I really want to over winter as much as I can and also have something to eat for Christmas. I have spring cabbage I can put in, but what else can I sew in the next couple of months? tried to have a look at other threads but my search wasnt very successful. Any help much appreciated. I dont want to leave the allotment in autumn and have nothing till next year.
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Hello Aileen, you could plant some Purple Sprouting Brocolli, White Sprouting Brocolli, Swedes, Chard, Spinach Beet, Winter Lettuce, Mizunna, Leeks, Brussel sprouts, and come October / Nov you could plant some onions and garlic.
I'm sure you'll get planty more suggestions. I had plenty of vegetables all last winter.
You might even be able to leave some carrots in the ground if you give them a thick mulch.
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Originally posted by Aileen35 View PostThanks guys, what is Mooli? got onions in and garlic and swede. thought about planting potatoes really late to try and get some for christmas? daft? Any cabbage I can plant? will keep planting carrots till I run out of seed
There are also a wide varieties of kale that will stand over winter too. I will have Winterbor and Tuscan this year.Rat
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Salsify and scorzonera too - they can stand in the ground long as you want. Easy peasy to grow. Also (dare I say it ) Jerusalem Artichokes - a lifetime's worth of food, if only you want it !There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.
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Originally posted by snohare View PostSalsify and scorzonera too - they can stand in the ground long as you want. Easy peasy to grow. Also (dare I say it ) Jerusalem Artichokes - a lifetime's worth of food, if only you want it !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)
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I suppose in theory they are, but in practice mine seem not to be worried; despite all the snow this year, I don't think my plants ever lost all their green, just most of it. (Granted we are in an urban heat island, but the snow lay long enough.) And of course the tubers are hardy as anything, I've never seen a frosted one yet. Besides, it would be easy to cut the foliage off at a couple of feet once winter comes - it is recommended to avoid damage from gales anyway - then put a minigreenhouse, or even just some fleece, over the stalk that is left, and let the tubers bulk up while the leaves continue to take in energy. Like tatties, I would expect to find that the tubers keep on bulking up even without foliage, it may well be that beyond a certain point it is mainly the roots that feed the growing tubers. If worst comes to worst, planting now just leaves you with fewer or smaller 'chokelets come hard frosts.
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I'm going to grow potatoes for Christmas. I already have them ordered from TattiemanSusiewoosie
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Originally posted by snohare View PostI suppose in theory they are, but in practice mine seem not to be worried; despite all the snow this year, I don't think my plants ever lost all their green, just most of it. (Granted we are in an urban heat island, but the snow lay long enough.) And of course the tubers are hardy as anything, I've never seen a frosted one yet. Besides, it would be easy to cut the foliage off at a couple of feet once winter comes - it is recommended to avoid damage from gales anyway - then put a minigreenhouse, or even just some fleece, over the stalk that is left, and let the tubers bulk up while the leaves continue to take in energy. Like tatties, I would expect to find that the tubers keep on bulking up even without foliage, it may well be that beyond a certain point it is mainly the roots that feed the growing tubers. If worst comes to worst, planting now just leaves you with fewer or smaller 'chokelets come hard frosts.
That's my bit to advance the cause of world domination by JAs done for today...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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the JA's are 3 foot high now!
Time to shift your beans quicksmart I'd say Snadger.
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Ordinary radish (French Breakfast etc) can be sown in October, too. It does better for me than spring sowings, tbh.
I would also sow some limnanthes (poached egg plant) as a green manure, to overwinter on any bare soil. It will provide nectar for early bees, suppresses weeds, and provides lots of material for the compost heap.Last edited by Two_Sheds; 15-06-2009, 08:29 AM.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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Originally posted by Aileen35 View PostI really want to over winter as much as I can and also have something to eat for Christmas. I have spring cabbage I can put in, but what else can I sew in the next couple of months? tried to have a look at other threads but my search wasn't very successful. Any help much appreciated. I dont want to leave the allotment in autumn and have nothing till next year.
If you want, try some of these, I'm planting my winter seeds at the end of july, i'm growing:- Kalibos(red cabbage), Belstar(broccoli), Trafalgar(sprout), Veronica(romanesco), and Gipsy(cauliflower). I'm also trying a swede a friend recommended called "MAGRES" she say's it's fully winter hardy, all from T&M. Who might still have there seed sale on!
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