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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: veggie lover on May 30, 2007, 21:39:44

Title: Sowing swede
Post by: veggie lover on May 30, 2007, 21:39:44
Hi All
Have any of you tried starting off your swedes in toilet rolls or peat pots ??? Thought it may be a good idea as i don't seem to have much luck with sowing directly :'(
Any advise much appreciated :)
Title: Re: Sowing swede
Post by: manicscousers on May 31, 2007, 14:32:31
yep, we've currently got 12 swede seedlings transplanted into the veggie bed, all the others got eaten , we grew these in fibre pots
Title: Re: Sowing swede
Post by: theothermarg on May 31, 2007, 14:57:24
yes i grew them in rootrainers however within days of planting them out i was left with just the stalks!! i had put slug pellets down but had not netted them :'(
skyrats are greedy for tender lush brassica,s at the moment learn from mt mistake
found that seed planted now are coming up really fast
marg
Title: Re: Sowing swede
Post by: debster on May 31, 2007, 21:36:11
i sowed my directly into seed trays and then transplanted out so far about 90% success rate and trillions of spares incase cos i let step daughter loose with the seed  :D
Title: Re: Sowing swede
Post by: Uncle Joshua on May 31, 2007, 21:58:53
I sowed mine into a tray and got 30 plants from 30 seeds which I planted into a bed today.
Title: Re: Sowing swede
Post by: cambourne7 on May 31, 2007, 22:03:19
i moved mine into there bed from a seed tray 2 weeks ago and they promptly got frazzeled.

I think 3-4 out of 30 survive.

I am going to sow another row in situ monday.
Title: Re: Sowing swede
Post by: saddad on May 31, 2007, 23:00:30
I put a couple of rows in direct last weekend... under fleece, if the sky rats don't get them the flea beetle will!
::)
Title: Re: Sowing swede
Post by: veggie lover on June 01, 2007, 10:48:45
Thanks for all the replies, ill sow them in a seed tray and see how they fair ;D