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Most people think that the growing season starts when the weather has warmed up, but in fact there are certain promising crops that are in fact better if started early. In this week’s episode, Ben demonstrates how to get those precious early harvests from some of everyone’s favorite crops.

42 Comments

  1. 18c in southeast England on Wednesday. I think I’ll take a chance and start Charlotte potatoes outside in allotment bed.

  2. Can you make your videos into an audio/podcast form? I love your stuff and it would be great to listen to these on the go.

  3. Thank you, iv finally got a garden big enough to grow my own veggies and im still pretty new. This is my first proper year of growing and im excited. Your videos are brilliant, clear and informative thank you so much!

  4. Please use the correct image for potato flowers in your video, you showed stock photo of an eggplant at 4:04 not a potato flowers. While they are all nightshades, it is not a potato flower. As an expert gardener I am sure you know this.

  5. I find it interesting how early you Brits seed tomatoes, I live in Tacoma, WA in the PNW of the USA, zone 8b–similar to the climate in some parts of the UK but I have found that it stays much too cold and wet in this climate to seed tomatoes in early March, I have decided to wait until early April to plant mine.

  6. A potato tip. If your spuds are unfortunate enough to get nobbled by frost, dont despair but just leave them and they will grow back. I once had a crop that was nobbled twice by frost but I still got a crop, delayed by a few weeks though.

  7. I always love the cheery attitude of Grow Veg and being in FL has given me a head start on setting up my garden. I'm going heavy on sweet potatoes for the spuds and the leaves which have lots of nutrients. I had forgotten about doing onions so I'll do my sets there as well. Happy gardening!!

  8. So funny to hear about Kohl Rabi to be weird vegetable. Everbody here in Czechia know this plant and we call it "Kedlubna". 😇

  9. I miss gardening with my grandpa and doing it on my own tends to make memories come back which is grand until its overwhelming.

    Having your video's go in the background as I toil away is great and informative. My grandpa would have loved your content! I sure do ❤

  10. I skipped through some of the video, but did you explain to viewers about determinate and inderterminate potato types? The type of potato determines how you should plant them and whether you should sure up, or layer them.

  11. This year I wanted to try sowing from last years remaining potatoes to save money. But while they're sprouting nicely, they're all rather soft, not like the commercial seed potatoes. Do you know if this will effect the growth of the tubers?

  12. Hi, love your videos! Could you tell me can I use cloth grow bags/ pots for potatoes? I am in the the states , New Rngland.

  13. Thank you so much I really really enjoyed watching you sow all those seeds and potatoes ready to plant out. I find your video very helpful and informative too. Take care too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤

  14. Nice video. I find it interesting that kohlrabi is hardly known where you are. Here, you can get it in every supermarket.

  15. Love these videos, so easy to watch! What's the watering spray container called please?

  16. Here in Cologne, Kohlrabi is most often served with a white roux. Cut them up like french fries, boil al dente. Prepare the roux and add some of the cooking water, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, add kohlrabi. Ah, childhood 🙂

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