confused about when to plant??

[midlands miss]

keep researching this and then I keep forgetting to write it down then can never find it again so sorry if I am asking a similar question to others.

I have no greenhouse/cold frame so only have what bit of space is left on windows! Do have my lottie though and a cloche.

Runner beans- i can plant these outside from mid may?

broad beans- no idea when to plant these out!

peas-mange tout and kelvedon wonder- planted thse outside yesterday?

sweetcorn- have these chitting but can these be planted out mid may time?

I live in midlands if this makes a difference. thank you

[midlands miss]

[Robert_Brenchley]

This is an annual dilemma. A few years ago we had a frost in central Birmingham on June 16th, so I'm always a bit wary. I use masses of Poundland cloches, which see corn and toms through till all danger is past. Beans don't get planted out too early, and squashes stay in pots till they're a good size. Mid-May is fine as long as you can provide protection if needed, and watch the weather.

BB's can go out any time, as long as they're small. I've got some just coming up in pots, and they'd go out quite happily at that point if they needed to. They're perfectly hardy. Peas are also hardy, they just need a bit of protection while they're germinating, so they don't get eaten, and there are all sorts of ways of providing that.

[Plot69]

I'm in the Midlands, Peterborough to be exact.

My runners are going to be sown direct next week.

Broad beans been in since October so you''ll be fine with them.

Peas were sown direct a month ago and they're 4" high now.

My Sweetcorn is about 4" high but I may wait another week or two to plant that out.

Welcome by the way.

[Tee Gee]

    

confused about when to plant??

If the truth be known I think to a point everyone is! including me.

What with the fickle British weather and your exact location this can be different each year.
For instance I can plant out one side of my 40ft wide garden but I wouldn't dream of of planting out the other side because I know it is a 'frost pocket'

What I have taught myself over the years is to look at what perennials (including weeds) are growing and work from that.

For example when my daffodils are over I know I have about another four to six weeks before I will set out my bedding plants e.g. the hardy annuals in about 4 weeks after this sign and the half hardies a couple of weeks later.

My neighbour has a copper beech hedge which through the winter holds on to its old leaves then for no apparent reason you can look at it and it has shed these leaves and the new ones are opening. This is anoth of my planting out signs.

By the way regarding sowing earlier in the year I again look to my daffodils and when they start shooting up then I start my sowing programme.

I would say this year relative to last year is at least two weeks later possibly three so you see there is no hard and fast ruling hence you being unable to find info on the subject.

My advice to you is to keep a record when certain things happen i.e. when mother nature wakens up so do you.

This year apart from a few perennials I sowed early on I sowed about a couple of weeks later than year.

For instance my Cucumber, Courgettes & sweetcorn were only sown 4 days ago and now it has just germinated (it took 3-4 days)

Now that the day length is increasing they should be ready for planting out at the end of the month.

So you see in the end it is up to you.

To try and answer your question I would say your peas & broad beans can go out now (watch for the birds) The corn and runners I would wait till the end of the month.

[froglets]

I work on the same system every year.  When I have time & when I don't step out the back door going "lawks that's a tad bracing" ( or equivalent), I start chucking things into pots & re sow every two weeks until I have too much to cope with.  The window of opportunity is usually quite a broad one for most traditional veg.  No help to the precise amonst you, but it works for me!

[Flunky]

i am trying to work to a planner, however I have not had much success, work keeps getting in the way gggrrrr.

So I guess i have been doing as froglet has said. This is my first year I have not grown anything before so just seeing as it goes for now.

I also pick the seeds I want and follow what its says on the back.

[midlands miss]

thanks everyone that exactly what i am after. thanks again