The Choy Sum seedlings are growing on nicely and I sowed some more seeds to complete a full row of this Chinese flowering broccoli. The Spring Cabbage seedlings are also growing strongly in amongst the red clover and these will now need to be thinned out to 9" between plants. They will be thinned out again in March as 'Spring Greens', leaving the remainder to heart up.
The cabbages in the brassica cage have been attacked by the Large White butterfly caterpillars. Heather has been inside to pick most of them off, but we really need to devote another afternoon to tidying-up inside.
The same caterpillars have also attacked the foliage on the Swedes, but this has not affected the roots which are growing to monster proportions !
Most of the potatoes have now been lifted and the ground prepared for our aliums : We have already sown two rows of Onion Senshyu Yellow seed and the seedlings will be thinned out in Spring.
We are clearing out the last of the carrots from the area that was supposed to be protected from carrot root fly. We have some more carrots growing under fleece and another row of Flyaway which have been sown late in the hope that it will avoide the ravages of this little pest !
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