autumn planting

[voddybabe]

i have only been growing for a couple of years and when summer ends i usually do too. This year i have decided to see what i can grow over winter, so i am looking for any suggestions as i dont have a clue where to start.
Any info would be really appreciated.
Cheers fellow growers x

[TEB]

Spring cabbage and senyshu onions now, later on there is broad beans, peas, garlic, winter lettuce etc

PS and welcome to the vine

[piskieinboots]

and welcome to the Vine - you may become addicted but don't worry, we have a self-help group

[Glutton4...]

Welcome to the madhouse voddybabe. I'm looking to plant winter stuff too this year, and as it's my first proper year of growing I'm finding it a steep learning-curve!

[hamsterqueen]

garlic and onion sets can be sown in sept/october and you couls try some chard too.

winter salads like lamb's lettuce are useful too.

Wilkinson's have packs of 50 onion sets for £2 at the moment.

[voddybabe]

i have heard that you can plant broad beans too, not do the germinate over winter or do they actually start to grow? If they do grow do i need to protect them with fleece?
Cheers for the help guys

[Alice]

Garlic, shallots and onions planted at the back end (oct / nov) will fill your ground over winter and give you a crop next year.

Purple sprouting brocolli (PSB) will give you a crop from March onwards but you might be too late for this year.

Kale will give you a crop of greens all through the winter and you might just be in time.

Turnips and beetroots planted now should be OK.

Kohl Rabbi should give you a late crop which stands well into the winter.

Pak Choi planted now should do well - it bolts in summer.

Winter lettuce should do fine.

Go for it Voddybabe and let's know how you get on.

If you're mad enough you can sow some tomatoes around the end of December and join in the In Tune with the Moon experiment. Yes it's mad but I was eating my tomatoes in June and had my whole crop in before blight arrived in August.

Welcome to the Vine.

[braders]

Garlic, shallots and onions planted at the back end (oct / nov) will fill your ground over winter and give you a crop next year.

Purple sprouting brocolli (PSB) will give you a crop from March onwards but you might be too late for this year.

Kale will give you a crop of greens all through the winter and you might just be in time.

Turnips and beetroots planted now should be OK.

Kohl Rabbi should give you a late crop which stands well into the winter.

Pak Choi planted now should do well - it bolts in summer.

Winter lettuce should do fine.

Go for it Voddybabe and let's know how you get on.

If you're mad enough you can sow some tomatoes around the end of December and join in the In Tune with the Moon experiment. Yes it's mad but I was eating my tomatoes in June and had my whole crop in before blight arrived in August.

Welcome to the Vine.

Can you buy onion sets now..?..if so, they must be much hardier...not ever grown much at all over winter...will garlic and shallots be ok bought from the likes of Morrisons, or is it better to buy it from the likes of Wilkos..? or a reputable seed company...? ...( sorry to steal this thread )

[zazen999]

And if you can get hold of some leeks; they will sit in the ground over the winter.


I'll be starting the Early Tomato thread off again just after Christmas, to give sowing relief for anyone wanting or needing it.

[Glaurung]

broad beans like aquadulcae are frost hardy. They will grow a bit after planting & stand just fine unprotected under snow & through frosts. Then when things warm up a bit in the spring, off they go again & give you a nice early crop. The other advantage of autumn planting is that they are hopefully cropping a little ahead of the blackfly which is more of a problem to the later spring sown beans.

[Two_Sheds]

If nothing else, sow a green manure to protect your soil from weeds and erosion

[voddybabe]

loving the idea of broad beans cheers guys, first post and more help than i can shake a stick at.
i have a greenhouse that is a home made job, more like a small house so going to try some stuff in there too. Will let you know how i get on xx