Trap Grounds Allotment Association

March

• It should be safe to plant parsnip seeds
• Start successional sowing of chard, beetroot and spinach
• Plant strawberries and raspberries
• If you've sown early lettuce, they probably need thinning now
• Lift all remaining leeks from last year to give you time to dig over the land for new planting
• Plant sunflower seeds in pots in your cold frame
• Cover rhubarb crowns to "force" them
• Cut back autumn raspberries to the ground
• Plant out onion sets
• Sow cauliflower, summer cabbage and sprouts for summer transplanting
• If warm enough, sow leeks in a seed bed or in pots
• Dig, dig, dig to get your plot ready for spring planting