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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


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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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