Topic: Wide bed cloches

[andyh]

Hi,

A very kind elderly neighbour has recently been widowed and she has given me her husbands cloche hoops. These are made from blue water pipe and have hooks at soil level for the string to be attached. They are five foot wide and two  and a half foot high. I intend to use them to make tunnels of about fifteen foot in length. The only problem I have is that I have no idea what to plant under them at this time of year. Are carrots and potatoes a possibility?

Thanks

Andy

[Mimi]

I think that it is still too cold to plant out just yet Andy.  best use them to warm the soil in readiness for planting out.  Im not an expert though, I am sure that someone more knowledgable will let you know.  ;)

[gavin]

I use hoops and fleece to cover a brassica seed bed -  6-8 foot long, by 3 foot wide.  No flea beetle, no root fly and the seeds romp away to catch up on earlier sowings.

And carrots - yup, I'd go for that one too.

All best - Gavin

[Mrs Ava]

Going to do my carrots under fleece cloches over the next few days....weather permitting.  What about early salad?  or peas??

[Doris_Pinks]

I have a cloche on the plot warming up the soil ready to plant my first early potatoes in! DP

[Mrs Ava]

cloches on my plot as of today!  Carrots, lettuce, rocket, beetroot and radish all snug as bugs in rugs!  ;D

[moonbells]

I use hoops and fleece to cover a brassica seed bed -  6-8 foot long, by 3 foot wide.  No flea beetle, no root fly and the seeds romp away to catch up on earlier sowings.

And carrots - yup, I'd go for that one too.

All best - Gavin

That's what I'm hoping to do this year, too. Last year the flea beetle really wrecked my summer cabbages and they didn't heart until late autumn instead of July! I also have a large roll of blue water pipe waiting...  But I did enviromesh my carrots and have had quite an amazing crop.

I'm hoping this season is as good.

moonbells