Week 13 - Bed EX8 Planting

This bed was dug as a rough lazy-bed into which we planted:

• Meteor Dwarf Peas (2 short double rows) - an early hardy variety ideal for both autumn and spring sowing, grows to 35cm high
• Express Broad beans (4 short rows) - a fast maturing longpod variety growing 60cm tall
• Orla Potatoes (27 sets) - a first early variety with creamy white oval tubers with light yellow flesh

One row of the peas was sown using pre-sprouted seeds which involved soaking seeds and allowing them to sprout indoors. This is useful in the early spring when the cold soil can prevent or slow germination. Unfortunately, the roots had grown too long (they should have been planted a few days earlier) which probably reduced any advantage.