Positive Progress
Apr 14th, 2008 by Chris
Another beautiful sunny day. So much for watching the weather forecast. Robs first job was to dig up the last of the parsnips from last year and a couple of leeks. Next we planted five Calabrese Marathon plants in the old brassica cage. We then scattered some feed around and a good few slug pellets too. The feed is something called Perlka, which was handed to us by the treasurer of the allotment site when we paid this years rent. I had never heard of it but we are told it is a good fertiliser. Apparently it is slow release Nitrogen and Calcium. We shall see.
Perlka - Calcium cyanamide, one of the EU-authorized fertilizers, is an environmentally friendly, multi-purpose fertiliser. Owing to its special composition calcium cyanamide provides plants with nitrogen in an ideal way, as well as supplying the soil with valuable lime. It also reduces weeds and debilitating diseases simultaneously, because it has the additional effect not only of preventing weed germination but also of combating soil-borne diseases, pests and parasites.
I hoed the onion bed where the onions planted last year are starting to show signs of new growth and we scattered some feed around.
Rob reconstructed the tent greenhouse we bought from Lidl and we sowed some Raddish French Breakfast and a row of Spring Onions Lisbon. We have secured it a bit better this time so fingers crossed.
I tidied up the Cranberry bin as the cardboard lining had rotted away so I replaced it with tiles and glass.
Rob set more potatoes in bags and we put them at the back of the small greenhouse to shelter it a little.
Over on plot 18 we have sown seeds of Parsnip White Gem, Carrot Autumn King, Turnip Snowball, Beetroot Wodan and Raddish Icicle.
I sowed several different carrots in the carrot bin. I broadcast the seed in blocks. They were Rainbow, Chantenay Red Cored, Early Nantes and Eskimo. I have covered the bin over again with polythene until the seeds have germinated.
We came home after ticking a few jobs off our list but we still have loads to do this week.
