Hello and welcome back to the channel. This is week seven of my Grow Along with Me series
where we’re learning how much food can be grown in a small space.
Over the last six weeks we've planted some onions and garlic and sown carrots, turnips,
lettuce, spinach and parsnips. All in this small growing area.
This is the last week of sowing and we’re going to go for Spring onions. They area happy
to grow close together and are quick to mature.
Before we get to that though, check on the growing area and remove any weeds that may
be popping up amongst your other crops. They are usually easy to spot and they will look
different to your other seedlings.
The carrots are doing really well and we need to thin these down a little. Grab yourself
a small pair of scissors. I use these thread cutters as they’re cheap and small.... So
they can get into harder to reach areas.
Look for any clumps of seedlings growing very closely together or where the stems are touching.
Cut them away at the base, leaving just one in place. The one which is left now doesn’t
need to compete for space and will grow stronger. You can leave any seedlings which have a little
space around them. Anything more than a finger widths space between will be fine. If you
can, try to leave the strongest looking seedling too but don’t worry too much about this
if it’s your first time thinning seedlings.
Take your time over this and you don’t need to do them all in one go, do it over the course
of a few days if it’s easier for you.
The turnips are looking good. This bare patch is going to annoy me though. I’ll sow some
more seeds here and they should catch up just fine.
You’re lettuce should have germinated too, thin these down to just one healthy seedling.
Do the same for the spinach where you have multiple seedlings growing together.
The parsnips haven’t germinated yet but they can take a little time.
Onto the spring onions then.
As before, rough up the surface a little as it may have become compacted.
Pour a good handful into your hand and, one pinch at a time, sprinkle evenly over the
surface of the last growing area.
Go right up to the edge ... and when you're done, move the compost around a little to
cover the seedlings up.
I’ve not needed to water the seedlings after sowing for the past few weeks, because it’s
been so wet but..... As we’ve had a week of hot days here... I’m going to give this
a good water. The easiest way to check is to poke a dry finger into the compost. If
it comes back out clean and dry, it needs a water.
And don’t forget to add a label for your spring onions.
That’s it for the sowing part of this series, which is a little sad, but this is far from
done. There will be updates when we need to do some tending and when these crops are ready,
i’ll show you how to harvest them.
For now, keep this grow bag watered if the top layer of compost starts to become dry
and continue to pick out any weeds and throw away any pests.
As always, thank you to my patrons for supporting this series and do consider joining the community.
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all, and Happy growing.