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    Sowing for the second half!

    I'm sowing a repeat of the seeds sown in March/April in the hope of a second crop before the weather cools down (that's October, not next week).

    So far,
    Bijou Mangetout
    Pantheon Climbing French bean
    Sweet peas.

    Coming up:
    Courgettes
    Bush tomatoes (may be armpits not seeds).
    Lettuce/salad leaves
    Dwarf FBs

    Probably more that I haven't thought of yet!

    Anyone else doing this or am I the only Nutter who thinks its possible?
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    If I had more space I'd love to try,I've got limited space so after I harvest a potato bag I might put some peas & carrot seeds in or these leeks that have been sat on the patio table for months. I still have things to plant out,mainly petunias I've grown so many,I used old seed & I didn't think they'd all germinate-the size of them you'd think they'd decompose over the year,but no I had about a million plants.
    Location : Essex

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    • #3
      I did dwarf french beans last year (Purple Teepee) on 8th August and brought them into the greenhouse when it started to get chilly in mid October, by which time they were flowering. Almost immediately they got botrytis and all the flowers fell off, so I got no beans

      Lettuce should be fine - I'm still sowing plenty.

      Not at all sure about courgettes, bush tomatoes and climbing beans - they might find the daylight too short and the weather too cold by the time they need to ripen. No idea bout mangetout or sweet peas.

      I will probably be sowing the following shortly:
      Lettuce
      Swedes
      Spinach if I can find a spare pot
      Mizuna, Namenia, Mibuna, Mispoona, Komatsuna and Pak Choi (all oriental greens)
      Kohlrabi
      Spring cabbage
      + planting autumn cropping potatoes (Charlotte)

      Later (September)
      Chinese celery
      Corn salad
      winter lettuce
      winter spinach

      I find trying to sow anything (other than in the house under lights) after September is completely useless.
      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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      • #4
        Already got my swedes sown in little modules, still waiting for them to pop up. They'll be going in once the rest of the first lot of swedes come out. They're cracking like mad so that might not be too long.

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        • #5
          I will be sowing lettuce, carrots, beetroot, dfb, oriental veg, (possibly parsnip as some of my seed seems naff), peas, peas, more peas and mangetout and radish when I pull my finger out. We are still in July so most things are worth a bash. Not sure why you would attempt even more courgettes though - where do you put them all?

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          • #6
            This makes me really happy that you're doing this. I got my wee patch just a month ago and everything seemed to say it had to be in the ground by the end of June at the very latest. So not by choice, everything I grow is being planted after it really should have been. Will I get anything from it, who knows but it can't harm to try!

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            • #7
              I've just bought some 60 day broccoli raab which I'm hoping to sow when I clear the broad beans. New veg to me but worth a try I think.

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              • #8
                Putting in peas and more lettuce.
                Have a bit more space now that half of the potatoes (Orla) and the garlic and overwintered onions have been lifted.
                Might try some carrots as well.

                And when your back stops aching,
                And your hands begin to harden.
                You will find yourself a partner,
                In the glory of the garden.

                Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                • #9
                  At present I am drying off onions once I remove them from the ground I will be going with some carrot, beetroot and chard, though I may need some fleece protection towards the end of September
                  it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.

                  Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers

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                  • #10
                    In the last week we've sown red cabbage, caulis, courgettes, chard, salad crops and still taking armpit cuttings. If any of them don't come to much they'll still add to the compost.
                    Location ... Nottingham

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