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    I was wondering once I've plucked out all the dying plants I have what winter veg I might be able to grow in it's place? I've never grown things for the winter and am wondering... am I too late to start growing things for winter? and if not... what things can be grown for winter?
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  • #2
    WW, it almost IS winter.
    Broccoli, sprouts, cabbages etc were sown back in April/May, and planted out in July.
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Some salad stuff will grow, you can pop in some onion sets and garlic for overwintering.
      Sure some others will have more ideas.
      Bob Leponge
      Life's disappointments are so much harder to take if you don't know any swear words.

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      • #4
        Try a trip to your local garden centre and see if they have any plug palnts left
        WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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        • #5
          If you just want to make the space productive for more veg as soon as poss this link may help.

          Home - moreveg.co.uk, vegetable seed company, vegetable seed, herb seed, flower seed, carrot,

          Maybe not things to eat immediately but definitely veg to get you started with an early crop next year.

          I'm still learning too and, flushed with my success from this year, I'm eagerly trying to read up on how to nurish my soil again and get the order right for next years crop.
          I always seem to be playing catch up.
          Last edited by cheerfulness; 07-09-2009, 08:09 AM.

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          • #6
            Japanese onion sets,garlic and shallots should be in the garden centres now!
            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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            • #7
              There are also overwintering caulis and broccoli in the garden centres. Easier to plant!

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              • #8
                thanks for the ideas will have to visit the garden center. I just haven't done winter veg ever. so winter is new to me. LOL will see what i can do.
                Look not from the mind, but from the soul. For the life that is coming is already before us, waiting to open up the world. Just look more closely. Find the eyes to see. - Celestine Prophecy 1st insight

                Visit my blog: http://wheatleyswheels.blogspot.com

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                • #9
                  I'm still clearing my allotment so won't have anything in this winter, but Organic Plants - Home Page sell plug plants if you've missed the boat with sowing anything this year.

                  I'm planning all the things I'd like to grow next year, and plan to have stuff in the beds over the winter too - the only thing I'm wondering is when do you get time to dig over the bed / cover with manure etc??! Should you leave some areas clear and give the soil a "rest", or put a green manure in over winter?

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                  • #10
                    The Real Seeds website has a few Oriental veggies which can be planted now.

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                    • #11
                      You can also sow chard for winter cropping.

                      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                      • #12
                        There's one heck of a selection at our local Garden Centre! I was in there today just to get some onion sets (came away with 200 mixed) and spotted:-

                        Spring cabbage plants
                        PSB plants
                        White sprouting broccoli plants
                        winter cauliflowers
                        Two types of lettuce plants
                        Spring onion plants

                        And all that was just with a cursory glance..........so there's no shortage of stuff to fill up your allotment...............at a price!
                        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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