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Planting Peas And Lots of Transplants

Posted on March 14, 2009 at 10:43 PM

Got quite a bit of planting work completed today!   I prepped the beds by first aerating them with a broadfork and then I broadcasted some general purpose organic fertilizer over the soil and mixed it in to the top few inches.  I then used my rake to smooth and even it all out.   Using a 4 foot long piece of bamboo I marked out a planting grid in the soil - 12" squares in the bed for the cole crops and 6 inch squares for the onions. 

 

 

By the end of the afternoon I had transplanted:

  • 16 "Umpqua" broccoli plants
  • 6 "Ruby Ball" cabbages
  • 10 "Koliribi" kohlrabi
  • 48 "Candy" onions
  • 64 "Copra" onions
  • 12 "Super Gourmet Blend" lettuces (greenhouse containers)

Here's a picture of some of them.

 

 

 

In addition to all the transplanting, I also block planted my patch of peas.   I did a whole new web page on how I do Block Planting in Raised Boxed Beds.  This new page can also be found in the "How To" Info Pages.

 

If you recall, a short while ago I wrote in my blog about doing some work in the shop to prepare supports to hold a horizontal grow support system for my bed of garden peas.    I have seen this done using large panels of stiff hog wire laid across a bed with the panel resting on the boxed bed edging.   I designed a similar system (but slightly different) using trellis netting I already use for my vertical grow supports and some bamboo poles I also had on hand.   Rather than try to explain it further - I will just show you by a sequence of photos how it turned out. 

 

I added a second netting tier to provide maximum support.   Not sure if that was really necessary - but I thought I would give it a try.

 

 

So there you have it!   I think it turned out very well and I will be interested to see how it performs.

Categories: Seed Starting, Transplanting, Garden Structures

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8 Comments

Reply Dan
11:12 PM on March 14, 2009 
Nice to see some planting. I can't plant out cole crops until the middle of April, lets hope time goes fast! I see we are grow to same kohlrabi, I have never grown or eaten kohlrabi. Looks like you can make a nice coleslaw with it, what do you use it for?

Interesting support system, I bet it would work good at keeping potatoes from flopping over as well.
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
11:29 PM on March 14, 2009 
Dan, I bet your right about the horizontal netting supporting potatoes well too. I never really thought of that - but now that you mention it!

I like kohlrabi served as a coleslaw, cut into slices and used in stir frys, and it is also very good sliced and served with other raw veggies with some dip.
Reply Sandy
12:22 AM on March 15, 2009 
I also managed to plant out my onions, but you certainly outworked me today!
Reply Sinfonian
01:33 PM on March 15, 2009 
DoubleD out worked me something fierce also. All I did was spend the day with the kids running errands... and now it's snowing. Blah.

Great work. Now I understand the horizontal trellis system. Very cool. Very creative.

Though I'm kind of surprised you don't succession plant your broccoli. Doesn't it all come up at once? I ask because I'm hoping to succession plant mine.

Hehe, I think this year I'll only plant one square of green onions. We don't use them enough to plant three squares.

Great work! Glad you got it all done. I expect you're feeling pretty good right now, even if a bit sore. Thanks for sharing.
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
01:57 PM on March 15, 2009 
I actually do succession plant my broccoli in that I will have another 16 plants that will go in about a month later. The heads do not all mature at exactly the same time but they do come on relatively together. It takes 2 or 3 heads to make a proper meal serving for several people if they eat healthily from veggies - so we go through them fairly quickly and then start leaning on the side shoots for stir frys etc. By having a early spring, later spring, mid summer/fall, and late summer/fall crop we grow enough to eat abundantly (strive for 5 or more servings of vegetables/fruits a day) most of the year AND have some for preserving for the months where the garden is far less abundant.
Reply momto2
03:39 PM on March 15, 2009 
Wow!!! Holy cow! It looks wonderful!!! It has been saying on our weather channel that you are having lots of snow, storms, wind, ,,, I thought I would see you posting that you are sittng indoors reading about gardening! I am glad you had good weather so that you could get alot done! I imagine you slept well last night!!! Love the trellis,, thanks for posting the pics,,,
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
06:18 PM on March 15, 2009 
momto2 - we did get some snow, about an inch of it this morning but it is fast melting away. The wind is kicking up just as I type. We are under a wind advisory for the evening. I put a grow tunnel cover over the transplanted broccoli, cabbages, and kohlrabi this afternoon to capture the sun energy and hurry up the melting of snow AND to protect them from the wind and colder temps forecasted for this evening. The good news though is that the greenhouse temp was 73 degrees at 3 pm this afternoon and the vents were all wide open - so the sun intensity is indeed increasing as we approach the spring equinox (next weekend!).
Reply Vieddinnasy
01:28 AM on May 22, 2011 
Hoekom nie:)