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Danny, probably both, to extend the season an prevent glut. Both seem good plans. My CFBs were over well before I expected and I'd like to have two flushes. Last lockdown's lovely spring weather got me sowing far too early. Then with sweetcorn it's more to prevent a glut, and not waste any. They don't stay on the plants for long. I don't normally freeze them so we're eating cobs every night just to keep up. I'm not bothered with carrots as the crop stays in the ground quite happily, the same with beetroot. I've given up on cabbages but do grow kale, there again that seems to stand happily so staggering isn't that important. I think my plan is to sow things indoors for earliness, then sow direct at time of planting out the earlies for the next stage with maybe even a third sowing, but that's getting a bit ambitious. Two will do, except for lettuce. There again it depends on the weather as always.
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