Reply To: Soil temperature for sowing turnips and forcing carrots…

[Rhys]

Neil

I just recorded 4C at 6 inches depth, so much colder than last year. This year there was 5cm of compost down since November, but last week the ground was frozen solid.

I may follow up on a weekly basis to see when the soil warms up: we have quite mild forecast here for the next 10 days – 10-11C max and minimums 4-6C.

It just how things can change from year to year.

My lean to with my peas, spinach and cabbage seedlings was +7C at 7.30am, so warm enough to keep young hardy plants healthy. I do not expect to put those out until the end of March…..

Carrot seedlings are now outside and happily survived their first night ou. Photo attached…