 'front' garden.....do you have a back garden you can put the pots in for now?
...or is it a good excuse to start growing a few more veg in there anyway?

Oh...how rude of me!
....Welcome to the Vine!

[Jungle Jane]

Hello & welcome That's a lot of plants to suddenly appear early,I've got some Brussels sprouts & nowhere to put them,eggs are being laid on them,I haven't netted anything again this year (back garden) it's a real time consumer getting rid of the eggs off each leaf. I would put them in pots maybe with a net over them somewhere not in direct midday sun I think it's going to be hot again this week or something?

[diannee]

Thanks everyone

Thank you all for your replies, i've potted them all up today and they are currently under netting down my sideway. Cant put them in back garden as i have recently adopted a rescue dog that would have great fun de-potting them!

[Potstubsdustbins]

At the moment in waiting in pots I spring cabbage and kale, it will be into Sept by the time I have space in the final containers, but this happens every year without a problem. You will be very surprised how quick they come on when you do finally get them in the ground.

And of course welcome to the mad house.

[Kirk]

I would say like others that pots are going to be the least bad option. Watch the watering.
Sounds as if you may come to the same conclusion I have: Don't fully plant every bit of ground up, keep an area for emergencies or the unexpected.

Just planned the rows for next year, decided on more narrower ones. But I have reserved 2 with nothing in as I am sure that something will appear that I decide to try. So the spare rows will be for them. Or for a bit of a glut of seeds that performed better then anticipated.

[vixylix]

Mine are all in pots waiting to go in, personally I think that's a far better option than squashing everything in, which will affect everything and they could all end up diseased / struggling

[Chestnut]

Hello and welcome :-)

A couple of 'outside the box' ideas...
If you don't have enough bigger pots or space for bigger pots, do you have any friends or neighbours with spare bits of garden they don't really use? Or does your old allotment society have any disused plots (would they let you borrow a corner until spring???)