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Veg Gardener's Diary ... March

- Hints & Tips on what jobs need to be done in the vegetable garden during March!

March vegetable gardening in the UK - Early Spring - when to sow, plant & harvest your crops

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March - The Vegetable Gardener's Diary

March is the time to:

Prepare

- Rake over your vegetable plot
- Harden off seedlings by moving them outside during the day only

Sow Indoors or in a heated greenhouse

Lettuce
Tomatoes
Aubergines
Sweet peppers
Chillies
Cucumbers
Celery
Celeriac
Fennel
Peas
Sweetcorn
Sweet potato (Yams)

Sow Outdoors undercover

Broad beans
Red cabbage
Summer cauliflower
Spinach
Kale
Sprouts
Onions
Leeks
Carrots
Turnips
Peas
Radish
Lettuce
Asparagus

Plant

First early seed potatoes, shallots, onions
Asparagus crowns and globe artichokes
Transplant early summer cauliflower seedlings

Harvest

Leeks
Broccoli
kale
Cauliflowers
Spinach
Swiss chard
Spring lettuce

Things to do:

- Hoe away any weeds

- Prune old growth away from any perennial herbs

- Divide chives

- Harden off cauliflowers, onions and leeks which were sown under glass in January, in preparation for planting out in early April

- Harden off any outdoor variety of tomato plants, ready for planting out in June

- Pot on any tomato seeds sown during January and February. Keep the plants growing at a steady rate, but not too fast

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Other parts of the garden in March

Spring Gardening | March Greenhouse | March Fruit Garden | March Decorative Garden

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