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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: jimtheworzel on November 20, 2009, 19:37:45

Title: could be a mild winter
Post by: jimtheworzel on November 20, 2009, 19:37:45
hi all
very mild for time of year, but what if it stays mild through winter, will you be tempted to sow early.
i did, after a mild winter i sowed early and  planted it all by the end of march , it was doing o/k.........till june....then it all bolted.....i should have known better!!

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Title: Re: could be a mild winter
Post by: Flighty on November 20, 2009, 19:51:35
According to this it's more likely to snow at Easter than Christmas!

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/easter/

So even if it stays mild through the winter there's likely to be some cold weather in early spring.

That's why I don't sow early!
Title: Re: could be a mild winter
Post by: saddad on November 21, 2009, 09:50:34
Sow, Sow, quick, quick... Sow...
Nah, there'll be plenty of time for that later...  :)
Title: Re: could be a mild winter
Post by: Digeroo on November 21, 2009, 10:22:31
Even if it is mild all winter and we have had them before, it can get very stormy in May and things get a bit battered about. 
Title: Re: could be a mild winter
Post by: cornykev on November 21, 2009, 15:20:26
Every year its a mild winter, then all of a sudden we get a cold snap and its the coldest month on record, but if it stays mild its worth sowing a few early, then if they do bolt its only a few lost.   :-\     ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: could be a mild winter
Post by: Unwashed on November 21, 2009, 15:32:53
My onions are a little further on than I'd think was good for them.  I put them in middle Spetember.