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  • #1

    Sowing for Autumn/winter crops

    One of the garden seed/plant companies has a couple of veg plug plant offers with plugs to be sent out in July.
    My thinking is.............if I sow these seeds now, they should be plug plant size in July.

    The offers include

    Broccoli Rudolph, Red Spear and Cardinal
    Brussels Sprouts
    Cabbage (Incl Savoy)
    Caulis (white and green)
    Beetroot
    Leaf beet (Bright Lights)
    Mixed lettuce
    Leeks
    Kale (Black Magic, Reflex and Red Russian )

    Time to rummage through my seed stash and see how many of these I have.

    Anyone else going to Sow their own?
    Last edited by veggiechicken; 12-06-2016, 06:34 PM.
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  • #2
    Just ordered some more PSB seed as the seeds I have left are old and have germinated yet and I doubt they will now.

    According to the back of my old PSB packet it says sow through April and may so it's a bit late but they should be still ok to sow.

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    • #3
      I'm toying with having a punt at winter veg although I have half sun. Is that good enough?

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      • #4
        I usually "stretch" the sow by dates by a few weeks before and after. - so May becomes mid June

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        • #5
          Rummage, rummage, rummage ...........
          ~~~ Gardening is medicine that does not need
          a prescription ... And with no limit on dosage.
          - Author Unknown ~~~

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          • #6
            Originally posted by rosiepumpkin View Post
            I'm toying with having a punt at winter veg although I have half sun. Is that good enough?
            Give it a go, Rosie. There's not much sun around in winter anyway!

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            • #7
              I'm in! I'll have a big patch to fill when the spuds come out which should be mid-late July. I'll have a rummage to see what I've got.

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              • #8
                I have cavolo nero, swede, gilfeathers and turnips pricked out into modules, sprouts in pots at plug size and am about to sow more kale and PSB.

                Def not buying plugs! Still to go are salsify and carrots then I'm done. *smugface*
                http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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                • #9
                  Already sown lettuce, PSB and brokali and have enough leeks. Waiting for the spinach to finish before sowing autumn brassicas (pak choi, komatsuna, mizuna and namenia). Late peas (Geisha), florence fennel, late carrots, winter cabbage, and swedes will be sown soon. Winter spinach, chinese celery, spring cabbage, winter salads and winter lettuce will be sown later.

                  Plug plants? Who needs them
                  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                  • #10
                    I'm going to have a go at a few different winter veg this year. Psb as always, Durham early cabbage, going to order some black Tuscany kale and going to try some spinach. Plenty of spring greens next year hopefully.

                    I take it Swedes can be left in the ground to harvest through the winter?

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                    • #11
                      Yes in a normal winter, swede can be cut as required. In a really cold winter, cut before snow gets to thick and store in the shed under an old blanket.
                      No bought in plug plants here, either

                      Already sown,
                      Leeks, Reflex and Dwarf Green kale, Tundra winter cabbage, Romanesco Natalino, I sow a mix of lettuce every 3 weeks.

                      Still to sow, for greenhouse growing over winter,
                      Pak Choi, spring cabbage, Rocket (if it doesn't re-grow from self seeding in the greenhouse), Chard, leaf chicory di Triest and winter lettuce & radicchio mix Quattro Stagioni.Leaf salads in boxes

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                      • #12
                        Kale is growing haphazardly, leeks are giving it a go, parsnips are (I am really amazed) looking triumphant.

                        I have Green in the Snow mustard and some oriental radish to sort out soon but my brassica days are over.

                        I will cover the turnips with cloches later on (the way it is going next week) to extend their season and buy anything else from the shops.

                        Beggars can't be choosers.
                        I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

                        Outreach co-ordinator for the Gnome, Pixie and Fairy groups within the Nutters Club.

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                        • #13
                          Already have ottobrino romanesco (autumn heading), nero di toscana kale & piacenza savoy type cabbage seedlings on the go! Will be sowing fordhook giant chard, coquille de louviers lambs lettuce & black Spanish round winter radishes all about July. Turnip glens will be sowed up to about October for outside & gh (also the lambs lettuce). Will be sowing winter spinach august/September to go under cloches. Also have a winter lettuce for gh but can't find the seed packet for which type - help

                          Also doing experimental late sowings of short peas & dwarf french beans for greenhouse cropping - fingers crossed!

                          Phew - tired already just thinking of it. Think I might need to get some good waterproofs
                          Another happy Nutter...

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                          • #14
                            I have (for the first time in my life) PENCIL THICK LEEKLETS

                            I also have Nero kale
                            Austrian tree cabbage
                            Swede
                            Aztec Broc
                            Romanesco cauli
                            (All plug size in modules)

                            and caulis
                            summer broc
                            (Bigger and in pots)

                            I am about to sow;
                            Assorted cabbages,
                            more kohl rabi
                            more beetroot
                            bulb fennel
                            spinach
                            Mexican spinach
                            more carrots


                            What I really need is things to eat next spring!
                            The 'hungry gap' is getting longer every year!
                            http://goneplotterin.blogspot.co.uk/

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                            • #15
                              Hi Muddled

                              Forgot I'm also doing aztec broccoli /huazontle. How big are yours at the moment? Never grown it before - we'll have to keep each other updated on how it's going!
                              Another happy Nutter...

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