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About this Garden Plan

2017 second year allotment

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: E5
Garden Size: 8.99m x 9.67m
Garden Type: Community garden
Garden Layout: Traditional layout - rows etc
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Heavy / Clay soil

Plan Notes

March 15 - 26 : Early potatoes, onions, garlic, kohl rabi, Savoy cabbage. Sown : peas, broad beans, parsnip April 1 - 9 : Pointed cabbage, PSB, French beans April 7 : garden beds : sown Chard, squash, runner beans. Planted PSB , beetroot , mangetout. April 14 : early potatoes appeared. April 19 : sown carrots, planted french beans, sweetcorn, turnips, sprouts May 15 : Runner beans plants transplanted. 1st French beans failed. Kohl Rabi harvested in garden and allotment. Kale eaten by deer/rabbits. May 20 : New french beans sown in greenhouse. May 28 : Mangetout harvest begins. June 8: Broad beans damaged by wind. Start of slug damage. First jazzy lifted. June 20 : Jazzy 1.5 rows 200+ potatoes. Broad beans. Some carrots thinned.

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Beans (Broad)
 Aquadulce Claudia
1520cm15cm x 45cm 
Beans (French)
 Safari
520cm15cm x 30cm 
Beans (Runner)
 Enorma
1820cm15cm x 30cm 
Beetroot
 Pablo F1
1220cm10cm x 20cm 
Beetroot 415cm15cm x 25cm 
Blackberry 190cm90cm x 90cm 
Broccoli (Purple)
 Summer Purple
160cm60cm x 60cm 
Broccoli (Purple)
 Purple Sprouting
660cm60cm x 60cm 
Cabbage (Autumn)
 Caramba
945cm45cm x 45cm 
Cabbage (Spring) 275cm60cm x 90cm 
Carrot 2010cm10cm x 15cm 
Garlic 915cm10cm x 25cm 
Kale
 Black Magic
530cm30cm x 30cm 
Kohlrabi 1125cm20cm x 30cm 
Leek
 Autumn Mix
3320cm20cm x 20cm 
Lettuce (Loose Leaf) 1810cm10cm x 15cm 
Mangetout 3610cm10cm x 20cm 
Onion (Red)
 Red Baron
3615cm10cm x 30cm 
Pak Choi 435cm30cm x 40cm 
Parsnip 1420cm20cm x 30cm 
Peas
 Terrain
5412cm12cm x 45cm 
Potatoes (Early)
 Swift
940cm30cm x 50cm 
Potatoes (Early)
 Jazzy
3030cm25cm x 60cm 
Potatoes (Maincrop)
 Desiree
645cm35cm x 75cm 
Raspberry 270cm60cm x 90cm 
Redcurrant 190cm90cm x 90cm 
Spring Onion 1810cm10cm x 10cm 
Swede
 Ruby
125cm20cm x 40cm 
Sweetcorn 935cm30cm x 45cm 
Swiss Chard 435cm30cm x 40cm 

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Beans (Broad)
 Aquadulce Claudia
Beans (French)
 Safari
Beans (Runner)
 Enorma
Beetroot
 Pablo F1
Beetroot
Blackberry
Broccoli (Purple)
 Summer Purple
Broccoli (Purple)
 Purple Sprouting
Cabbage (Autumn)
 Caramba
Cabbage (Spring)
Carrot
Garlic
Kale
 Black Magic
Kohlrabi
Leek
 Autumn Mix
Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
Mangetout
Onion (Red)
 Red Baron
Pak Choi
Parsnip
Peas
 Terrain
Potatoes (Early)
 Swift
Potatoes (Early)
 Jazzy
Potatoes (Maincrop)
 Desiree
Raspberry
Redcurrant
Spring Onion
Swede
 Ruby
Sweetcorn
Swiss Chard



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