The next phase

It looks as though I have to stop with the seeds for now;  I have some empty pots and trays now and I can't refill them as I won't have anywhere to plant.  Now I'm moving on to the business of potting on and planting out.  

All my green cabbages are in the ground, some at home and some at the allotment;  the allotment ones are sharing the kohlrabi bed, under some insect mesh and the home ones are with some lettuce.  I have Brussels sprouts and red cabbage ready to go too, probably to go partly with the kohlrabi and the rest in the turnip bed at the allotment (also covered).  All the snap peas are also transplanted, mostly growing well (looks like a little bit of flea beetle damage).

The first batch of plum tomatoes are all in the ground at the allotment, and the cherry toms in planters.  I have a second batch of plum toms but as they are still pretty small I don't know if I'll end up planting them out.  Maybe.  I initially wasn't planning on growing sweetcorn this year but ended up buying a packet on special and only 5 of 25 seeds sprouted:  not that special.  I've potted them on already;  lots of people plant sweetcorn at the allotment so maybe mine'll still get pollinated and grow some corn.  I'll put it with the squash anyway, like I always do.  

I'm waiting for my squash to emerge actually.  I ended up sowing three trays of it:  two of the giant squash seed and one from the final squash of 2023 (that we ate in July of 2024).  Both came from the same lineage;  I hope they both grow big, long-storing squashes (we still have one last squash from 2024 on our living room windowsill--I'll save seed from that one for next year too).

Though the squash is slow, the cucumbers and zucchini are all looking fine.  I've put the cucumbers out on the patio already (sprouted indoors) but the zucchini are only getting day trips so far.  My runner beans are also just coming up in the cold frame on my patio.  I bought some dwarf French bean seeds and saved some climbing French beans seeds from last year but maybe I won't have anywhere to grow them this year;  I'll take stock in a few more weeks and see if it's possible or if I'll save them till next year.