I'm just about to pull out the tomato plants from the greenhouse and I've got a big list of salad to plant for over the winter; rocket, lambs lettuce et al. I told my other half and she said 'Why? We don't eat salad when it's cold', and she's right. However we do eat a lot of stir fry in the Winter months. I've planted some curly kale in trays, but I'm scratching my head as to know what else will survive at this time of year. I'm thinking maybe pak choi?
Any advice on good stir fry veg plants that can be planted from seed now and are hardy enoughto survive in an unheated greenhouse?
We are thinking along similar lines and sowing some oriental greens in trays for - we hope - a mix of greens for salad and cooking. RealSeed give a time range for their oriental plants if you look at http://www.realseeds.co.uk/orientalgreens.html but I must admit I'll be trying a few things, including some mustard greens (not on the same page), and seeing what works. :happy7:
Agree with SueK, they have a superb selection. Only slight problem that all of them should have been sown a month ago. Maybe there could still be time for Mizuna, but it will be too late for getting the bigger orientals to grow in time. Chinese mustard could also still be ok and both are great for stir-fries.
They will certainly get a really early start in the cold greenhouse for next year.
Thanks for the link - just ordered Komatsuma, tsoi sim, 9 birds, yukina & welcome.
I love these chinese veg -some of them are so hardy it's unreal. My sai sai last year poked it's nose through the snow!!
I came across this 'planting and cultivation schedule for selected exotic salad leaves' from the Centre for Alternative Land Use, Bangor while searching for radish leaves http://www.calu.bangor.ac.uk/Technical%20leaflets/020104%20exotic%20saladleaves.pdf
Very useful, their suggested sowing times indicate that several orientals could still be sown now. Does the Bangor area have very mild climate?
Forgot to say in earlier post that we had excellent results with RealSeed's Mispoona. Sown in the greenhouse in October and sprouted in very early spring the following year.
I'm not sure of the climate of Bangor, but I think I remember reading somewhere Anglesey has it's own micro climate, so perhaps as it is so close it might be milder than I would normally think of North Wales? I notice they show salad crops being grown under cloches too.