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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Grumpy Git on June 25, 2005, 16:25:08
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Any suggestions on what seeds I can put in now that is likely to produe something worthwhile.
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Carrots, radish, lettuce, spring onions, chinese greens, spinach, beetroot, french beans. There must be more.
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Still time for swede, chicory, endive, kale, radish...
Oh, and bulbous chervil doesn't have to be in until November. That's one to look forward to...
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Bulb fennel, basil, parsley and other 'soft' herbs. ;D
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Grumpy Git : Radishes, radishes ... and more radishes ! ::) ;D ;D ;D
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EJ, thanx for that I think tomorrow will be a busy day. A slightly less Grumpy.
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Can I add Borage and Coriander too.
G xx
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:o Nobody has mentioned 'PEAS' Mine are forever growing in pots etc. I can't get the ground ready for them quick enough, not that I have that many as I started late. :o ;D
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And if you still have space left, green manure.
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Savoy cabbage for the winter?
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Sure I said this to someone not long ago...Neeps I.E. TURNIPS!!!!!
;D
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spring onions too?
I've actually got some space now that the garlic and shallots are coming out! Must get my seeds out again. (trouble is at this rate - I'm going to end up with five beds full of root veg and nowhere to rotate them to next year!
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If I were you I'd obviously get some leafy veg's in for now but would be planning ahead to a goog winter harvest, it's not too late to get your leeks, Brussels and spring cabbage in etc....
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Can you still sow leeks, sprouts, etc then? I thought it was too late to sow them (but ok to plant them out, if you've sown them already)
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It is so warm now Aqui, anything you sow will grow like the clappers! People plant leek seedlings where they dig their spuds.
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ooh - thanks EJ. Might give some a try. I lost all but one of my brassicas and my leeks are pathetic, what's left of them, that is!
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Having cleared an area of garlic I thought I would try some late (possibly "second crop") potatoes.
Some were a small batch of seed that I'd overlooked and the others were from "cuttings" sprouts from seed that hadn't been planted but had been rooted in the greenhouse (they only took a week) from a buried sprout to become a 3" high plant.
If the first lot fail it will be Tim's fault as he claims to be able to grow second croppers in the open. ;)
Phil
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With your winter veg you can sow directlyuntil even as late as the end of July. All this will mean is that you have a later crop, but this can be a good thing as you can stagger things such as your Brussels which you really don't want to all come at once ;)
As EJ said, things will grow very quickly at this time of year...
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Well I've now got in a row of carrotts, turnips, swede beetroot & lettuce.
I think I'll try leeks, you never know they might grow. Thanx for the advice.