Week sixteen April 15th - April 22nd
Sow any remaining main crop seed potatoes before the end of the month (you can
still sow some earlies in May but main crop vareties need the time).Sow peas
and beans in single drill to enable close hoeing. Sow Early White Vienna Kohlrhabi
and use when young. Plant water lilies and other hardy aquatic plants. Hoe strawberries.
Seeds sown earlier in the year will need pricking out into individual pots.
Hardening off is the process of slowly acclimatizing soft tender plants that
have been kept under some protection, or inside, to the harsher conditions outside.
Standing the plants outside during the day and returning to the inside at night,
gradually leaving them out longer each day until after 4 or 5 days they are
left outside permanently. Keeping a close eye on the weather and avoiding strong
winds in the day and hard frost at night by bringing them inside again if frosts
are forecast. Sow runner beans.
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