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Could someone please give me their thoughts on sowing the following outdoors in August
Spring Greens
Winter Radish
Carrots
Rocket
Spinach
Broad Beans
Winter Lettuce
Onion Autumn Bulb

Any other suggestions would be welcome.

Hi GOML,

I grow rocket year round, never plant it out on the lottie though. Grow in a discarded blue plastic mushroom box in potting compost and vermiculite. Keep next to the back door,(MINE IS ON TOP OF THE COAL BUNKER SO I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BEND DOWN) water daily. I am addicted to rocket and have it with everything.

In winter keep in greenhouse, cool temp prevents going to seed.

I'm sowing:
carrot - Autumn King and these will stay in ground until oct/Nov, also Early Nantes
lettuce - salad bowl mixed, in partial shade
chinese greens - mixed pack
beetroot
spring onion
few more dwarf french beans
kale
poppies for next year and any other hardy perennial flowers I have for next year.
early saved potatoes for Christmas
leek seed in trays, to plant out Sept/Oct (bit late)
parsnip (very late, first try at sowing so late)

Florence fennel
Mixed brassica collection from Dobies (order now if you want some as they're going fast) free packet of Bordeaux spinach with every order.  Can't be bad  :)
Japanese onions sets will start becoming available later on for you to plant later in the year, which should be available from your lotty association etc
Spuds - Fothergills are selling a collection but you have to buy about £6.85 worth which is far too much for me so I thought I'd save about 3 of my spuds which I;ve just harvested and chit them.  Nothing ventured ...

Quote from: jennym on August 04, 2005, 09:41:46
I'm sowing:
early saved potatoes for Christmas

Jennym, how do you save early potatoes for Christmas? What with chitting and so on? ???

Quote from: Roy Bham UK Jennym, how do you save early potatoes for Christmas? What with chitting and so on? ???
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Grow them first, as usual. When digging up first of the earlies in June, I select some good looking ones, dry them off and leave out in light until a bit green, put in a paper bag, inside another paper bag (Homebase ones) and store in salad compartment in bottom of fridge until about now. I check them (you don't want them to be moist) and chuck out any that go dodgy. Then, about now, just re-plant. I don't bother chitting. They grow. But I do make sure that are in soft soil, in a raised portion of the soil, either in a heap I have previously dug out, or more often in raised beds (not with wooden sides, just sloping). I put them in with a trowel and don't earth up.  The other way I've done it is in very large pots, or in plastic compost makers but filled with soil. But these were in a sheltered place, didn't get frosted.

;D Thanks Jennym, but am I too late? although I am still digging up my first earlies, can I save a few of these for Christmas? :)

Roy  I don't think it's too late.  I think they go in in September.  They are on sale as potatoes for Christmas from Fothergills.  My local spud merchant just says use some of the earlies which you've got.  I'm like you Roy not done it before but there's nothing to lose bar a few spuds  :)  I think I'm going to put some in a great big pot I've got.  Good luck with yours  :)

No, Roy, Wardy, not too late - do it now. remember to water, it can be dry in September.
I'm doing them in pots this year as I want to give parts of my plot a good dig over & lots of muck.
Good luck.

 ::) So just recap ::) (cause I'm a bit fick) :P Dig some up let em go green bag em in brown paper bags put in fridge till begging of September, then plant out? Yes? ;D

yes :)