[ransome]

hi my name is tony me and my partner have finally got our allotment after waiting over 3 yrs needs a lot of work but we have made a start by putting roundup over the whole area and started to dig out weeds... we are going to hire a rotavator for the w'end and then hoping to sow some seeds any ideas as to wot would b good to sow now ?

[DavidT]

Good evening Tony and welcome to the site.

[AndyRVTR]

Hello Tony... welcome to the madhouse   

[mumofstig]

welcome to the site.
this sowing and harvest chart may help.

You may still be able to get some plants from the garden centres or other plot holders often have spares, if you've missed the sowing dates. But remember everything is late this year so look at may sowing crops as well as June
Good luck !

[grenhouse]

Welcome to the forums, a source of much needed help and advice for us all!
Garden centres will still have plenty of veg plug plants. B and Q had toms, beans etc last week.

Make sure you don't get too giddy like I did when I first took over my plot, weed it properly before rotivating. Dig over certain sections and sow salad stuff (lettuce, radish, spring onions). Sow beetroot in modules while you get the ground ready. I use modules for lots of things, particularly lettuce and beetroot, saves thinning later on.

Also, introduce yourself to other people on the allotment, and tell them you are worried about what to plant, guarantee someone will give you some plants!

Steve

[binner]

i got mine this time last year and just round up'd and dug over two decent sized beds, then filled with plants from garden centre and B&Q, i got some decent veg from it, it left me plenty of time to get rid of grass and weeds and get 8 large beds ready for this year.