Are there any veg I can sow now? (a novice asks)
I've got a tiny derelict garden and I'm going to turn half of it into a veg plot. I'd like to get going asap as I may only have the garden in its current state for 6-9 months (I'm impatient to get gardening!). Is there anything I can sow at the moment? Or do I need to be very patient and wait?
Thanks for any advice!
Emma
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Brealey on -
Winter radish varieties can go in now, ready to be over wintered. Japanese onions can be sown now too. Garlic is best planted now too, but it wont be ready anytime soon. Google what to plant in September.
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Permalink Reply by Flighty on -
Vegetables that you can sow now include overwintering onions, salad leaves, spinach and turnips.
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Permalink Reply by Damo on -
I keep meaning to sow some lettuce to over winter - winter density and artic king - but haven't got round to it yet!
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Permalink Reply by Gillian Carson on -
Yes sow winter lettuce now - I sowed some Arctic King and Winter Gem in my coldframe. You can also do some over-wintering onion sets and throw in some Tulips for some nice cutting flowers come spring. Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by Emma Drew on -
Thanks everyone. Just been and bought two varieties of spinach, radish, arctic king and rocket. Here's hoping...
Thanks for the advice, much appreciated!
Emma
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Permalink Reply by Karen Spray on -
Join the club; they've been encouraging me not to leave it until next year. I've sown various things on my kitchen windowsill and plan to make a small raised bed (the bits of wood etc are now in the garage) where I'm going to sow some winter lettuces and radishes to start with.
Someone should write a book on 'gardening at the wrong time of year - how to start from where you actually are.'
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Permalink Reply by Ally on -
Im not sure how well it will go but im going to try planting another window box of lettuce before it gets cold to see what happens, I guess It can always go in the pop-up greenhouse later on. All my gardening is purely experimental. I was going to plant some purple and black german raddishes last week but something dug up the veg bed so I may try again later today
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Permalink Reply by kathy booth on -
Hi Emma, It wont be long before you can get your winter beans, garlics and sweet peas into the ground. I plant my garlics into a compost trench at the end of October and get wonderful results. You could also get some gren manure in if you don't have much time to sow food.
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Permalink Reply by Caroline Turner on -
Chinese greens will work too at this time, and I'm hoping to sow the packet of radicchio seeds that came free with Gardens Illustrated this month, worth a try. Onion sets are in the hort. merchants now, but if you've only got 6-9 months you may be cutting it fine to get a good sized crop up. Garlic can be planted too, though I don't until about December since reading the old-fashioned advice: 'plant on the shortest day, harvest on the longest day'.
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Permalink Reply by Tania Richardson on -
Hi Emma.
Yes there is loads you can plant at this time of the year as the ground temperature is still quite warm. It's not to late for a few salad crops like radish and winter lettuce but it might be worth investing (or making) a cloche to protect the seedlings just in case the weather turns really cold.
Also it's the right time to plant spring cabbage plants but they may crop towards the end of your 6-9 month time frame.
Sounds like fun!
Kind regards,
Tania.
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Permalink Reply by Emma Drew on
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That's a great idea for a book. I'm so impatient to get going I can't possibly wait to do everything at the right time! I'm sure if i read most books it would say I should be polishing my garden equipment and packing it away ready for winter, or reading seed catalogues. Nah, I want to get digging and growing!
Karen Spray said:Join the club; they've been encouraging me not to leave it until next year. I've sown various things on my kitchen windowsill and plan to make a small raised bed (the bits of wood etc are now in the garage) where I'm going to sow some winter lettuces and radishes to start with.
Someone should write a book on 'gardening at the wrong time of year - how to start from where you actually are.'
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Permalink Reply by Emma Drew on
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I get Gardens Illustrated so I'll try the radicchio seeds too. What a good idea Caroline. Thanks
Caroline Turner said:Chinese greens will work too at this time, and I'm hoping to sow the packet of radicchio seeds that came free with Gardens Illustrated this month, worth a try. Onion sets are in the hort. merchants now, but if you've only got 6-9 months you may be cutting it fine to get a good sized crop up. Garlic can be planted too, though I don't until about December since reading the old-fashioned advice: 'plant on the shortest day, harvest on the longest day'.
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