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Winter veg

TheHappyGrowerTheHappyGrower Posts: 181
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Can anyone tell if I am too late for summer veg as we are nearly in August?

& suggestions please for winter veg. image

thanks for any help.

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  • TheHappyGrowerTheHappyGrower Posts: 181
    scroggin wrote (see)
    You could sow Chinese cabbage and pak choi, still time to sow spring cabbage. If you can get some plants from the gc you could try savoy cabbage and purple sprouting broccoli. Lettuce and radish will grow quickly too.

    Many thanks for those suggestions image

    will pay a visit to the gc Monday

  • jayne 1jayne 1 Posts: 37
    Hi, I have seen somewhere that you can sow seeds in September for veg on your Christmas dinner. Like carrots, root vegetables. I am going to do this if I'm right. I would think it is too late to sow now for summer veg.
  • TheHappyGrowerTheHappyGrower Posts: 181
    jayne 1 wrote (see)
    Hi, I have seen somewhere that you can sow seeds in September for veg on your Christmas dinner. Like carrots, root vegetables. I am going to do this if I'm right. I would think it is too late to sow now for summer veg.

    Thanks Jane for the reply image

    yes I think it is too but I might test some summer veg so hopefully there will be some for Christmas dinner I might start some on the greenhouse to give them a fighting chance.

  • jayne 1jayne 1 Posts: 37
    Great idea. You will just have summer veg a bit later. I think try anything then you no what works for youimage
  • kleipieperkleipieper Posts: 563

    I'm going to have a go at sowing dwarf French beans tomorrow, and perhaps even some normal French beans as well, because yeaterday's gale completely ruined my row of beans,image 

    With a bit of luck I may still get a crop and I've still got some spare seeds anyway, so it won't cost me anything.

    If you're quick, you may just get away with sowing some overwintering cauliflowers.

    I did sow mine about 2 weeks ago and will be planting them out at the beginning of September.

    The variety is Walcheren Winter and unless we get a really cold winter, I'll be harvesting next May.

    That's when cauliflowers are usually still quite expensive in the shops, and it's before the cabbage Whites start to fly around. image 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,139

    You can sow Swiss chard now to get some pickings before the worst of the winter. and again in spring.


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • kleipieperkleipieper Posts: 563

    Yep, and spinach and lettuce.

    And something you don't seem to see very often in the UK, but which is staple food here in The Netherlands... Endive! image

    Raw and cut very finely and mixed with mashed potatoes and fried bacon, yum! image

  • artjakartjak Posts: 4,167

    I have just sown curly endive (does need blanching - that should be interesting) Kelvedon Wonder peas (ok for Autumn crop) went in about 10 days ago and are already sprouting, plus beetroot, lettuce, and a whole host of other stuff including Spring Onions, some cabbage seeds in the greenhouse, Winter Spinach, Turnips etc.

    Depending on what part of the country you are in, I think one should aim for year round veg and that just needs a little research and some Horticultural Fleece.image

  • TheHappyGrowerTheHappyGrower Posts: 181
    Artjak image



    I live in old blighty

    London England
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