Topic: Calabrese.

[carolinej]

I've got some calabrese plants in fibre pots. They are looking fine, about 3 inches high. Does anyone know when would be the best time to plant them out. They are not pot bound yet.

Thanks

cj :)

[Grant]

Are they under cover.  If you have a cold frame you could grow them on a bit more in and leave them in the cold frame to aclimatise.

[tim]

As Grant says, when they are 'acclimatised' (hardened off), they can go out any time so long as they have 5-6 leaves.

[carolinej]

Thanks. They are in the conservatory, so I will start hardening them off.

cj :)

[Trevor_D]

Do you have any bell cloches (the cheap - well, fairly - plastic ones)? Put them in place for a day or first, then plant out the calabrese. If in doubt, pot them on: I overwinter mine in 3" pots in the frame, then move them into 4" pots for a bit. They seem to like the extra boost of fresh compost.

Trevor

[carolinej]

Until they get too big, I could always use my very expensive pop bottle cloches ;D

cj :)