Direct Plant Drilling
Crop
Production Normal Season
Sowing Time
Mid April Mid April
Industrial Transplanted** Mid Feb to Cabbage E
Spring Cabbage Greens Aut/Win/Spr Savoy Transplanted** Early March
Cabbage E/M Late
Early May Broccoli Transplanted Jan to Feb
March to Mid July
July/Aug Hearted
Mid April Aug
Normal
Cropping Time
White Transplanted** Early March to End Sept Cabbage
to Nov
End July to Nov
Fresh
Process Process
Red Cabbage Transplanted** Early March to Aug to Nov Fresh M
Process
March to May Prepack 15-18 Fresh
Oct to April Prepack 12-18 Fresh
July to Oct Fresh
Oct to March Fresh June
5-10 5
80,000- 35,500
Market Standard Seed Approx. Standard
(inches) Drilled/Acre (inches) 14-18
24- 28
20 20
15-18
100,000- 12-18 70,000
20 Fresh
E** Floretting M
July to Nov Fresh Floretting
Capsicum VE E
M Carrot Early 2nd E M
HG Early Oct Late Feb to Oct HG Mid Feb June to Oct
CG end Apr July to Oct to May
End Oct to Jan (poly)
Early Feb under poly
April to Mid June
Chantenay Mid Feb to end June
Cauliflower Transplant** Mid Oct or Early Summer Mid Jan to Early Feb
Summer/ Mid Feb
Autumn to June Winter
May - Early June
Celeriac Transplant** March M
Celery E HG Dec Oct/Nov End May Early to mid June
Bunching/ 18 Fresh
Mid June to Fresh 18 late July
August
onwards July
onwards
Late May to Late June
July to Nov Dec to June Fresh/
Processing Fresh/
Processing Fresh
Transplant** End March to July to Dec Fresh MEarly May
Chicory, VE Witloof
E M L Early May (lift Aug to Oct)
Early/Mid May Nov to Dec Fresh (lift Oct)
Mid May Mid Dec to Fresh (lift Oct to Nov) End Feb
Early/Mid May Feb to July Fresh (lift Nov)
Courgette Indoor E HG March Outdoor E End April Mid/end May Fresh Early to
Protected Mid June M
34
Fresh 2 seeds/ 30 stattion
Mid May to July to Sept Fresh End June
Elsoms Seeds 01775 715000 48 11,500* 36 11,500* 36 30 30 30 4,350 5,750 5,750 Sept to Nov Fresh 18 2 174,000 Fresh 18 Fresh 9 rows in
10” bands. 3 triple rows in tandem
24 20
24 24-30 15
10 15
18 20
16 20 18
10 12
14,500 15,600
16,000
13,000 -10,000
24,000
60,000 35,000
1.25- 0.9
0.8
0.5- 0.4
250,000- 350,000
400,000
600,000- 800,000
3,500,000 25.5 18 15,000
20 24
24
Row Width Spacing No. Seeds Row Width Row (inches)
24 28
16 20
10 10 10 10
16
20 16
16
Spacing Within
Plant Population/
(inches) Acre 20-20
22,500- 17,500
11,500 8,000
20,000 15,600
43,000 35,000 82,000- 35,000
20,000
15,600 16,000
16,000
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