Vegetable Growing Tips for March

Growing vegetables is so rewarding. Whether growing vegetables in the ground or growing vegetables in containers, the end

result sitting on your dinner plate tastes so much better if only because you have taken so much trouble and care to grow them from seed! Here are some timely tips courtesy of Dobies:

Dig over soil that may be laying dormant at present. Then, to keep soil warm ready for early sowings,cover with cloches or clear polythene.
Seed of early crops of hardy peas and broad beans can be sown now.
Any crops that are being stored should be checked and used when at their best - any showing signs of rot should immediately be removed.
Shallots can be planted from middle of the month.

Asparagus crowns can be ordered now even though delivery may not be until late March/early April.

It is a good time to start preparing the site where they are to be grown, ensuring the ground has been dug thoroughly making sure it is free from weeds.
Early varieties of potatoes should be chitted (laid out in trays and allowed to form short sprouts) in acool, light, frost-free place ready for planting towards the end of March - this is proven to increase theyield of the tubers.

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