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  • what to grow over winter

    Hi,

    what types of seeds/variety are good and easy to grow over winter?

    Thanks :-)

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    Are growing in soil, in cold frame, greenhouse, polytunnel, consevatory, windowsill in your home ? Also are when are you thinking of cropping ? Garlic can be planted in the Autumn for next Summersw harvest, some varieties of broad bean can be planted late Autumn/early winter for late Spring harvest
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    • #3
      I have a green house and soil along with covering if needed, spring crops would be good or quick growing winter ones

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      • #4
        Some ideas at http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...alf_90726.html

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        • #5
          Yes need to know where you'll be growing. Outside Swiss chard and winter spinach plus corn salad will keep you in leaves over winter
          Another happy Nutter...

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          • #6
            I will plant winter spring onions and possibly onion sets outside and leave them to it. The winter is too cold for me to want to be in the garden... I could do with something more though, winter spinach sounds interesting! I hope the slugs hibernate in the winter... but possibly they wont if its warm.

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            • #7
              I think slugs would put on thermals just to munch my veg and annoy me
              Another happy Nutter...

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              • #8
                My main winter crops to think about now are Spring Cabbage (seedlings just up) Japanese onions (not in the GC yet) and broad beans sown in November.
                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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                • #9
                  Winter radish too!

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                  • #10
                    Look at the seed sowing thread - will tell you what grapes are sowing now.
                    Another happy Nutter...

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                    • #11
                      thanks everyone so far i have

                      beetroot lutz green
                      turnip snowball
                      kale borecole
                      spinach giant winter
                      spring onion lisbon
                      peas meteor

                      does the above look okay? and does anyone recommend anything else

                      thanks

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                      • #12
                        Last year I was growing rocket & harvesting a couple of leaves from each plant in the trug & in a pot so the plant was always in there,then I left it over winter & it flowered & it was maybe the only flowers about in January. When the bees come out for the odd day in February & March it was an early source of nectar for them,so if you have solitary bees around it would be good for them as well as for us.
                        Location : Essex

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by gardengeordie View Post
                          thanks everyone so far i have

                          beetroot lutz green
                          turnip snowball
                          kale borecole
                          spinach giant winter
                          spring onion lisbon
                          peas meteor

                          does the above look okay? and does anyone recommend anything else

                          thanks
                          I grow winter salad leaves:
                          corn salad
                          mizuna
                          winter lettuce (with protection) - I like winter gem which is a hardier version of little gem bred to grow in low light levels.

                          Chinese celery grows well over winter - it has much thinner stalks than ordinary celery but a similar flavour. You can eat the leaves as well as the stalks or use it to flavour soups or stews.
                          A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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