As for turnips, I only plant them in the spring, we don't have good enough weather for them to do anything over winter, they just rot with our constant wet, wind and freeze/thaw cycles.
Mine would rot outside, very wet here in the winter, that’s why they’re in the GH.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Garlic is fine outside, were at 1000ft on the Pennines btw, where The Brontes walked by. Whereabouts are you?
I looked at this. From what i gathered garlic outside in pots needs to be put into large pots so that frost doesn't get to them. They also don't like it too wet and we can get a lot of rain/snow in winter - last year the first snow came in November.
I followed something like this advice, but have now come across sites that say different things - very confusing:
The other way around @InTheMoorlands Garlic needs frost to "set" the seed. I'd listen to the others as to when to sow turnips for winter - where you are. Spring seems to be the most likely solution.
I looked at this. From what i gathered garlic outside in pots needs to be put into large pots so that frost doesn't get to them. They also don't like it too wet and we can get a lot of rain/snow in winter - last year the first snow came in November.
I followed something like this advice, but have now come across sites that say different things - very confusing:
I think that the turnips outside and garlic inside was the best option. if it doesn't work I might try it the other way round next winter!
Most of the country had snow last Nov, it's quite rare to get it that early. We could only get in or out with a decent 4x4 and were let off lightly really. Anyhow, two places to go for the best advice, Gardeners World and the RHS, GW link here: How To Grow Garlic | BBC Gardeners World Magazine It's also dependent on which garlic you're growing, soil type etc.
Problem solved now. I think that I put the garlic in the
greenhouse to avoid the heavy rain that we sometimes get. At the bottom of the garden, we have what we
call a ‘summer house’ – a cover wooded structure with a roof where we have the
patio furniture in summer. I’ve put the
garlic there. I’ll just need to remember
to water it occasionally. OH is
delighting in telling me ‘I told you so’.
Still no room for the turnips though as we have decided to
use up the free space in the greenhouse to grow microgreens!
We got the turnips from here, look at the section ‘Vegetable
Plants for Late Summer’. I’m surprised at people suggesting planting at
different times.
As I said this is only my second year at doing this
following my retirement and growing stuff isn't as easy as I imagined it would be. We have had two very capable gardeners looking after our garden for twenty plus years so never needed to do much ourselves. We decided to grow a bit of veg. as an interest. Life was much simpler
before retirement!
At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines. Clay soil.
Have you actually got a greenhouse and not a Polytunnel? How is it surviving? I dare not put one up and have a PT instead.
Yes, it's a greenhouse. It's made from cedar, and we
had it made to look like a picture of a Victorian greenhouse that we found on the
internet. It gets a lot of TLC from the joiner that built it and who we
have used for years. A few years ago next door's greenhouse was demolished in a storm so we made sure ours was well anchored to the ground. I don't know what the joiner did but it's still there! It’s in a sheltered
position behind the garage and is surrounded by trees/hedges. This is where our veg. patch is.
It’s not ideal but the rest of the rear garden is
laid out in a woodland/wildlife theme and has been expensively landscaped over the years. It's just how we like it so the veg. patch stays where it is!
At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines. Clay soil.
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Anyhow, two places to go for the best advice, Gardeners World and the RHS, GW link here:
How To Grow Garlic | BBC Gardeners World Magazine
It's also dependent on which garlic you're growing, soil type etc.
Problem solved now. I think that I put the garlic in the greenhouse to avoid the heavy rain that we sometimes get. At the bottom of the garden, we have what we call a ‘summer house’ – a cover wooded structure with a roof where we have the patio furniture in summer. I’ve put the garlic there. I’ll just need to remember to water it occasionally. OH is delighting in telling me ‘I told you so’.
Still no room for the turnips though as we have decided to use up the free space in the greenhouse to grow microgreens!
We got the turnips from here, look at the section ‘Vegetable Plants for Late Summer’. I’m surprised at people suggesting planting at different times.
https://propagationplace.co.uk/vegetables/vegetable-plants-for-late-summer/
As I said this is only my second year at doing this following my retirement and growing stuff isn't as easy as I imagined it would be. We have had two very capable gardeners looking after our garden for twenty plus years so never needed to do much ourselves. We decided to grow a bit of veg. as an interest. Life was much simpler before retirement!
How is it surviving? I dare not put one up and have a PT instead.
Yes, it's a greenhouse. It's made from cedar, and we had it made to look like a picture of a Victorian greenhouse that we found on the internet. It gets a lot of TLC from the joiner that built it and who we have used for years. A few years ago next door's greenhouse was demolished in a storm so we made sure ours was well anchored to the ground. I don't know what the joiner did but it's still there! It’s in a sheltered position behind the garage and is surrounded by trees/hedges. This is where our veg. patch is.
It’s not ideal but the rest of the rear garden is laid out in a woodland/wildlife theme and has been expensively landscaped over the years. It's just how we like it so the veg. patch stays where it is!
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