We've finally had some rain! Not enough to fill the depleted reservoirs obviously, but enough to water the outdoor beds and wash the dust off everything. It all looks so much better and fresher.
Any suggestions what I can interplant in my red cabbage bed please? The bed is 120cm square and has 5 cabbages planted in a dice formation. 1 in each corner and one in the middle, so there's quite a lot of bare soil at the min. Would greyhound summer cabbage be ok? They are quite compact. Lettuce might have been a good option, but I have none ready to plant at the min. Maybe I'll just put some strulch on.
Also, I don't cut back my early strawberries and they give another harvest in late summer. It doesn't affect the yield in the next year either, they do really well.
What variety of red cabbages Alison? All that I’ve grown grow huge and will quickly fill a bed. When I want something really quick I choose from spinach, radish, lettuce, Asian greens. I don’t think another cabbage would have time sown now, to compete. Leeks are an option too, if you have any ready but you’d probably have to transplant them in 6-8 weeks, but they transplant well. What variety are your strawberries? I don’t get much of a second harvest from my summer fruiters (which I’m going to cut back) but I do from my ever bearing ones, which I just move outside. I prefer to cut them back because I find it easier to add new compost and store them, when they don’t have a huge canopy of leaves : all the best - Steve
They're red drumhead. I've put lettuces in between them before end that worked, but I haven't any ready to go in. Bad organisation! My summer cabbages are 6 weeks old so that's why I was wondering about them. I've decided against it though because they'll probably get swamped.maybe I'll put some radshes in. I don't mind them peppery in summer. The only issue with it is keep taking the nets off to harvest them. Its a hassle. My nests are pinned in with staples over frames. I'd like to make low tunnel netted covers, but have nowhere to store them when not in use.
I can't remember the variety of strawberries but I have it on a note in my old phone, if I can find it I'll let you know. Typically I can remember all my other varieties, just not that one. I cut them back in late autumn after they've had their second fruiting and they do fine.
We've finally had some rain! Not enough to fill the depleted reservoirs obviously, but enough to water the outdoor beds and wash the dust off everything. It all looks so much better and fresher.
Any suggestions what I can interplant in my red cabbage bed please? The bed is 120cm square and has 5 cabbages planted in a dice formation. 1 in each corner and one in the middle, so there's quite a lot of bare soil at the min. Would greyhound summer cabbage be ok? They are quite compact. Lettuce might have been a good option, but I have none ready to plant at the min. Maybe I'll just put some strulch on.
Also, I don't cut back my early strawberries and they give another harvest in late summer. It doesn't affect the yield in the next year either, they do really well.
All the best - Alison.
What variety of red cabbages Alison? All that I’ve grown grow huge and will quickly fill a bed. When I want something really quick I choose from spinach, radish, lettuce, Asian greens. I don’t think another cabbage would have time sown now, to compete. Leeks are an option too, if you have any ready but you’d probably have to transplant them in 6-8 weeks, but they transplant well. What variety are your strawberries? I don’t get much of a second harvest from my summer fruiters (which I’m going to cut back) but I do from my ever bearing ones, which I just move outside. I prefer to cut them back because I find it easier to add new compost and store them, when they don’t have a huge canopy of leaves : all the best - Steve
They're red drumhead. I've put lettuces in between them before end that worked, but I haven't any ready to go in. Bad organisation! My summer cabbages are 6 weeks old so that's why I was wondering about them. I've decided against it though because they'll probably get swamped.maybe I'll put some radshes in. I don't mind them peppery in summer. The only issue with it is keep taking the nets off to harvest them. Its a hassle. My nests are pinned in with staples over frames. I'd like to make low tunnel netted covers, but have nowhere to store them when not in use.
I can't remember the variety of strawberries but I have it on a note in my old phone, if I can find it I'll let you know. Typically I can remember all my other varieties, just not that one. I cut them back in late autumn after they've had their second fruiting and they do fine.
All the best - Alison