Week 17 - Bed 9 Planting

We removed the sod and dug this bed the previous week and in the fine seedbed we sowed one short row each of the following brassicas (listed order from south to north) for transplanting later in the summer:

• Pentland Brig Kale - a very frost hardy and heavy cropping leafy winter veg with a distinct flavour, with leafy side shoots and spears like broccoli
• Darkmar 21 Brussels Sprouts - a early variety producing large, dark green sprouts in Oct-Dec
• Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli - early variety producing many purple spears from early March
• Waltman Calabrese Broccoli - autumn maturing, with a small central head followed by large number of side shoots
• Holland Late Winter Cabbage - large, white, solid, hardy variety
• Cour di Bue Summer Cabbage - large pointed heart variety, maturing in early autumn, light green in colour
• Red Drumhead (Cabeza) Cabbage - large, solid, ball shaped, deep red variety to harvest from summer to autumn
• Vertus Savoy Cabbage - medium late variety with round flattish heads, medium green, well curled and frost hardy

In the same bed we also planted 2 short rows each of the following brassica family plants:

• Cherry Bell Radish - fast growing scarlet, globe shaped variety
• White Globe Turnip - purple topped, flat, white flesh variety - not to be confused with the Swede Turnip
• Larno Kohl Rabi - pale green variety