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What Fruit and Veg can be Sowed Now?

seanmccaughey1984Sgg6_Ufpseanmccaughey1984Sgg6_Ufp Posts: 4
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I am very new to gardening but have now got the bug and want to ensure I have plenty to keep me interested and wondered if anyone had some advice on the best seeds to sow now and plant which will grow?
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’m about to sow spinach,  carrots and turnips. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Maybe a bit late for Cavelo nero in the UK but you could try, I'm about to sow mine down here as they grow quickly. SSW France.
  • seanmccaughey1984Sgg6_Ufpseanmccaughey1984Sgg6_Ufp Posts: 4
    Lyn said:
    I’m about to sow spinach,  carrots and turnips. 
    Thanks Lyn, I am in the blistering heat of Newcastle so need Veg that likes cold and wet conditions.

    Got my Carrots sowed but Spinach and Turnips sound a good idea
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    I recommend checking  out Charles Dowding's sowing calendar. He is in the South West of the UK.


  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Having had a lot of stuff cleared by  slugs, I am resowing kales, carrots and I even found some courgette seeds to have a go with.  D T Brown have a broad bean that you can sow now for autumn cropping , I put 36 in pots yesterday to start them off, and I also sowed a dozen pots of kelvedon wonder peas, 5 seeds to a square 3 inch pot, one in the middle and on in each corner. Once I have stuff that are bigger than seedings, they will go in the ground.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    edited July 2023
    I've just sowed mizuna, chinese cabbage, spring greens and chard. Oh and bulb fennel
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • scrogginscroggin Posts: 437
    I've just sown some Pak choi, spinach, spring onions and beetroot.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I sow my Spring green in September then grow on in the  GH after tomatoes have finished.  Last year I put carrots in there as well but they hadn’t grow that big before the tomatoes and cucumbers were ready to go in. 
    There’s a big difference in climate from my 960’ edge of Dartmoor to the Somerset Levels,  always about 3 weeks behind everyone else. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Me too @scroggin   The Pak Choy are up as are the beetroot, turnips and black radish.
      
    You can sow root vegetables @seanmccaughey1984Sgg6_Ufp  leafy vegetables such as spinach, Asian Greens, chard and lettuces.  

    You can buy cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower seedlings and plant them now.  They won't be ready for Christmas but hey - nice to pick in February when there is little available to buy.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    PS  You can sow broad beans in November and peas in January/February.

    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

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