January
In The Vegetable Garden This January
Keep harvesting your parsnips and leeks as you need them.
Remove yellowing leaves from winter brassicas, they don’t help the plant and can even harbour pests and diseases.
Move any sprouting potato planters inside as frosts will kill the foliage.
Protect potato grow bags with frost protection fleece on cold nights if your greenhouse is unheated.
Top Tip:
Prepare the ground for early peas. Place a cloche over the soil this month, to warm up the ground a few weeks before sowing.
This Month's Key Tips
- Now is the ideal time to start 'chitting seed potatoes ready for planting in spring.
- Plant any seeds ready for the early season.
- Clean old pots and seed trays ready for sowing and planting.
- Start forcing rhubarb.
- Recycle your Christmas tree by shredding it for mulch.
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