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    What to follow over-wintered Onions and garlic

    Fingers crossed I'll be harvesting these next month. I don't want to leave the bed empty (8 x 4 foot). I'm wondering what people plant when they harvest their over-wintered onions and garlic? Hopefully I have time to start some seeds to plant out then.
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    I've got climbing beans and squash going into mine.
    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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    • #3
      I've got tomatoes and squash going in mine
      S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
      a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

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      • #4
        Just about anything with a relatively short growing season I'd say. I don't like to see empty space so I always have stuff ready to go out. How about salad crops, turnips, chard, calabrese......

        If you start things off in modules a few weeks before the plot is empty they can go straight in after freshening up the soil with something like BFB.

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        • #5
          Great, thanks for the suggestions. Calabrese and Beans sound good (just bought Cobra for the tunnel but might try some outside). Thanks a lot

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          • #6
            I've just sown some lettuce and cabbage in to pots which I hope to transplant in to the spaces left by my garlics next month.

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            • #7
              French Beans and squash here.
              Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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              • #8
                I'm breaking the (rotation) rules here, and putting in leeks, then more garlic & onions in October

                I have white rot on most of my plot: so now I have a dedicated permanent allium bed, which is constantly topped up with new medium (garden compost & leafmould)
                All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                • #9
                  squash in pots desperately awaiting space - everything is so slow to ripen this year. Also I should have sown some swede by now other than that beetroot and radish for a quick turnaround. I also have some red cabbage in pots waiting for a bed - its like an NHS waiting room right now!!

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                  • #10
                    I will be bending rules slightly by putting in some leeks too...
                    I will also throw in a few quick growers like Spring Onions, Turnips and Radish
                    Maybe some peas too..
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                    • #11
                      Brassicas currently languishing in pots -- kale, psb, cabbage. Plus I'm liking this idea of squash, as mine are looking quite chipper in the greenhouse, with no clear destination at the moment. That's what my new cold frame is supposed to be for!

                      Er, my onions aren't actually taking up that much space (and not just because they don't seem keen on swelling, which is a problem in itself with, what, two weeks left?)...
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                      • #12
                        Brassicas currently languishing in pots -- kale, psb, cabbage. Plus I'm liking this idea of squash, as mine are looking quite chipper in the greenhouse, with no clear destination at the moment. That's what my new cold frame is supposed to be for!

                        Er, my onions aren't actually taking up that much space (and not just because they don't seem keen on swelling, which is a problem in itself with, what, two weeks left?)...
                        Garden Grower
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                        • #13
                          Quack....!
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                          • #14
                            This thread has possibly inspired me to break the rotation rules too and follow garlic with leeks (I have a few spare).

                            Is there anything I should be replenishing the soil with before popping the leeks in once I have pulled up the garlics? is it just a case of topping up with new compost or should I add feed pellets too?
                            Last edited by cazp; 06-06-2012, 01:30 PM.

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                            • #15
                              Well as solway cropper recommended, you can freshen it up with some fish, blood and bone. Remember Geoff Hamilton always advised to chuck in some muck and Fish, blood and bone. So I'll dig holes and fill them with that

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