late crops

[steveg1966]

What can I sow now for a late crop if anything on my allotment?

[steveg1966]

[BarriedaleNick]

You can still plant lettuce, radish esp mooli types, spinach, oriental brassicas (pak choi etc), chard...  You might get away with some peas and dwarf beans as well.

[saddad]

A sowing of either rocket or leaf beet will get established and last right through the winter with a little protection.

[ed dibbles]

Also it will soon be time to plant out your overwintering spring cabbage and in October it will be Japanese onion sets, garlic and elephant garlic.

[galina]

Turnips - they survive under cloches during winter (unless your plot gets too waterlogged).  If we have a late first frost, you might still get yummy turnips, otherwise turnip tops are lovely to eat and you will get loads more in spring (although turnip roots that were too small to harvest in autumn will not get bigger in spring).

Turnip tops are considered a delicacy in Spain, where they grow varieties that don't make roots.  They are nutritious and tasty.  I chop them, steam and serve with a thingy of butter.

PS I love the 'auto-translate' on this forum - I wrote: serve with a kn.b of butter.  That's not rude in British English 

[Digeroo]

I am a great fan of wrinkle crinkle cress, gives tasty leaves all winter, I sow in September.   I save the seeds now, sow some and left some self sow.   Then sow more in spring.

I wrote: serve with a kn.b of butter

   What no more knobs of butter!

PS it did not change mine.

Just sown some Speedy beans.  I some put them into buckets so if necessary they can come inside.

[galina]

I am a great fan of wrinkle crinkle cress, gives tasty leaves all winter, I sow in September.   I save the seeds now, sow some and left some self sow.   Then sow more in spring.

I wrote: serve with a kn.b of butter

   What no more knobs of butter!

PS it did not change mine.

Just sown some Speedy beans.  I some put them into buckets so if necessary they can come inside.

The plot thickens - word not objected to in its plural form!?!?

Forgot to say - endive and lamb's lettuce are also good to sow now.

Good luck with your beans, Digeroo 

[manicscousers]

We'll be starting our onions from seed at the end of this month, long red florence, module sown to start. Everything everyone else has said 

[BarriedaleNick]

long red Florence are now one of my "must grow" veg now - a lovely onion but I have never overwintered them..

[galina]

We'll be starting our onions from seed at the end of this month, long red florence, module sown to start. Everything everyone else has said 

When do you plant the modules into soil?  What protection over winter?  Love long red Florence onions.

[cestrian]

I plant mustard green wave and purple osaka now - nice spicy leaves last right through the winter.

[goodlife]

I'm just about to show some 'winter' radish, mooli, turnips, salads in trays into GH...and thanks to Digeroo reminding me about Speedy beans, I might do the same myself..sown into buckets
I finally have room for couple of GH cucumbers, so plants that I've grown earlier will get planted now for some late cucs
Jayb send me tomato shoot to grow...that has already some flower buds on...hoping to get some late fruit from that..
Good time to sow some coriander...now that the weather has cooled down I'm going to sow plenty into lined 'blue veg trays'
My carrots didn't do nothing this year...so I have some stumpy carrot seeds that I'm going to sow into plant pots..Parmex variety if I remember right..they are quick growing and should do nicely before winter...AND...no carrot flies when the pots are in GH

[steveg1966]

Cheers guys there's certainly loads to think about