Kitchen Garden

IN THE GREENHOUSE

WHAT TO DO IN MARCH

• Sow cucumbers, melons, peppers, French beans, courgettes and basil at 20C (68F)

• You can still sow tomatoes and aubergines early in the month…

• …Or buy in small plants from garden centres and plant suppliers in the coming weeks

• Prick out and pot on before any plant outgrows its pot

• Make sure all seedlings get plenty of light

• Earth up around potatoes to encourage more tubers

• Leave doors and windows open on warm days

• Water carefully: tomatoes like a lot of moisture; cucumbers can rot if compost is

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