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  • What can I sow for winter?

    Hi just wondering what crops I could sow now that would be ready for Christmas or anything past September.
    Winter is coming

  • #2
    I always find this list useful: What to do now in your vegetable garden

    I'm growing winter radish this year, for something a little different!

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    • #3
      Aww thanks. Might grow some pak choi, beetroots, carrots, turnips and anything else really then hehe :P
      Winter is coming

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      • #4
        I've got parsnips, leeks, spinach, chard and Kale already in ground, then around the end of August I sow Arctic king and 'all year round' lettuce some are under a cloche with the rest in the greenhouse border once the toms have finished.
        Location....East Midlands.

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        • #5
          Various oriental brassicas (Komatsuna, Mizuna, Mibuna, Pak Choi, Choy Sum, Chinese Cabbage, etc.) seem happiest planted around now, and some carry on producing over winter (especially if you can provide cover).
          Last edited by lukens; 09-07-2012, 03:14 PM.

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          • #6
            I hear meteor peas are good?
            Winter is coming

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            • #7
              I out in a real seeds order today for winter radish, mizuna, broccoli raab, dragon's tongue and early Paris white onion for overwintering - never tried any of them before!
              Proud member of the Nutters Club.
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              • #8
                most traditional "winter veggies" would need to have been started off earler but I expect you can get some cauliflower / PSB / leeks etc plugs from garden centres etc. But this year the weather has been so poor everything seems to be behind anyway. I'd give beetroot, perpetual spinach and chard a go. I intend to plant up an ex-garlic bed with some pak choi.

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                • #9
                  This winter I tried: Cabbage red and green (green eaten by moths, red doing ok but not hearting up wel) radish.........whoa those things can grow! Miini globe carrots, did really well. Two leeks came up! The lone beetroot is awesome. Some Pak choi is doing really well. The red mignonette lettuce isn't doing well....but that may be due to the cabbage that they are growing with. Apparently they don't like each other and I didn't realise it.
                  Ali

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                  • #10
                    Has to be kale for me and the chooks................luuuuuuuurve the stuff!
                    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                    Diversify & prosper


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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by chris View Post
                      I always find this list useful: What to do now in your vegetable garden
                      Not opening for me:
                      "Could not connect to the database"
                      Is the problem on my end?
                      My Very Bleak Garden Blog

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                      Revelation 22:2

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                      • #12
                        Nope its not you, I can't get to their main site through google either.
                        Location....East Midlands.

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                        • #13
                          Also coriander, american land cress and rocket. Check out Charles Dowding's book How to Grow Winter Vegetables.
                          I bought it after umming and arring for ages and it's hugely satisfying, easy to read and worth every penny.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
                            Nope its not you, I can't get to their main site through google either.
                            the links working now

                            What to do now in your vegetable garden
                            Location....East Midlands.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Llamas View Post
                              Also coriander, american land cress and rocket. Check out Charles Dowding's book How to Grow Winter Vegetables.
                              Ooh, I've got that book, really should get round to reading it.

                              Also, had a quick look through your blog, your garden looks lovely.
                              Last edited by lukens; 16-07-2012, 08:01 PM.

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