Outdoor variety
Outdoor cucumbers have a tougher, often 'bobbly' skin, but they may be prone to mildew. Cucumbers should be ready to start picking in 4 months and will continue to produce fruit until autumn.
Suggested sowing time:
(Key: sow indoors,
sow outside,
sow outside under cover.)
Seeds to sow now:
Indoors or in a heated greenhouse
Antwerp hollyhock, Fig-leaved hollyhock, Hollyhock
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia
Bell pepper, Pepper, Sweet pepper
Bristly hollyhock
Brussels sprout
Cardoon
Cauliflower
Celery
Columbine
Cress
Lobelia
Ornamental pepper
Pepper
Petunia
Salvia
Outside
Parsnip
Spring onion
Outside under cover
Brussels sprout
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Onion
Pea
Radish
Turnip
What else to plant now:
Apple & pear trees (bare rooted)
Roses (bare rooted)