What to sow in Manchester in March
In March, Manchester averages 6 °C, with nights around 3 °C.
Frosty nights are usual from November to April: the last frost typically comes in April.
A typical winter's coldest night: −4 °C.
Warm months (15 °C or more on average): July to August.
Sow outdoors
- Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
- Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
- Borage (Borago officinalis)
- Garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
- Turnip-root chervil (Chaerophyllum bulbosum)
- Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- Phacelia tanacetifolia
- White mustard (Sinapis alba)
- White clover (Trifolium repens)
- Winter vetch (Vicia villosa)
- Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)
- Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
- Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
- Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)
- Pacific Silver Fir (Abies amabilis)
- Thymus maroccanus
- Elder (Sambucus nigra)
- Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia)
- Downy birch (Betula pubescens)
- Canadian dwarf cornel (Cornus canadensis)
- Mountain Pine (Pinus mugo)
- Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
- Small-leaved Lime (Tilia cordata)
- Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Sow indoors
In pots or trays somewhere warm, to plant out later.
- Celery (Apium graveolens)
- Endive (Cichorium endivia)
- Parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
- Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)
- Carrot (Daucus carota)
- French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- Pea (Pisum sativum)
- Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
- Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)
- Brown mustard (Brassica juncea)
- Coriander (Coriandrum sativum)
- Dill (Anethum graveolens)
- Arrach (Atriplex hortensis)
- Pot marigold (Calendula officinalis)
- Mexican groundcherry (Physalis philadelphica)
- Foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
- Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
- Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
- Crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)
- Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
- Scarlet runner (Phaseolus coccineus)
- Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
- Rocket (Eruca sativa)
- Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
New next month, in April
- Onion (Allium cepa)
- Beet (Beta vulgaris)
- Radish (Raphanus sativus)
- Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
- Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
- Rape (Brassica napus)
- Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)
- Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)
- Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum)
- Sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua)
- Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum)
- Eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
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Worked out from the last ten years of Manchester's climate and each plant's needs: germination temperature, frost limit and time to harvest.