1/23/2024 0 Comments Printable allotment planner![]() Drag and drop your chosen crop varieties into the beds and expand to fill the desired area.Insert paths and static objects like raised beds, sheds and compost areas.Use the GrowVeg app (in m2 or ft2) to map your allotment on screen.Measure your garden/allotment’s real life dimensions (in metres or sq ft).I find the software easy to use to create my allotment layout and it isn’t finished when I’ve stopped designing, the app sends email alerts to remind me when to sow plants (even factoring in local weather station information). When it comes to planning my allotment I always turn to the Garden Planner app, it’s a superb online tool that makes allotment planning fun and uses up some of that gardening energy I have by giving me something practical to do indoors during Winter. This ensures that the location of crops can be well thought out, as well as providing a reference guide for next year you’ll more easily remember where NOT to plant things again (assuming you’re following at least some kind of basic rotation plan to reduce pests, diseases and avoid mineral imbalance). ![]() They will also know that it makes good sense to plan your planting layout well in advance. Seasoned growers will know that being too early to the party doesn’t make plants grow any more quickly, and can in fact result in weaker plants with lower yields (less daylight, unexpected frosts). ![]() A degree of impatience is always evident on Internet forums, especially among those new to grow-your-own, ‘Have I missed the potato season?’ and ‘Why have my seeds not germinated?’ being just two questions I’ve seen asked in the past week… of mid-January! Seed catalogues arrive on our doormats to bring some optimism to the cold gloomy days spent indoors yearning for sunshine on our faces and mud on our boots. A new year invariably brings much excitement to gardeners and allotmenteers as they look longingly ahead to Spring and the growing season. ![]()
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