April – Sow, Grow, Harvest Timeline

Welcome to April

The following sowing dates are at weekends in the UK in 2024.

My Vegetable Garden is located in the East of England, UK so timings may be different for your area of the UK or world.

My Greenhouse is in the sunniest spot in the garden and it is sheltered on two sides by a fence.

See My Vegetable Garden Plan 2024

Here is what I am sowing, growing and harvesting in April:

Weekend 6-7 April

🫑 Sweet Pepper ‘Tangerine Dream’ (orange) potted on into 9cm diameter pots. In unheated greenhouse.
🍃 Spinach ‘Perpetual’ – Harvested as it bolted. It’s been in the ground since last August.
🥔 Potatoes ‘Casablanca’ in Pots outside – Leaves coming through soil. Added more compost to cover leaves.
Chives – Harvesting. These have overwintered in the raised beds since last August.

Weekend 13-14 April

🧅 Planted Onion ‘Hercules F1’ sets in cell trays out into Raised Beds.
🧅 Planted Onion ‘Hercules F1’ sets x 5 onions in a pot in the unheated Greenhouse.
🥕 Carrots ‘Marion F1’ seeds sown outdoors directly into the middle of the raised bed of onions – Not germinated yet.
Brussels Sprouts ‘Medio Enane de la Halle’ seeds sown in cells in the unheated greenhouse – germinated in 9 days.
🫛 Peas ‘Twinkle’ 6 plants planted into a pot. Pot is in the greenhouse.
Radish ‘French Breakfast’ seeds sown outside in raised bed – Germinated in 7 days.
Spring Onions seeds sown outside in raised bed – Not germinated yet.

Weekend 20-21 April

Protected Seedlings in unheated greenhouse with fleece due to risk of overnight temperatures below 1 degrees centigrade.

Potted on 🪴 Basil ‘Sweet’ seedlings in the unheated greenhouse.
🍅 Tomato ‘Cherrola F1’ and ‘Orange Cherry’ potted on into 9cm diameter pots in the unheated greenhouse.
Red Cabbage ‘Red Acre’ seeds sown in cells in the unheated greenhouse – Not germinated yet.
🥔 1st Earlies Potatoes ‘Casablanca’ in Pots outside – Leaves coming through soil again. Added more compost to cover leaves.

As the night temperatures have been low (down to 1 degrees Centigrade last week), I have not followed My Master Sowing Plan for April.

I have delayed sowings by 2 weeks due to the fear of seeds not germinating as it’s too cold. Hopefully now the seeds have been sown in the list below, they’ll catch up with growing in May when it warms up.

Weekend 27-28 April

🌿 Coriander ‘calypso’ seedlings potted on into 9cm diameter pots in the unheated greenhouse.
🟡 Ball Courgette ‘Summer Holiday F1’ seeds sown in 9cm pots – 2 seeds per pot. In the unheated greenhouse.
🥒 Cucumber ‘Piccolino F1 Mini’ seeds sown in 9cm pots – 2 seeds per pot. In the unheated greenhouse.
🎃 Pumpkin ‘Bellatrix F1’ seeds sown in 9cm pots – 2 seeds per pot. In the unheated greenhouse.
🌽 Sweetcorn ‘Gold Crest F1’ seeds soaked and sown in root-trainers. In the unheated greenhouse.
Radish ‘French breakfast’ seeds germinated in Raised Bed.
🫛 Pea and 🧅 Onion Pots have been moved outside.
🧄 Garlic – Growing longer leaves, growing strong since the recent cold snap overnight.
🧅 Onions – in Raised beds, are standing upright and have settled into new soil.