Topic: PSB

[terrier]

Is it too late to sow PSB seeds now. I put out all my young plants and they have been blitzed, nothing was left apart from the stalks about one inch above the ground :(  Probably wishful thinking mid July but just wondered if anyone had tried.

[johhnyco15]

if you have spare seeds then give it a go you havent got much to loose and maybe buy 6 plants for backup from the garden centre  id give it a go

[squeezyjohn]

I have done PSB sown this late before and they don't really get very big before the winter ... they do then grow a bit in the spring but the yield is not what you'd expect from purple sprouting and it comes quite late.

A good site to get PSB and other winter greens plants from at this time of year is Robinsons (www.mammothonion.co.uk) ... they do 5 plants for £7.50 and I was very successful with them the one year my own sowings failed.

[terrier]

I've put the seeds in a deep tray of compost out in the sunshine, I'm hoping for an extended Summer, maybe until mid November 

[johhnyco15]

I've put the seeds in a deep tray of compost out in the sunshine, I'm hoping for an extended Summer, maybe until mid November 

thats the ticket positive thinking lol

[daveyboi]

Only a couple of weeks late in some respects so I am sure they should be okay ...let us know how they get on.

[Paulines7]

A good site to get PSB and other winter greens plants from at this time of year is Robinsons (www.mammothonion.co.uk) ... they do 5 plants for £7.50 and I was very successful with them the one year my own sowings failed.

I thought you had made a mistake with the price you typed for 5 PSB plants, Squeezyjohn, but I was amazed when I went into your link and saw that they were indeed £7.50 for 5.  I always thought they were expensive in our local garden centre where they sell 8 for £2.99. 

I would certainly think it worth sowing some seeds now than paying an arm and a leg for them. 

[LesH]

   my local HOMEBASE had 10 PSB plants last week for £1.97 as well as a range of other veg .